Greetings

I have an 04 VRS since last september, having traded in a 1.9TDi. Very pleased.

Mine was the first of the newer styled fabia's, compared to the slightly earlier one's. My brother has one of these VRS models, slightly different grill and lights etc. However, what i have noticed is that his at 80mph indicated his some 0.5rpm slower than mine coming in at 2K revs in 6th at 80mph. Mine clearly, in the same gear, is 2.4K revs at the same speed ?

Have they changed the gearing. I can understand a slight error in speeds etc, but certainly engine not working as hard ( Yes, I was in 6th )

They changed the gearing with the 04 models, earlier 53 models had the same ratios as the Ibiza TDI PD130 sports , try a forum search ,as i'm pretty sure there have been previous threads on this topic which can confirm this.

Yep, gearing is different so 6th is considered more usable. In reality it also means higher fuel consumption possibly though :(

Yep, definitely higher fuel consumption - as an example, me & my brother both been to Brunters today (round trip of 160 odd miles, mostly motorway), his Ibiza TDI Sport PD130 veraged 55 mpg, my Furby 50.4mpg.

80mph !! I don't know as the UK only allows for 70mph but on a private road of course I think mine reads about 2.4 / 2.5k !