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    To change or not to change..?

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

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    Thanks Brian, I appreciate your advice! What would be your thoughts on trading in a 4 year old car with 40k miles for an eight year old car with double the mileage? Guess the arguement would be a lot more car for the money and assuming the Audi' are generally fairly reliable then wouldn't be too bad a trade.

    Do you know what the road tax situation will be on an S3? I know the pre 2000(?) ones are done on engine size but I thought I had read that they were upping the road tax on highly emitting cars? Dont really want to get a £400 road tax bill next year...

    To change or not to change..?

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

    Posted

    To be honest also, I do quite fancy a 4wd car. I would also wonder just how useable a car with circa 250bhp+ through only the front wheels would be; a guy I know had a remapped Mk 5 golf gti and he said it was wheel spin city in first, second and third...

    I do love my VRS but I do also find it a little cramped at times. I'm 6 foot 4 and so have my seat fully back which means I then can't have the back seats folded flat. I'd like to do this because I play a lot of golf and don't like putting my clubs on the back seat because of the inpractical cloth colour. Guess I would need to check this could be done in a new car of course.

    To change or not to change..?

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

    Posted

    Yeh guess the real world arguement of the VRS is a fair point however the counter arguement would obviously be that even a standard powered VRS can sometimes struggle to get its power down - I had a hairy moment recently where I tried to pull out onto a quick moving roundabout and because the roads were a little damp just got oodles of wheel spin until I was in second. Not a problem you would have in a 4wd car I imagine.

    Is an S3 ok with a generic remap? Much the same story as with a remapped VRS I imagine. Also what did you make of the S3's interior? I sometimes think the VRS's interior is a bit plasticy but do like the space above the heater dials / useful 'hidden' storage spaces and the dials.

    To change or not to change..?

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

    Posted

    Thanks for all the replies guys! Yes it would be the earlier S3's. Guess the best thing to do is to have a test drive to see what an S3 is like...

    The things about the VRS that annoy me are: Condensation on the inside of the windows / Bushes, anti roll bar etc noises and generally not very good standard suspension / Fairly cheap interior / Standard ride height. I know alot of these things can be cheaply fixed or improved however when you are considering changing your car anyway obviously such problems add to those feelings.

    On the other hand a VRS has: Nice straight line performance / Economical / Cheap ish insurance although not as cheap as you might think for group 9 :S / 5 door is good for my golf clubs on back seat.

    Are the S3's renowned to be very reliable? Also is a mileage of 80k - 120k anything to worry about on these cars assuming cambelt's changed and serviced etc regularly? I ask this as you would be hard pressed to find a car with under this mileage for reasonable money and if such a mileage isn't a problem then would be a good buy for me as I dont cover that many miles anymore.

    Cheers Boots.

    Its about time for some mods...

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

    Posted

    I dont think a generic map and a decat is the problem bud. The main problems occur if u get a remap before having a decat, and dont have the map updated to allow for the change

    Is that not the same thing though..? A generic remap in conjunction with a de-cat causes the problems regardless of which modification was done first.

    In response to the OP's question - it might be worth enquiring about how much more a custom map would cost if they were particularly interested in an exhaust / map combination. Might be money well spent in order to guarantee optimum running etc.

    100, 130, 150, 160?

    in Skoda Fabia Mk I (1999-2007)

    Posted · Edited by Boots

    Speaking of poor mapping. The "wallopy" power delivery you've mentioned a few times isn't really ideal - especcially in a remapped car. The power delivery in the standard vehicle can be troublesome on wet roads and so a similar delivery albeit with more torque wouldn't be that great a drive even if it would impress passengers when moving. Also worth considering the detrimental effect a 'spiky' torque curve would have on other engine components - clutch / flywheel's etc.

    *edit - spelling.

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