Don't you just love the feeling of getting back in your own car after being in a loan car?

Had the car serviced today and have been running round in a brand new Fabia Ambiente with the 1.2HTP engine. Quite surprised when I had a look at the badge on the back as I was pretty sure it was a 1.4! It felt perkier than the 1.4-16v I had as my last courtesy car too and seemed pretty refined for a 3-cylinder.

A big thumbs up to Winchester Motor Company who carried out the service and only relieved me of 75 quid Also cleaned the car inside and out for me!

Chris

Did it sound like a porche?

Don't you just love the feeling of getting back in your own car after being in a loan car?

Had the car serviced today and have been running round in a brand new Fabia Ambiente with the 1.2HTP engine. Quite surprised when I had a look at the badge on the back as I was pretty sure it was a 1.4! It felt perkier than the 1.4-16v I had as my last courtesy car too and seemed pretty refined for a 3-cylinder.

A big thumbs up to Winchester Motor Company who carried out the service and only relieved me of 75 quid Also cleaned the car inside and out for me!

Chris

So you didn't see my Silver RS there today? Has 18'' alloys and a big Briskoda sticker in the rear windscreen.

Had a 1.2 HTP as well...quite impressed with it...upto 80mph without knowing it and has a nice kind of burbling sound. Had 1.4 16v saloon last time....same kind of feeling upto 80 but revs better beyond that.

Was in a met beige one today and met black one previosly. Saloon was met grey.

thats luxury compared with some dealers ( who I no longer use_

Did it sound like a porche?

A Porsche running on 3 cylinders

Chris

So you didn't see my Silver RS there today? Has 18'' alloys and a big Briskoda sticker in the rear windscreen.

Hmmm - I may have done - where was it parked? I got there at about 7:55 this morning and was in and out in about 5 mins

Had a 1.2 HTP as well...quite impressed with it...upto 80mph without knowing it and has a nice kind of burbling sound. Had 1.4 16v saloon last time....same kind of feeling upto 80 but revs better beyond that.

Was in a met beige one today and met black one previosly. Saloon was met grey.

I was in a maroon coloured one today which came with a "Hits of the 80's volume 2" cd in the player

Chris

My dealer always seems to find really nice courtesy cars for me to use

Had 2 octavia;s (1.4 ewww and the 1.9PD ) and a 1.9PD Superb.

Cant complain, i like the variety. Plenty of time to drive my own

Hmmm - I may have done - where was it parked? I got there at about 7:55 this morning and was in and out in about 5 mins

I was in a maroon coloured one today which came with a "Hits of the 80's volume 2" cd in the player

Chris

Would have missed you then Chris...I didn't get in until around 8:30am and then collected the car around 2:30pm.

They did a good job on my seat but wouldn't change my coil packs when I enquired. Also broke the top connector on my Bailey DV but didn't really push it as it's not a standard part.

In the dim and distant past, when I had a Fiesta, I used to get some nasty stuff. Like a Volvo 340 with Daf-o-matic transmission. It decided to break a propshaft or something in my tenure which was rather embarrassing. Then suddenly one day they gave me a Mondeo when they came out - couldn't believe my luck!

Always interesting what garages give you.Just noticed on someones intro his fabia is damaged,being repaired and they gave him a ford focus I get the 1.2 Fab ok but yes its nice to have mine back!

Noticed on a BMW site they were moaning about being given a skoda fabia as a loan car how did that come about ??

Audi garage used to give me a polo when i took the A4 in :confused: Same garage gave a friend an A8 when he took his A3 in (he is v small and it scared him to death.I would have loved every minute of it )

Do think the garages should give you the equivalent of what you took in.Mainly as a sales tactic

Still enjoyed the horrified beemer story but I confess if the garage offered me a fiat multipla I would walk or wait for mine to be fixed

I enjoyed getting back in my car after four days of buzzing around Jersey in a Ka. Felt good to be able to push the throttle and actually feel myself being pushed back in my seat.

It was actually a loan car that got to try a Skoda Fabia. My Clio went in for repair and the AA gave me a rental car which was a Fabia 1.4 16v estate. I loved it.

But mainly I get lumbered with things like Clio's, Micra's (shudder!) and 206's (again, shudder!).

But as I'm young I appreciate they wouldn't give me a large or powerful car.

Garages should give you something just slightly better than what you have, try and get you to trade up.

I get Corsa 1.2 SXi's when the van goes in for a service, once got a brand new Vectra C 1.8 SXi which was nice.

I have booked the Octy in for some warranty work next week, and i asked to get the vRS fabia demo for the day. So he said ok, roll on thursday.