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Speaking to Richard, the manager at Loders Skoda in Yeovil, there will be 2 versions of the Fabia vRS for launch in another new shape (version III) for next summer. A 1.4 TFSI petrol and a new Diesel (didn't say what engine) and confirmed 170BHP

Yep....it's the Hungarian approved method of capital punishment. They strap you to a chair, a Hungaro-chav dressed in burberry, being the executioner, drives it up and down, doing his best to look cool and sophisticated. Death by a mixture of laughter and horror is almost instantaneous

OMFG.... I just looked closer at the last picture. Are they gull-wing doors I can see??????? :eek:

Check it out! The latest vRS is here at last!

Probably would burn better in 100% oxygen, but don't know how to generate it quickly and simply in any quantities I agree 100% about magnets, that's so clearly a load of b@!!@*. I have found the net split on the topic. Thing is I understand there is no way magnets can work, but I seem to see the theory and science in this...as long as acts as a catalist to increase the combustion of the diesel....if not then it does break the law of thermodynamics

I'll let you know how I get on when I do it. My mate Sy connected one cell to a battery, put the end in soapy water. In a couple of seconds he had enough bubbles to ignite....must admit was a huge bang and he's running his car on 4 of them. What I'm worried about is physics. Physics dictate that perpetual motion or 100% energy efficiency is impossible. The chemical energy in the hydrogen is less than the electrical energy needed to release it. So that would suggest that it can't work....unless the combustion is improving the energy efficiency of the diesel being used to the extent that it exceeds the 'energy gap' in the equation.

The idea isn't that you burn pure hydrogen, but that you feed your engine hydrogen & oxygen enriched air through the air intake. The engine still burns diesel/petrol but the air it draws has extra oxygen and a quantity of hydrogen. You get (apparently) much better combustion for less fuel, my mate tells me he's doing 30%-40% better in his Toyota 4x4. He's made 4 cells out of 1 litre jars. When my warranty is out I might try it....after all, you can make one with just a few scraps. a glass jar, some aluminium plates that will fit inside the jar, piece of hosing, 2 wires, gaffer tape, couple of bolts for electrodes, water and soda bicarbonate.

any offers of opinion?

Has anyone fitted or know about running a car with a Brown's gas (HHO) generator?. It looks pretty simple and cheap. Get a couple of bottles, couple metres of cable, couple of flat pieces of metal and a tube. Put it together, pour in water and soda bicarb, wire it all up to the alternator and feed it into the manifold. There's a link here. What do you all think? How To Convert Your Car To Run On Water - The HHO Gas Car Kit Hybrid To Increase Gas Mileage There's load about it on Youtube etc. Seems it improves the combustion of diesel, so ups the fuel economy and power. Is it too good to be true?

I bought my vRS in February. 16k on the clock, first reg Sept '04 and I paid £8,500. Any VAG car kept well with fsh will always hold a good residual value. With tax and fuel so high, I think it will slow depreciation considerably until someone comes up with another decently engineered, small, fast, practical and economic diesel. With recession looming, servicing costs need to be considered and Skoda's are by no means the dearest.

OK, did pretty well today. 85 miles from deep in Bridgend to Trowbridge....mostly M4 but also a couple of small towns and B-Roads...... 61.4 MPG but I did drive it at around 2000revs or less (hills dependant). That translates as 55-65 top speed. On the clock about 1/4 tank. Last few tanks, same trip at 70-80mph was getting something like 46mpg.

Lofty86, I'm just down the way from you in Westbury. If you need you car repaired/serviced etc then I can thoroughly recommend Platinum Skoda in Bath.

to resurrect an old thread...anybody else yet found a better MPG with cruise control. Am thinking of having it fitted. Should I?

Yeah, that would be it

A standard 130BHP vRS keep up with a 197BHP Honda CTR? A remapped (well, re-everythinged) Furby with a WRX? Uhhhmmmmmm.......am a junior petrol head (OK, diesel) but find that quite an extraordinary claim.....have I been missing something?