I'm a noobie to this whole forum thing so thought i best say hello, so, hello. I have a Fabia VRS 04 plate but i'm thinking of selling it and getting an Octavia RS on a 01 / 02 plate. Anyone got any thoughts? Good idea / bad idea?

I'm a noobie to this whole forum thing so thought i best say hello, so, hello. I have a Fabia VRS 04 plate but i'm thinking of selling it and getting an Octavia RS on a 01 / 02 plate. Anyone got any thoughts? Good idea / bad idea?

Depends what you need it for...........I went for an Octy cos I need the room (SWMBO + 2 rapidly growing sons ) I also (and this is a personal view) really liked the looks of the Octy first time I saw one Running costs wise, the Octy will cost more to insure and run (my worst was 17.9 mpg :eek: :eek: , but that included driving like a lunatic round Knockhill...........trying to catch up with the Furby vRS's )

Hello right back at yer and welcome to the site. Lots of people with lots of info on here

Mo

I'd go for an Octy if you need the space - it's definitely got a FAR bigger boot. The PD 2 liter is very nice too & a little remapping would make it fairly fast whilst keeping economy in check.

vRS - not known for it's fuel economy but that wouldn't be the main reason for buying it imho.

Dunno if it would work out cheaper to get a PD + remap when you take into account extra insurance cost and handling side of things.

I'd give one a spin, there are a fair few Octys about now.

One thing I would say is that you will definitely want to get shot of the standard audio gear in it - unless the Octy vRS has significantly better ICE than the Classic I drove, as that was downright awful.

The Furby-boot will soon run out when you have 2 lads (better than 2 lassies though) + Mrs + your own luggage to contend with though.

I've done a bit of hunting around for remapping the Fabia VRS and just going for this instead of swapping to an Octy RS - afterall this would be the cheaper option i'm sure - i just like the look of the Octy, the big boot, and better suspension.

However, I've seen a few people quoting 190 bhp on the Fabia just from a re-map! Is this possible cos it's a massive increase from 130? If not what is the likely bhp increase from people like jabbasport? - oh, and the cost?

Any help is muchos muchos muchos appreciated.

It's definitely possible to get a load more power compared to standard.

Cost-wise - well 180 bhp is quite achievable without massive cost, 190 you'll need more doing to it for sure (if you want real bhp, that is )

Probably FMIC and so forth.

Have a look at the tuners' sites, AMD, Jabba, JBS, all to be found all over the place

The suspension of the Furby is ok, can do with improvement. Octy brakes are superiour, no doubt about that