dropped my octy vrs off to have it 40k service and starter motor looked at.

i was epecting at least another octy as a curtesy car,but they gave me the keys to a fabia 1.4tdi,not a bad little engine but the trim level was shocking,funny how something so simple as central locking can be missed,you take air con for granted and even electric windows and mirrors.

i can get the family in the car(just)but can't get the pram in the boot(something i never though about till i get home)

my daughter will be glad to get the vrs back,me too.

no dsirespect to any 1.4tdi owners but the car just isn't for a family of 4

it's true

I really don't think we appreciate how good our cars are until we lose them for a bit

It's like we're really English and we put down what we have even though you probably couldn't top it if you wanted to

ps I hear the grass is always greener people

it's true

I really don't think we appreciate how good our cars are until we lose them for a bit

It's like we're really English and we put down what we have even though you probably couldn't top it if you wanted to

ps I hear the grass is always greener people

It's not just the English....

I was given a Focus 1.6 AUTO!!!!! (poxy auto box) when my Octy vRS was sick.... I was almost two weeks without it, but when I got it back... I remembered just how good a car the Octy is.....

Couldnt agree more with you, dropped my oct rs for a service an hour ago and got a 1.9tdi fabia, as you said i found the trim level quite poor, although its expected with a base model, but the car seemed to be much "looser" than the octavia. The engine sounded like a tractor, although i got used to it after a while. Was fine to drive though.

Dont forget that the Fabia is classed as a super mini.

So it isn't a family car.

I Switched From Octy to Fabia, but that was coz my rugrats were grown up & no longer want to come out with mum & dad.!!!

Steve

dropped my octy vrs off to have it 40k service and starter motor looked at.

i was epecting at least another octy as a curtesy car' date='but they gave me the keys to a fabia 1.4tdi,not a bad little engine but the trim level was shocking,funny how something so simple as central locking can be missed,you take air con for granted and even electric windows and mirrors.

i can get the family in the car(just)but can't get the pram in the boot(something i never though about till i get home)

my daughter will be glad to get the vrs back,me too.

no dsirespect to any 1.4tdi owners but the car just isn't for a family of 4[/quote']

Funny you say that, I dropped in the Furby to have the seat covers replaced. They gave me a 1.9 SDI with manual everything, I thought the mirrors where electric until I knocked the adjustment lever and the mirror moved, was an eye opener....

wound the windows down to on the drivers side and scraped me knuckle 3 times on the seat height adjuster,we did manage to get the push chair oin the boot,it needed a womans touch,not the "bruteforceandignorance" approach i was using.

engine does indeed sound like a tractor,my ****roen van is quieter.

and why only one lock on the outside?i was going mental locking all the doors then getting out only to remember i gotta open the boot from the inside.

vrs was sat out front when we arrived,i paid me bill shifted 3/4 of my family into the octy,revo'd the car to 98 ron program once again and i was out of there:)