I bought a new estate last year, the Elegance with all the bits - cruise, heated sets etc. Chose the 1.4/100 after much deliberation - didn't think the 2.0 petrol was worth the extra cost, insurance and fuel consumption.

I considered the estate. The extra space would have been useful, but only on rare occasions. I was a bit concerned it could be liable to break-ins.

I got my first Fabia 3 years ago to replace a Golf GTI II. I tried a 1.4/75 but it didn't have the low-down grunt. I didn't try a 1.4/100, and the VRS was not available then. I got a new Fabia 2.0 a couple of months ago, choosing it over the VRS. It was a close call, but living in a small mews in a quiet area, I didn't want the taka-taka echoing round the neighbours' houses nor the particulates hanging around.

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I bought the pd100 combi after a lot of research, and as a newcomer to Skoda ... a fair amount of trepidation!

One month into ownership of my 4yr old comfort I couldn't be more pleased with it.

We are just back from 1000 mile trip to the furthest reaches of Cornwall and back, all bar 250 miles were at 95-105mph with the aircon switched on fully loaded.

I managed 54mpg average over the week, now that ain't bad

My mpg in the old car averaged 34.9 over 30,000 miles and in the new car is 35.3 after 3000 miles. I guess the 1.4/100 could get another 3-5 on that.

I'm getting just over 40 overall, mostly short city runs with an occasional motorway blast, often with a heavy load.

Sal