Sman76

Independant power curves etc for the Vrs: Powertrain Performance Graph for Skoda Fabia RS -05 (96 kW) Pretty good website to settle "whos got the most power" (for standard cars only).

I have had my 06 vRS for 6 weeks now and have done 3000 miles and have not had a single stutter - I have tried a few times to replicate the conditions described in the various threads to induce this stutter; but I have never achieved it. The only thing I have noticed is the car is getting faster:thumbup: :thumbup: and the power band slightly longer:thumbup: .

Interesting thread I have 1 recommendation; get tickets and watch the show being filmed live. I've been v lucky and been twice - once working ( Sea Harrier race 2 yrs ago) also got to drive around the track in a Focus RS - very surreal - my boss got driven around with the stig in lambo pictured above, he fly’s a Harrier everyday but the stig scared the sh!* out of him. As I said above get tickets best day out – all the guys chat away with you as they set up scenes - u think the aired show is funny the stuff they do off camera is unbelievable Jeremy’s favourite word is the c-word usually followed by a reference to Germans!!

1. Slovenia - May (robbo51) 2. Sri Lanka - August (robbo51) 3. Torre Pacheco, costa calida, Spain,July/Aug (piv34uk) 4. Palma Nova, on Saturday (Dave Fox) 5. French Atlantic Coast - August via Fabia Power! (Andy Ellis) 6. Devon Devonutopia -all year 7. Cornwall, Octygone - somewhen during the school holidays 8. Fethiye, Turkey- Next Friday- Grumpy Graham 9. Isle of Wight (Maybe) - July - vRS19TD 10. Torquay - August - vRS19TD 11. Torquay or Cornwall - August B/H - vRS19TD 12. Las Vegas Feb 07 - Wedding - no hols this year saving every penny!! - Sman76

Jamesstay1 I have just cured a rattle coming from the back of my vRS - I drove around with a mate in the back trying to locate it. He ended up in the boot and found the rattle coming from the boot lid catch - if you take off the small bit of trim on the car side you will see a cylindrical shape stopper/pad covered in rubber - this was culprit - I have lubed it with some washing up liquid and the rattle has gone!! Hopefully this is the same as yours - good luck Stu

I washed mine for the first time last night - couldn't belive how dirty it got after 1 week!!! The wheels weren't too bad to clean even though there was lots of break dust. Typical though looked great last night and its now pi$$ing down.

No - I phoned a couple a little further a field than my local dealers and the best price I got was £12000 and they wanted me to come in for a face to face to negotiate further– which imo is nonsense – if they can’t deal on the phone to someone who has all ready made up their mind and wants the car, what will they achieve during a face to face??!! This is the first new car I have bought and to be honest I found the dealers to be bunch of amateurs – I don’t think they appreciate that most consumers these days are very well informed by forums like this one and when they walk into a showroom they know exactly what they want and how much they are going to pay!!!

Having had my vRS a week and taken a few people from work out in it - all have been very impressed and my boss is seriously considering getting one!! The only negative comment I have had, came from a mate who hasn’t been in it yet and after me giving him the facts: mpg/price/performance etc he said ‘its still a Skoda’ However he is 30+ single and has just bought a TT convertible with 65000 miles on the clock and no warranty for 14k – imo I think I got the better deal with my new Skoda.

They told me at the time of order that they had the car in stock and it would be ready in 7 days for me to collect. 6 days past no confirmation – after I contacted them they then told me; barring a “national emergency” it would be ready the following Thurs (an additional 7 days). I phoned them on the Wed and they hadn’t taken delivery and couldn’t guarantee it arriving the following day. On the Fri they contacted me to let me know it was ready for collection. Because they couldn’t give me an exact date – I couldn’t get up there (200 miles from location) until the Monday. They also offered to collect me from the train station, however after 25 mins waiting I called them and they had forgotten – taxi to Bakewell for me!!! Long story I know hence the Vague comment – but as I said I was still v happy because of the price.

Have been doing a few extra miles in the evenings to run it in !!!!

Hi everybody at Briskoda and thanks - I have been watching this forum for about a month now and picked up lots of info before I bought my Black Magic VRS from Autofinders. I picked it up last Monday and have been very disciplined until this morning when 800 miles came up on the clock!! Can't wait to finish work to take it around some back roads tonight!! As for the problems with the 06 VRS other people have had: 1. No sign of the Stuttering problem - haven't thrashed it yet so it may be there? 2. I have the wrinkled passenger seat - however it is barley noticeable and if wasn't for this forum I may not have noticed it. 3. Finally the rattling noise from the boot compartment has been driving me mad. I took the car down a bumpy road on Sat and progressively ruled out: Seats /Tool Box /Spare Wheel and think it must be the boot lock or something in the window break light housing