This has been discussed at length on here before and the general feeling seemed to be that the more biodiesel in the mix, the rougher the engine ran and the poorer fuel economy and performance .... that's compared to regular diesel....

I just checked with Skoda UK about biodiesel. I was read out some information. It is OK to use it if it conforms to DIN 51606. Other specifications could lead to blockages. It is recommended that the fuel filter is drained every 10,000 miles and replaced every 20,000 miles because there is excess water in the biodiesel formulation. Strangely, Skoda says that this biodiesel can increase corrosion and reduce lubricity. That doesn't seem to tally with the general information.

I just checked with Skoda UK about biodiesel. I was read out some information. It is OK to use it if it conforms to DIN 51606. Other specifications could lead to blockages. It is recommended that the fuel filter is drained every 10,000 miles and replaced every 20,000 miles because there is excess water in the biodiesel formulation. Strangely, Skoda says that this biodiesel can increase corrosion and reduce lubricity. That doesn't seem to tally with the general information.

So paying less at the pump may well be a false economy in the long term :( My local Tesco run the 5% biodiesel blend with normal city diesel and I used to use that when prices were comparable to diesel. I thought the car ran smoother and I saw better mpg figures, but it's now 2 or 3p more per litre than normal diesel which means the mpg/

Could be worth looking at http://www.caldo.co.uk/environmental/ for some more 'facts'

If/when biodiesel becomes very wide spread it may be necessary to get a few bits changed on the engine/fuel lines and related bits - as long as it doesn't destroy the car early

I'm sure over time with it becoming more widespread there will be a customer demand to make engines reliable running on it, and environmental pressures will continue to increase during the lifetime of the car.

I doubt it will be as involved as changing cars over to run on unleaded, however.

It is definitely worth keeping in mind the fuel has to meet a certain standard, and that you probably will be voiding your warranty if you don't put the right fuel in...

Rooboy, I do diagree slightly with your comments re the Mini Cooper, and although I understand your point exactly I personally view it differently.

I understand wholeheartadly that most wont view it like this but it's freedom of speech so here goes...

I bought my vRS with an intention to remap it. I liked the reliability and the MPG, I also liked it's uniqueness, 5000 in the country? the same as Aston Martin make per year (not comparing the two cars). Also for me being young it was quite a humbling moment to step into a car with a Skoda badge and i'm the first to report that it is a Volkswagen in drag to people of my age group - a case in point. But going to the real reasoning is modification. I like the fact that unlike most normally aspirated petrols you can spend

Well said HellFire as quoted by rooboy above. I think you speak for many of us on the logical inner thinking behind buying a vRS.

On the subject of bio diesel, its rapidly moving to 'mainstream' from 'backyard'. Biofuels Corp are currently constructing the largest refining plant in Europe and its in the UK ! Check out http://www.biofuelscorp.com/

CORRECTION: THE WORLD'S LARGEST BIO DIESEL FACILITY ! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

My Elegance 2.0L will be 3 years old in March. I have been very happy with it and always planned to replace it with another one - but the VRS is now in the picture.

Well, the VRS is not just in the picture, but on the order form . I found a Skoda franchise less than 1 hour away with four VRSs on the forecourt :eek:, one of which was spoken for. I fork out a total of

I'm sure you will be happy with your choice, I sometime wish I had remembered to do the same with my parcel shelf whan I brought my vRS.

A bit of Fishing wire will remove the vRS badges

A bit of Fishing wire will remove the vRS badges

OK, I'll bite. How do you do that?

OK, I'll bite. How do you do that?

use a hair dryer to heat the badge up and just use the fishing wire from behind the badge like a cheese cutter to seperate it from the bodywork. You may need to use some cleaner or T-cut to get rid of some of the glue that did not come off.

use a hair dryer to heat the badge up and just use the fishing wire from behind the badge like a cheese cutter to seperate it from the bodywork.

Thanks. The last time I took a hair dryer to a car was to remove the stripes from my 1.8 Golf GTI in 1983

Or Dental floss

Or Dental floss

I don't have any fishing line, but I have dental floss. Fangs for the tip!

As for rebadging - I asked the dealer and they'll do it for free, before I pick up the car (yep that's another near enough 2 months from now :( :( :( )

Only the rear is gonna be debadged though as the front one has the plastic behind it in the same shape anyway

Only the rear is gonna be debadged though as the front one has the plastic behind it in the same shape anyway

I don't know how the front one is fitted. I had a close look in the showroom. The back plate must be bonded on. I doubt if it is an integral moulding.

Here's a photo of the front vRS badge, but taken from behind the grill. The photo is poor quality, but it's the best I could do!

The reverse side of the back plate shows various wording and part numbers which indicates that it is applied to the front of the grill and not an integral part of the moulding. The (cheap tacky chrome plated plastic) vRS badge itself is attached to the back plate with what looks like double sided tape. The back plate is attached to the grill slats VERY securely, it may even be glued on with strong adhesive. I've tried to remove the back plate, but it just won't budge, I fear that if it is removed then I will end up with a damaged surface to the front of the slats where it was originally located.

I guess your options may be to either buy an MSD grill , or try and source a standard Fabia grill that has no badges. My vRS just has the Skoda badge on the boot, and then the Skoda wheel centres, I reckon it looks far better without the badging.

The back plate is attached to the grill slats VERY securely, it may even be glued on with strong adhesive.

Thanks for the pikky. I expected it would be something like this. Maybe the hair dryer could help shift it if it's thermo-hardening.

Good pick there, nice one

I just remembered there was something behind it from other posts regarding Ross' Furby/grill.

You may be able to remove it by using a Dremel or similar tool, but I must admit I've got no idea how bad it would end up looking afterwards :(

With the MSD grill, they supply a back plate and a small self tapping screw. You basically screw their back plate to the front of the mesh from the inside. The back plate then allows their supplied MSD badge to be fitted (it just glues onto the backing plate). The MSD supplied back plate is about half the size of the original vRS badge so you could reuse the vRS badge rather than use their MSD badge. Then again you could opt to have no badges at all

Tnx for the heads up