Took the plunge last week and ordered a Fabia vRS for the Good Lady.

She's currently in a 1.4 Ibiza, which, even at her driving speeds, is sluggish. Very sluggish.

I was loooking for economy (she does mostly short runs, so Dirty Diesel is out), with more poke than the Ibiza.

A nice-to-have would have been an Auto box.

She MUST have heated seats, and has been spoiled in the past with other toys that she doesn't want to give up.

Her Ibiza is a Sport, with optional 17" wheels, so it corners well, but the ride is awful. No, worse than awful.

She liked the 105bhp Monte, but no Auto available, and we thought the other models rolled more than she liked - and she prefers the sports seats.

So, decisions - Monte, with adequate performace. No Auto. 17" wheels for worse ride, and worse snow grip.

vRS with more performance than she'll ever use, thirstier, big wheels.

Elegance for economy, Auto, winter grip, but not as good round the twisties.

Ibiza FR - good performace, but too like her current car

Polo - seats not good for her back (she is VERY fussy about seats!)

Jazz - good on most counts, but slow.

Corsa - seats again

New Fiesta - on paper, ticks most of the boxes - 125bhp from a 1 litre, but her seat-of-the-pants dyno declared it sluggish too.

So with heart ruling head (again), a red Fabia vRS was ordered from Faintree Telford.

Said a 12 week wait for it (her extra's again!), so she's looking forward to that.

Only thing is - what on earth does she get in 3 years time?!?!?!?

Especially when I may not have as much money then as I have at the moment . . .

Mike

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Hi and welcome aboard.