Orta

Still for sale?

Hey man, what happened to my Ultra leggars? How is she running now? Any updates? I'd like first refusal when you come to sell, regretted selling this car!!

Love it! Miss this car so much, still got the black skoda badges on I bought in a group buy off here in 2008. Can't believe you're changing the wheels, they suit it perfect IMO.

Sucks to hear the car isn't as straight now as when it left me in 2009, guess a lot can happen in those years.

Any pics yet mate?

Hurry! I want some pictures of how the old girl looks!!!

He struggles now simply because of the height of the lip into the boot. I wanted something low to allow him easy access without the lip... Cheers for looking there buddy, I genuinely can't believe they're doing estates without a flat sill.

That is really helpful mate. I can't believe it hasn't got a flat load bay, this makes the car useless to me! Anyone confirm whether this is a spec thing or not?

Hi Mate, Thanks for getting back to me. Doesn't have a flat load bay?! WTF?! I thought all estates did, I've tried googleing an image but can't find a reliable one. Anyone with a mark 1 estate that can grab a quick snap for me? I knew the 1.9 would be recommended but my concern with that it surely can't achieve the mpg the 1.4 can? With regards to the devil I know I've got a 2.2 SR180 D4D and it's the worst car I've ever owned and despite being a diesel and me doing only long runs and driving like a saint my average lifetime is 39mpg when I got 49 mpg lifetime in my remapped etc. Fabia vRS and 47mpg out of my Astra CDTi150+tuning box. So I can't go on with the devil I know unfortunately...

Hi Guys, Always had fast diesels as my daily drivers (Including my much missed Black vRS AD54 DKN if anyone on here knows where it is) but now I've got a weekend fast car I'm wanting to scale down my running costs on my daily. Now add to this I'm in the process of being promoted to a job that involves me travelling the country in my own vehicle (I'm paid per mile mind you and my travel time is included in my working week so it's all good) so all of a sudden 40-45 mpg isn't so "ok" anymore. So my requirements: * Less than £1.5k * Post 2001 registration for cheaper tax. * At or below 130k miles * Air Conditioning * Cruise Control (Or retrofittable for £100-250) * An estate (Don't need huge load bay just a flat sill for the dog) * 55mpg + Other spec isn't essential as I've got a Head Unit to go in with Bluetooth etc. I'm uninterested in spec, all I want is Air Con and cruise control. 1). What is the life expectancy of the air con in an Fabia? 2). I had cruise control retrofitted to my 1.9, is the service available for the 1.4 ? (Doing a lot of motorway miles and I can't live without it as I get pains in my right ankle after a while without moving 1it) One of the other important things is obviously reliability... 3). I blew my turbo in my 1.9, are they sound in the 1.4 ? 4). If not what are the main concerns with it? 5). Longevity? I'm from a Peugeot background really (Have a 306 Rallye as a weekend car still) and ran a 306 HDI to well over 200k without many issues. Am I expecting to much from a 8-9 Skoda on 130k to do me trouble free for a couple of years up to around 190-200k ? Anyone on here run something that high? Economy... 6). 55-60mpg realistic on the combined cycle considering a considerable amount will be motorway cruise control at 70 ? 7). Spare parts, inevitably something may gone wrong. Have these Fabias hit that "Golden period" yet where there's plenty being broken for cheap parts on eBay ? There are NO Auris spares, ever. And I've had to buy everything brand new from Toyota. I'm looking at running my next car on a shoestring (As all my money will go to the weekend car and my supercharger kit haha) and want to be able to grab parts of eBay and fix it myself. Cheers in advance everyone.

What's all the CAVE and CTHE stuff about? Anyone got any pics of the Estate's rear hatch and an example (Humorous is preferable) of what will fit just to give me a real idea of how did it is.

Wow, I hadn't realized how active this forum is! Thanks for all the data guys I've tried to absorb it all in. Fair to say the consensus is that the Mk2 is good, but the MK1 was better (Better in the world it was released in 2003-2007). To be honest I did consider the Mark 2 when I changed cars a few cars back and what put me off was the DSG and the Petrol. I don't really understand why they didn't put a diesel in the line up as an alternative just like the Octavia (There's a petrol AND Diesel one of those!). The 140bhp one perhaps? I think I'm a little concerned that it may be an "Oil eater" and words like "replacement engine" terrify me. However what is swinging it is that I would like the practicality of an estate. Anyone have any feedback on the estate version? Suffer from the same niggles? Unique ones?

Hi All, Been away from Skodas for about 5 years now. Test drove this today however: The DSG took a little getting used to but really enjoyed the experience in the end. Could anyone share their experiences? I had a MK1 vRS before and absolutely loved it. Anyone else had both to give me a comparison??

Hi All! Haven't been on here for a while, but I do remember there was a thread from someone on how to get the Fabia headlights apart to paint the insides? I've tried searching myself, and tried the inept search engine, but can't find it! Does anyone know what I'm talking about and could provide a link??

Hi all!! Nice to see my motor being discussed in these circles! Yeah mine are a home tinted job. But if you're not feeling very DIY I've got a spare pair of tinted lights I'm about to list on eBay. I'll PM the concerned party.