Kermit_The_Frog

Hi Everyone, hope you're all well! Sorry to bother you but any help would amazing. I have a 2012 Fabia VRS Estate DSG with approx 125k miles on the clock. Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed a lag when I select Reverse - it does eventually engage but I judder back quite quickly. All other modes I select (D, S, N) seem to be working. Can anyone advise what may be the issue? Thanks in advance

Would you consider a set of refurbed, gunmetal sprayed MK1 Vrs alloys at "nice set"? 😂

Thank you everyone for all your help - All very helpful & illuminating for a dummy like me. Just one final question: from your own opinions, if we were to sell the car down the line would having 16" wheels have an effect on the/lower the price over original 17"? For various reasons out of my hands we may need to sell on in 6-8 months so could grit through on some oringnal 17" that I've found if it's better to sell on with them, but if it won't make a difference we may bite the bullet and take the bigger expense of shifting to some MK1 16" wheels. Thanks!

Sorry Rooted - Do you mean you have come across 3 previous members on here who have owned my exact car? Or am i getting the wrong end of the stick and you've advised 3 other owners in simlar positions to me and you advised going back to the 17" Gigaros? I am tempted to move down to the 16" or 15" to help with ride and save the wheels over the country roads - Would everyone advise the normal 5 spoke secondhand MK2 skoda wheels for this like the below? Apologies to everyone again for my ignorance on all of this and thank you for your paitence!

Thanks for the info! What would be the best way to find out what type of wheels the 2012 Fabia VRS Estate have been fitted with orignally? Would they have been 15/16"? I guess if i do go for smaller wheels it makes sense to try and match them back up again with the correct alloys!

Hi Everyone, Please excuse my ignorace on the subject but I would love some help advice if at all possible. I recently encountered som pothole issues on my 2012 Skoda Fabia VRS estate and am now at the point where i either need to repair/replace the alloys. The wheels I bought the car with is in the image below but I can't for the life of me find the same wheels anywhere online (ebay, breakers yard etc). I guess the help/advice/hand holding on is the following: What type of wheels are these/what should i be searching for? If i just want a set of solid replacement wheels that arent fancy but will hold up driving on country lanes what would you go for? Is there any wheel sets for other skoda models that I could be looking for to widen my second hand alloy search? If so would I have to inform my insurance company with the change of wheels (i.e if i bought a set of fabia monte carlo wheels, would they be considerd like for like?) Again, apologies for my ignorance! KTF