Spotted locally :-

56 plate Fabia 1.9 Tdi Elegance estate

Storm blue metallic

Only 9000 miles - that's not a misprint

Asking price £7995 at dealer

Much as it is mega low mileage, I still think that's well on the high side, bearing in mind the age

Any comments from you Fabia experts ?

same age vrs would struggle to fetch that...but price prob reflects the mileage and its an estate .

Dealers can (and do) charge what they want. It's the good engine and the good specification and people are incredibly stupid about mileage. That car has done nothing but sit somewhere for the best part of 3 and a half years. What do you honestly think is going to happen when someone starts using it normally? It almost certainly has rusted spings and shocks that will collapse. The tyres probably have weak spots where the the full weight was applied for extended periods of time. There is a reason people store cars on stands. And I genuinely dread to think what the top end of the engine is like as it almost certainly never got warmed up. The one massive upside is that, unlike a vRS, no-one is going to rev it's bits off as soon as they get it.

Edited 15 February, 201016 yr by wja96

Spotted locally :-

56 plate Fabia 1.9 Tdi Elegance estate

Storm blue metallic

Only 9000 miles - that's not a misprint

Asking price £7995 at dealer

Much as it is mega low mileage, I still think that's well on the high side, bearing in mind the age

Any comments from you Fabia experts ?

Was it an independent dealer, or Skoda dealership? When I was looking for mine last year, I saw a black magic 55-plate 1.9TDI Elegance (hatchback) with 35k miles advertised for £6,500 at a Skoda dealership. It wasn't in mint condition, either - had a bit of bare metal showing where someone had shut something in the door, a couple of heavy scratches, cracked door mirror casing, one of the window seals falling off, and a noisy rear wheel bearing ... (which was rather high, compared to the others I saw ...)

Edited 15 February, 201016 yr by martinch

My old octy 2.0PD TDi 55 plate is up for sale at 7K with 92K miles on the clock at a main skoda dealership.

Good secondhand cars are hard to come by, so they are all holding their values well right now.

As far as trade-in prices for something like that go, Glass's say £6150 for a 2006 56 and £6480 for a 2007 56.

So if it's a 2006 the dealer's taking the preverbial a little, as I'd expect a markup of around 1250-1500 on a car like this. But as said, an estate in this trim level and engine probably don't come up that often and it's a nice package. And while I'd avoid an example that had been sat round, someone will see it as a massive plus point that it's not really been used! Despite all the possible issues of non-use they may be entering into....

Get it down nearer 7 and that's probably more like it, but if it were me I'd be wanting to see a well-looked after example with a min of 30k on it really.

Steve

Dealers can (and do) charge what they want. It's the good engine and the good specification and people are incredibly stupid about mileage. That car has done nothing but sit somewhere for the best part of 3 and a half years. What do you honestly think is going to happen when someone starts using it normally? It almost certainly has rusted spings and shocks that will collapse. The tyres probably have weak spots where the the full weight was applied for extended periods of time. There is a reason people store cars on stands. And I genuinely dread to think what the top end of the engine is like as it almost certainly never got warmed up. The one massive upside is that, unlike a vRS, no-one is going to rev it's bits off as soon as they get it.

tadge over the top...

tadge over the top...

OK -maybe the shocks won't collapse immediately, but is very similar to what happens when you fit dropped slings and leave the old shocks on. They don't tend to last long because they are being asked to move in ways they are not used to. And the first time someone loads it up, well - who knows?

OK -maybe the shocks won't collapse immediately, but is very similar to what happens when you fit dropped slings and leave the old shocks on. They don't tend to last long because they are being asked to move in ways they are not used to. And the first time someone loads it up, well - who knows?

FYI - SPRINGS not spings or slings....

HTH

J.

FYI - SPRINGS not spings or slings....

HTH

J.

That's what happens when you type things on a iphone (with auto-correct on). Your complete lack of contribution is very welcome none the less, I'm sure.