Its a great little engine the 3 cylinder, I bought one over a 1.4 as I found it more eager. Once its done a few thousand miles itll really perk up too, enjoy Oh, and round town the economy will better the TSi and it wont use loads of oil!

Hmmm...sorry but if you think the performance of the HTP engine is similar to the 105ps TSi you obviously didnt really test it out! Performance wise the are poles apart, even the 86ps unit is significantly stronger than the HTP. Also once bedded in the MPG between the HTP and TSi will be negligable.

Hmmm...sorry but if you think the performance of the HTP engine is similar to the 105ps TSi you obviously didnt really test it out! Performance wise the are poles apart, even the 86ps unit is significantly stronger than the HTP. Also once bedded in the MPG between the HTP and TSi will be negligable.

He's not saying that though. For town work and shorter trips the HTP is great. It's better than the old 1.4 and will give good economy. It's only on faster and longer trips that it seems underpowered.

He's not saying that though. For town work and shorter trips the HTP is great. It's better than the old 1.4 and will give good economy. It's only on faster and longer trips that it seems underpowered.

Fair enough but personally whilst the HTP engine is quite characterful with the two TSi engines available I think its rather surplus to requirements nowadays. On the grand scheme of things given their lack of power they arent really even that economical.

Not quite the same comparison but our vRS is pretty much as economical as our old 80hp 1.4 16v Polo if driven sensibly

deal done and i have just saved myself £1500 by buying a pre reg thats done 20 miles only ! her indoors uses it for less than 5 miles a day it goes on long trips well never maybe once a year on holiday at most, i had this engine on my fabia mk1 and i changed to the 1.4 for the mk2 should not have bothered i find this a nippy little engine and the spec on this car is superb...9k for a brand new se plus 5k for mine 4k to change...happy days for me...thanks for all of your help and advice.

tried to put a pic on but no matter what code i use from photo bucket its not working

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still cant add a pic no matter what i try...lol

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Congrats, SWMBO picked up her new 1.2 12v SE+ 2 days before we went on holiday, she did just on 25k miles in her Smart, over 3.5 yrs so Petrol was a no brainer for the so few miles she does.

She absolutely loves the car , specially the tiger kitten growl you get from this engine - It really gives the car character.

Did you get the zero finance & zero VAT( equivalent), we managed to get this from the dealer, we just had to take a stock car, register & take delivery before the end of august. SWMBO got the colour she wanted, with mud flaps thrown in free.

As you can see I run a FL Octy vRS Diesel, but do lots more miles.

I have no problems driving either Skodas, I just have to remember the brakes & torque difference between the cars, & the furby is waaay better to drive than the Smart was.( for me at least)

Congrats, SWMBO picked up her new 1.2 12v SE+ 2 days before we went on holiday, she did just on 25k miles in her Smart, over 3.5 yrs so Petrol was a no brainer for the so few miles she does.

She absolutely loves the car , specially the tiger kitten growl you get from this engine - It really gives the car character.

Did you get the zero finance & zero VAT( equivalent), we managed to get this from the dealer, we just had to take a stock car, register & take delivery before the end of august. SWMBO got the colour she wanted, with mud flaps thrown in free.

As you can see I run a FL Octy vRS Diesel, but do lots more miles.

I have no problems driving either Skodas, I just have to remember the brakes & torque difference between the cars, & the furby is waaay better to drive than the Smart was.( for me at least)

no zero finance as it was a pre reg paid cash i had the 1.2 engine in my previous fabia mk1 agree with the growl its a very nippy engine..and no flat spots like on the 1.4

yahoo done it...prob boring to most of you as its not the vrs or anything....but people have asked for a pic...so thanks to somebody onn the forum telling me how to post one...here it is

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