Hi All,

I will soon be buying a 2010 Fabia 1 HTP 6 valve, with 8k miles on it. I was impressed during the test drive with the overall build quality of the car with one exception: intrusive tyre noise at 65-70 mph. Is this normal ? The car has 16" steel wheels fitted .I am looking to reduce my overall motoring costs (mostly a 25 mile daily commute) as my current car is a touch thirsty,deeply impractical and the cost of spares is prohibitive. Hopefully the Fabia will prove to be a lot cheaper to run.

This looks like a well informed and friendly forum...more so than some out "there"

Hi and Welcome to Briskoda

Welcome aboard, what car are driving at the moment then?? :think:

Welcome to Briskoda,

At the end of the day tyres can be changed for quieter ones.

I've heard a lot of the eco tyres can be a bit on the loud side.

Does it have a set of those type of tyre fitted?

Talking of loud tyres, I drove a mini cooper last week running on those

run flat tyres BMW seem to favour.

They were quite loud I thought, handled bloody well on them though!

In my Fabia, on the same bend at 70mph I am on 3 wheels but the

Mini went around the same bend 20mph faster with all 4 on the ground.

It felt like it could have gone a fair bit quicker as well

Really surprised me...

Welcome aboard, what car are driving at the moment then?? :think:

I'm guessing it may well be the 1992 Lotus Elan SE that's in his signature? :wonder:

Welcome along 'oldschool', I seem to remember your old car being voted the best handling front wheel drive car in the world? I was enthusing over one at a classic car rally this week!

Thanks for the welcome guys. My current daily driver is indeed the Lotus. Great fun when it's not raining. I now have 2 grandchildren to consider, hence the choice of the Fabia as a solid dependable hack. I loved the sound of its exhaust..reminded me of a 3 cylinder 'bike.Can't wait to see what a Skoda is like to live with....had a CZ 250 twin a few years back..should never have sold it....ah the benifit of hindsight eh ?

Welcome to the forum where there's no badge snobbery. For that sort of commute. I'd have suggested one that runs on THE FUEL ( problem is that there is fuel snobbery ). One other thing to check - at 8k ,it's pretty close to a service ( if the 2010 ones follow the older mark timings), so if a garage, might be worth asking for either a service before getting, or at 10k. ( my PP)

Hi and welcome aboard.

Thanks for the advice VWD, it's recently had a service based on time rather than mileage.The frustration for me is that I am buying from a colleague who won't get his new car for a further 3 weeks , so I will have to be patient.I have run numerous diesels over the years and found little difference in consumption, compared to petrol,during my commute, probably because I live in a very hilly area (halfway up a mountain in fact)They only really came into their own on long motorway runs.My decision to go for the Fabia was strongly influenced by my son being a master mechanic at a main VAG dealership in Bristol...so I know that any future servicing etc will be done properly and economically.

Apparently the 1.2 litre 6 valve is known in the trade as the "sewing machine" engine and he is concerned that I will miss the power of the Lotus ( I can't afford to run both) but assured me that the Fabia is a well-made car, although he is naturally biased in favour of VW cars.

I tried a Polo but it just felt cramped for my 6 foot frame and not particularly good value for money.

At 62 yrs old I am looking forward to the next "phase" of my motoring career, and, if I feel the need for speed I can always borrow his Golf GTI..!

Hello oldschool and welcome along

Hi and a belated welcome, I too had a CZ250 , after my MZ150 in the 70s, I also had a VT250F a Jota 1000 a CBX and a special edition , black and gold Motto Guzzi 850 Le Mans