Theres been a lot of mk1 fabia and octavia vrs's for sale recently and I was wondering why as they are such good cars for the money.

The octavias especially are expensive to run especially when modded and the 240 odd quid tax a year is a stinger aswell,

Having had a turbo volvo beforehand i knew what i was letting myself in for and am a petrol head at heart so intend to keep vrs until tin worm gets hold of it or i smash it up

It was a simple case of needing more room. I loved the car, the running costs were fine considering the power/speed and it owed me nothing. If there was a way of easily fitting three kids seats in, then I'd still have it.

I miss the quietness of petrol engined cars.

My Fabia vRS has been the best car I've ever had but it's time to

buy something more comfortable, with more and better toys, faster

and newer. I'm 40 next birthday and insurance has never been

cheaper for me. I have only done about 15k in my vRS since buying it

(3 years ago) so the economy isn't so much of an issue. With the miles

I do buying a petrol car, even a thirsty one doesn't matter too much.

Sure, I'll pay a bit more road tax but we're saving a bit on the Fiat

over the old SDI so it won't cost bundles more.

I've also moved house during my vRS ownership and live in a better

postcode insurance wise so can actually have more go for less dough.

Looking at 2008-2010 S3s at the moment.

Other: want something more bonkers.

They are now old/worn out and are being replaced..Quite simple I would have thought

The Mk2's and FL's are far better cars IMO

I've no plan on selling my 9 year old Ibiza tdi 130. Just run in at 123k miles!

A steady program of sensible mods keep it fresh and interesting.

Mk1 octy becoming unreliable and a mk2 was too expensive to justify.

When I sell, it'll be because I'm bored.

When I sell, it'll be because I'm bored.

Same here Babs, I get bored with cars. I'll get rid then 6 months later go and buy another

@ grrr666 - glad you are not looking at economy specially with the 500, as the you will get no where near any of the figures quoted in the brochure.

I bought the 500 diesel for economy & got rid after owning for 2 years for the Octy vRS, this is only just over 10 mpg worse daily use than the 500 was , a recent trip to liverpool running @ 70 mph, I actually got better MPG out of the Octy than the Fiat. Go Figure !

I've had mine just over a year now and not planning on selling it just yet. I don't normally keep cars for this long (get bored / have big bills coming up). The Octy vRS is a pretty good all rounder, the boot will swallow up most things with ease, it's comfy, reasonably economical and fairly quick.

When I sell it it'll either be for something newer/more economical or something more exciting (and probably Japanese).

Running costs for a VRS are not that bad really. Mpg isn't that far away from a bog standard petrol family car like a Vectra and in a lot of cases it's actually better. For a 200hp biggish car it's pretty good really.

Road tax is a bit of a kick in the teeth every year. No denying that. Insurance doesn't make a big difference to me, I'm in such a low risk area I wouldn't save an awful lot on a boring car anyway.

To be fair, even a Mk1 vRS is decent enough on petrol, again about the same as a "normal" family car.