Hi everyone,

Well we needed a second car so I've just bought a 10 month old New Fabia in Silver from Wings in Peterborough. It's poverty spec, plus air conditioning and metallic paint. I actually think the black handles and mirrors suit the car quite nicely.

It seems pretty quiet to drive and well put together inside. An improvement on the Fabia SDi courtesy car I once had, but obviously not quite the same as the Octavia.

One question. The speedo goes up 160mph! By the way it's geared (20mph / 1000 rpm) it'll never get far over a ton. Maybe it's cost saving to only print one kind of speedo foil?

Obviously, if it was a 2.0, I could understand ....

J

Nice little car though but agree about the gearing. Makes it feel lively though around town. I have had them several times as courtesy cars (Mk 1 HTPs) and enjoyed them but found them a bit juicy for a 1.2. Having said that I did tend to drive them quite hard as that engine sounds great over 5000 revs.

We have a 1.2, Fabia 2 Blueline...It likes to be driven hard....Cracking car, Cracking engine...