I've been sold on replacing the thirsty old gti with another PD130 for a while now but with it's tax running out at the end of March and 12 months being £215 i feel my hand is being forced.

As such i'm searching (pretty desperately) for a Fabia or Ibiza to replace it with in the next fortnight

Is rushing a purchase to avoid paying expensive tax on a vehicle i no longer wish to own massively flawed logic and setting myself up for a fall?

Yes. Remember you can always send the tax disk back to the DVLA for a refund or just put 6 months on.

I've been sold on replacing the thirsty old gti with another PD130 for a while now but with it's tax running out at the end of March and 12 months being £215 i feel my hand is being forced.

As such i'm searching (pretty desperately) for a Fabia or Ibiza to replace it with in the next fortnight

Is rushing a purchase to avoid paying expensive tax on a vehicle i no longer wish to own massively flawed logic and setting myself up for a fall?

Test drive mk6 golf bluemotion match spec £30 road fund and 68 mpg

I would only rush a purchase if I know it's a bargain and can always be sold for a profit.

Otherwise I like to have a good think about it... for a day or two.

As said, just tax it for a year or six months and send the disc back when you sell.

Test drive mk6 golf bluemotion match spec £30 road fund and 68 mpg

This is the polar opposite end of the price spectrum to where i operate!

I'm thinking <£4k for as low a mileage as possible Ibiza

Somethng like this? ***linky***

Pasty boy, I prefer the old pd engine go for it

This is the polar opposite end of the price spectrum to where i operate!

I'm thinking <£4k for as low a mileage as possible Ibiza

Somethng like this? ***linky***

Get a nice mk1 vrs great car and cheap to run not sure on the road tax tho £125?

the Ibiza is just a Fabia VRS in a Spanish suit but seems to be about half the cost for similarly specced vechiles and yes £125 for tax on both

the Ibiza is just a Fabia VRS in a Spanish suit but seems to be about half the cost for similarly specced vechiles and yes £125 for tax on both

If you get a really early vRS, tax is £115

If you get a really early vRS, tax is £115

I've got an 07 Special Edition and i pay £115 for tax :wonder:

Parkers says:

Road tax costs for Skoda Fabia vRS (03-07) 1.9 TDI PD (130bhp) 5d

from 1 April 2011

Registration Date 6 months 12 months First Year Rate VED Band CO₂

28 Jul 2003 - 1 Sep 2004 £63.25 £115.00 - E 138 g/km

1 Sep 2004 - 1 Jan 2007 £71.50 £130.00 - F 143-146 g/km

1 Jan 2007 - 31 Mar 2007 £63.25 £115.00 - E 140 g/km

Regardless of what the correct figure is it sure as hell isn't £215!! :S

I find you can speed up the 'time to purchase' if you're familiar with the vehicles you're looking at, and know what to look for and how to spot a lemon etc.

So no, it's not necessarily setting yourself upto fail, but you do increase the purchase risk as you may miss something.

Think your vehicle logic is good though; purchase price vs. the vehicle you get, and costs to run, tax price etc.

Regardless of what the correct figure is it sure as hell isn't £215!! :S

Mine is £115 too.

Possible clue as to where the £215 DVLC Support Payment came from - "Pasty Wagon #2 - Seat Ibiza Mk2 Cupra Sport GTi 8v"

Mine is £115 too.

They might have levelled out now, if the bands have been tweaked slightly over time. But there was a time when the annual RFL was different, depending on the age of your Fabia vRS

The oldest ones paying the least tax, which was slightly at odds with progress

{meanwhile, back at the point}

Yes, rushing a car purchase to save 6 months road tax is silly. No, moving fast when you've found the right car isn't.

Nah ! The defects will already be built-in at time of design and manufacture. A hurried decision just means that your're saddled with a different set of defects.

Nick

Don't agree on that I'm afraid. Components and design are tweaked throughout the model's run. That's why you end with different revisions of the same part, dependant on date of manufacture.

I do agree that a later car isn't necessarily going to be more reliable though. The best and most reliable Fabia vRS I've had (of three) was a Nov 03 model, so made in the first three months of manufacture.

ok to clear up the tax subject

• £215 is the 12 months fee on the petrol Ibiza GTI i currently have and need to retax at the end of this month (and would prefer to avoid if possible)
  
• all Ibiza Sport PD130's from '02-'04 are £115 (according to Parkers)
  
• Fabia's vary as per the table i quoted above (according Parkers)
  

I do understand that even within the same model and year specific examples will vary with issues and that model within the same platform range will also suffer differnet.

I had a issues with my previous Ibiza Sport which have never surfaced on the Fabia for example.

I guess i'm just concerned about rushing through a purchase in he next 2 weeks and benig stuck with a lemon.

I suppose if text drives are had research is caried out and the right questions are asked it doesn't matter if you take 2 weeks or 2 years to buy a car

so next question is £3500 for a 94k PD130 too much?

Buy mine!

When i bought the Ibiza last year we started a new insurance policy in the other halfs name, partly cos she'd never had a policy of her own and partly cos it was cheaper.

Howver that now means a policy with just 1 years no claims on it so to keep the premium a sensible level the car needs to be standard.

Revert yours to standard kev and by all means we have a deal!

Actually I'll even let you put all the bits you take off on my Fabia if it helps

so next question is £3500 for a 94k PD130 too much?

That for an Ibiza or vRS Pasty?

Ibiza (theres a link in one of my posts above)

Fabia's seem to be a couple of grand more (they are obviously far superior!)

The dealer that i bought the GTI off 12 months ago have also got one at £3500 with 84,000 miles on the clock but it's yellow.

I swore after i parted with the last one (and it's many MANY shades of ovni yellow) I'd never buy another

I've been guilty of doing this many a times, relax mate - find the right car for you.

Thought it might have been a Beeza. I'd never buy a yellow one myself

Like this one: http://tinyurl.com/756ldff

Reckon they look good in that grey, dark blue and red. I had an 02 PD130 Sport in silver that looked pretty decent as well.