Had a fabia vrs a few years back and stupidly got rid of it for an octavia vrs , then got the need to save money and bought my current fiesta 1.6 tdci zetec s,,, and after 6 months i just hate it ,,, seriously thinking about going back to a fabia , found a nice black 55 plate with 56k for 5600,,,,thoughts ?????

do it! you only live once, I can't really afford my mark II vRS, but HELL I enjoy driving it every time I get in even if its a stretch, if you are into cars, and enjoy driving, make yourself happy

Do it.

awful lot of chavs on the zetec s owners site as well !!!!!

lol

Exact reason I changed my Zetec S for a vRS

Well, that and it was slow!

You hate the Ford and miss the VRS...Hmmm tough call

lol

Exact reason I changed my Zetec S for a vRS

Well, that and it was slow!

ahaha ,,, exact person i was hoping to get a reply from ,,,, i reckon the ford handles a lot better than the fabia but the torque in the fabia is soo addictive. How much difference is the mpg mate ,, im getting 60ish at the mo,,how much will I lose ?

the 30 quid tax is good as well , insurance will be almost the same i hope

Get rid of the Fiesta..Horrid car!!!

I had a 1.6 Petrol, handled really well :yes: The Fabia has a bigger engine made of pig iron so i'd expect it to handle slightly worse!

Power delivery in the vRS is addictive, as Clarkson said 'like a sledghammer everytime you change gear'

Tax is £125 I think, insurance is about the same. Build quality wise the vRS shines through, Ford is a bit plasticy like the Ibiza.

You shouldn't lose much mpg - maybe 5-10 depending on how addictive you find the power!

Get another vRS

I had a 1.6 Petrol, handled really well :yes: The Fabia has a bigger engine made of pig iron so i'd expect it to handle slightly worse!

Power delivery in the vRS is addictive, as Clarkson said 'like a sledghammer everytime you change gear'

Tax is £125 I think, insurance is about the same. Build quality wise the vRS shines through, Ford is a bit plasticy like the Ibiza.

You shouldn't lose much mpg - maybe 5-10 depending on how addictive you find the power!

Yep

My daily commute is A roads for 120 miles and I always remember enjoying it in my "Sponge" named by the kids after the skoda cake ads !! The fiesta lump is just soooo bloody noisy its unreal !!!!!!!!!!

120 miles! 60 miles each way? Quite alot, the vRS should give back a regular 50mpg +

I used to have an Ibiza FR TDI and went from that to a Golf GTI (bad move but bought house) then to Zetec S which was nice, like you say handled well but slow and chavvy following. Then on to the vRS, not looked back, prefer it to the Ibiza too.

cheers guys,,, minds made up,, going to see the vrs tomorrow, hope the dealer doesnt notice the dent on the fiesta !!!!!! Get an almost swop deal done early !!!

Good luck

its done !!! now a proud owner of my 2nd vrs !!!! added bonus was that it has xenons !! little bit scruffy, but some tlc will have dark spongy looking good in no time !!

glad to be back !!!!

up yours ford !!!!!!!!!!!!

Tax is £125 I think

Down to £110 now.

first vrs never had xenons ,, anyone know the difference apart from built in washers and a bit brighter ?

truly,, you never know how good the vrs really is until youve got rid of one,,stupidly

i went from a fabia to an octavia pd vrs and to the crap fiesta zetec s and the fabia is streets ahead of both, 2 very expensive mistakes

Down to £110 now.

Tax has dropped. Is this true?

If so... WOOHOO!

Tax has dropped. Is this true?

If so... WOOHOO!

nope ,,, a year cost me 125 today

anyone know a good source for new center caps for vrs alloys ??

nope ,,, a year cost me 125 today

E 131-140 £110.00

F 141-150 £125.00

07 BLT engine is Euro IV and 140g = £110. I think the Euro III engine is 146g.

Edited 18 March, 201115 yr by djdazzy

Just looked it up on parkers...

Cars before 1st Sep 2004 and after 1st Jan 2007 are £110 - but those produced in between (which I think would be the majority?) are £125... oh well!

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/?deriv=26138#manu=10172&model=1269&deriv=26138

Centre caps from Skoda are about £8 each I think?

Good news on the car mate!

What year is it? Need some pics

Centre caps from Skoda are about £8 each I think?

Good news on the car mate!

What year is it? Need some pics

Proper genuinely happy with it ,,, its in need of some tlc but will put some pics up when im happy with it

Thanks for all the persuasion ,,, like i needed much

37 ,, feel like a kid at christmas

Hi kerms. Im in the same boat mate. Literally just got mine today. Silver, 68000 miles for £5350. Mine needs some TLC too but thats part of the fun cant wait to get it up to perfection. And absolutely chuffed to bits. I had a fiesta ST before and i can safely say that my fabia trumps it hands down!