Guess the fact I didn't drive it - it was just a comment made by someone earlier in this thread I picked up on.

The vRS (which I did drive) seemed to pull from tickover virtually, although when you hit the turbo band it 'takes off'. Can't say I purposefully kept revving it over 4k though, couldn't see the point. You've gotta be pretty darn quick not to hit that in 1st as it get's up there in a flash

Well, mind has been made up - I'm going for the 1.4tdi but, wait for it, it's a VW Polo! Was idly browsing car showrooms yesterday (as you do) and came across a lovely black 1.4 tdi Polo. Took it for a spin, felt way more 'solid' than the equivalent fabia, quieter too. I felt the seats were better, the steering wheel had better adjustment and it was a little less low rent than the wee Fabia, no offence intended to the fabia hordes.

Performance was more than adequate for my needs ie. commuting motorways and bumper to bumper town stuff.

Here's the clincher though - 6 months older than the Fabia, broadly similar spec but the dealer was much more willing to come down on the sticker price than Horners (disappointed as I've had 2 cars of them) to the point where the Polo was cheaper by

Took it for a spin' date=' felt way more 'solid' than the equivalent fabia, quieter too. I felt the seats were better, the steering wheel had better adjustment and it was a little less low rent than the wee Fabia, no offence intended to the fabia hordes.

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nice choice...

Horses for courses I suppose, but I find my vRS's interior considerably nicer and better built than that of my dads Polo TDI Sport... so there :P

Horses for courses I suppose, but I find my vRS's interior considerably nicer and better built than that of my dads Polo TDI Sport... so there :P

Hehe, wasn't comparing it to the vRS but rather to the Comfort spec that I had test driven.

Very nice - I'm sure you'll love it. And you get the nice blue dashboard lights :-)