Hi All,

My names Howard and im possibly looking at buying a Fabia VRS later in the year. I Currently drive a stage 1 mapped & modded Vauxhall Signum 2.8T V6 pushing out over 280 bhp. I am an active member of the Vec-C/Signum owners club and love attending meets and modding my Siggy. Due to the increase in fuel costs (£1.43 ltr SUL), only getting 24mpg and the silly tax bracket of £425 a year my beloved Siggy may have to go. I have been looking around for ages for a replacement and these little motors strike me as a pretty cool little car. Plus the benefits of getting 50+ mpg is a real bonus. I will be scouring the classifieds to see what comes up. If I do buy one I will have about £5000 to spend initially and will be looking for something standard with reasonable miles and will be looking to mod from there. A couple of questions I have are:

Is a £5000 budget enough to secure a half decent car?

What sort of mileage can you get out of the DMF & clutch?

What mileage should the cam belt and water pump be replaced?

Are there any particular problems with these cars I should look out for when viewing?

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to through my way.

P.S Im another Essex boy too.

Thanks

Howard

Welcome to BriSkoda.

I'd ask in the Fabia section for the more detailed question as you'll draw a bigger audience of Fabia owners there.

http://briskoda.net/forums/forum/166-skoda-fabia-owners/

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If your looking for a MK1 VRS £5k is plenty to get you a decent one, some very good ones standard and otherwise out there.

If your looking for a MK2 with the 1.4TSI DSG, even in 6 months time you'll need alot more than £5000 tbh.

As CT17 said if you ask in the fabia section you should get a much more detailed answer

Hi All,

My names Howard and im possibly looking at buying a Fabia VRS later in the year. I Currently drive a stage 1 mapped & modded Vauxhall Signum 2.8T V6 pushing out over 280 bhp. I am an active member of the Vec-C/Signum owners club and love attending meets and modding my Siggy. Due to the increase in fuel costs (£1.43 ltr SUL), only getting 24mpg and the silly tax bracket of £425 a year my beloved Siggy may have to go. I have been looking around for ages for a replacement and these little motors strike me as a pretty cool little car. Plus the benefits of getting 50+ mpg is a real bonus. I will be scouring the classifieds to see what comes up. If I do buy one I will have about £5000 to spend initially and will be looking for something standard with reasonable miles and will be looking to mod from there. A couple of questions I have are:

Is a £5000 budget enough to secure a half decent car? 2004/ 2006 MK1 Fabia VRS

What sort of mileage can you get out of the DMF & clutch? Clutch life variable, can be shortened by engine re-mapped, unmapped over 100,000 miles (depending on driver habits.)

What mileage should the cam belt and water pump be replaced? 4 years / 60,000 miles (argued point)

Are there any particular problems with these cars I should look out for when viewing? Leaking door cards/ rear washer pipe pops off in icy weather

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to through my way.

P.S Im another Essex boy too.

Thanks

Howard

Welcome to the site, and questions are always welcomed.

Average 45mpg tankful to tankful, although other members quote more.