Hi all,

Has anyone changed from a impreza turbo to a Fabia vRS? Anything you miss about the scoob? Just test drove a fabia and was very impressed.

I was given a price of 12,250 for a new Fabia vRS with xenons, cruise, met paint and heated seats from a local dealer. Is this a good price? Any other options a must have on the vRS?

Remap sounds tempting

Just waiting on a part ex price for the scoob now....... then time to make a choice!

Thanks

Llyr

Take a drive in the old model Octavia first mate ! You'll get one for under

That IS a good price with those extras, IIRC ( some on WILL correct me I'm sure ) 12250 is the recommended price for a non metalic car with no extras, Xenons approx

Not wishing to be picky but the new OTTR price for a basic car is now

that is a good price, I just ordered a new one, at a little over 12k with NO extras.... (black though) I didn't do a part ex... been offered

Must admit the heated seats were a Mrs-option, but when it's near-freezing with the longish warmup having them is actually quite nice. Cruise is worth having as it could help keep your license

The standard Furby is plenty fast up to 3 figures, then it gets a lot slower due to it's shape. Remapped it is a lot quicker up to the same speeds.

If you're gonna spend a lot more on it I'd personally go for the Octy as it will tune up a lot more, but then you're trying to save cash

I'm getting between 35-45 mpg with reasonable mix of driving, i.e. some a bit more quick, some accelerating and so on, and a fair bit of motorway. This is in traffic though so obviously not reaching license-endangering speeds

big Bump absorbtion , sublime on a Scoob

only average on my Skoda (admittedly an Octy2 on standard shocks)

nothing beats the body control and the confidence that it and that steering and grip give you .

but you wont miss the fuel /insurance/service costs /rozzer attention

Things I miss about the Scoob are the flat-four-burble, sub 5 seconds to 60, perfect driving position (with great seats), Jap reliability and outright grip/cornering ability....

Things I don't miss are fuel economy, cost of insurance, cost of tyres, cost of servicing and unwanted attention from the Saxo/Nova brigade. Oh, and no heated seats or climate control

Chris

Has anyone changed from a impreza turbo to a Fabia vRS? Anything you miss about the scoob? Just test drove a fabia and was very impressed.

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I changed from a Subaru Impreza Turbo via a Land Rover Freelander V6 to a Fabia vRS.

The main problem with the Impreza was sky high running costs. The 72,000 mile service cost

Thanks for the replies everyone. Decided today to order the Fabia Dealer has offered me a reasonable price for the scoob, cant see it selling private with all the cheap imports about.

Should get the Fabia in late June early July, cant wait :D

The scooby running costs have been silly, even servicing and modding it myself. I'm scared to add the costs of two years of ownership! It got boring to drive in the end as it did everything so well!