Every so often I have to go away with work and I get the honour of taking the Astra Estate EcoFlex with it's economical 1.7 Eco Diesel. The MPG is impressive but the engine is lifeless. No power, no acceleration, no character, it's crap! The good thing about driving the work car though is the feeling I get when I step back into my Fabia vRS. It always makes me smile and for a brief moment I feel like I did when I first took it for a test drive. I take it straight to the nearest country road and throw it round a few corners, safely and while sticking to the speed limit, of course!

It's those little things that make me stick by my little Furby through the sticky rear calipers, leaking door seals and squeaky console bushes! (all those fixed now BTW!) It also made me think that this would be a fun idea for a new thread. What has recently rekindled your love for the brilliant little Fabia vRS?

I had to drive my missus 1.6 petrol honda civic, that did it for me.

Winning best mk1 at the briskoda mega meet done it for me....for about 2 weeks then the urge to sell came back.

Yeh I keep getting the urge to sell. I've given the Fabia too much TLC though, it's like a member of the family now!

Replacing my Maf sensor and getting all my power back, never pulled so hard !

When I drove someone elses VRS and it wasnt as good as mine.

 

The VRS Creed

 

This is my VRS. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My VRS is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my VRS is useless. Without my VRS, I am useless. I must drive my VRS true. I must drive harder than my enemy, who is trying to kill me.

Was considering getting rid, but iv decided to keep it and get it how I have always wanted, or as least as close too lol i can get it in a nutshell.

Replacing my Maf sensor and getting all my power back, never pulled so hard !

Pulls like a teenager!

Recharging the air con and fitting some really grippy tires

I do a 30 mile e/w commute to work and change my driving style - one week drive for economy, one week for fun - sad but keep me interested!! 

Having to drive a 1.1l saxo whilst the vrs is in the garage, can't help but give it a  blast around the carpark on the weekends just to get that feeling again 

Nothing. My car always has been and always will be a dickhead.

I keep thinking of selling up.. But spent to much time and effort to get the look I wanted from the car. But I pull somewhere and it always makes me turn around and look at the beast, which makes me smile and think I love the ****ing thing.. Always gets nice comments too which boost you!

Plus being low mileage for the age and the engine is good for much much more.

Every time I clean it and see red gleaming

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Dropping it on coilovers this week. Looks so much better and handles like **** load better.

i love mine up to the first speed bump at the end of the street then the noise of the belly scraping the road kills it .... or until you realise you just need to nip back to screw fix and are covered in mud and have to get changed due to the **** coloured seats 

More for "the Fabia vRS" than "my Fabia vRS" but buying another one reminded me how solidly built they feel compared to many other small cars.

 

Keeping me happy is the Connects 2 iPod interface I just added.

For what i paid for mine, i'll be running it into the ground anyway. When i see it parked up somtimes i do think to myself... "That is one good looking car"

 

I know everyone always says it but... its cheap on insurance, cheap to tax, cheap to run, very ecomical, very reliable, great performance.. always pulls like a train, running about 180bhp its faster than most things on the road (i know theres plenty faster) but those that are faster are mostly petrol. 

 

Petrol to me just says high insurance, high tax, expensive to run, most things the fabiia isnt.

I do a 30 mile e/w commute to work and change my driving style - one week drive for economy, one week for fun - sad but keep me interested!! 

 

Me too! sad but fun. lol.

For what i paid for mine, i'll be running it into the ground anyway. When i see it parked up somtimes i do think to myself... "That is one good looking car"

 

I know everyone always says it but... its cheap on insurance, cheap to tax, cheap to run, very ecomical, very reliable, great performance.. always pulls like a train, running about 180bhp its faster than most things on the road (i know theres plenty faster) but those that are faster are mostly petrol. 

 

Petrol to me just says high insurance, high tax, expensive to run, most things the fabiia isnt.

Me too, sums it up for me.

 

Nothing much can touch it for the price.

After driving the girlfriends 1.2 Corsa up some very very very steep hills in Yorkshire..... Also, after looking at buying a new car (Evo X, S3 etc.) and fainting at the running costs and realising the Fabia is just perfect in every aspect! Nippy, good on juice and doesn't cost too much to run.

Driving around town all day and not seeing another Fabia VRS always makes me wanna keep it .

Getting a 1.2 Citroen "C-elysee" on holiday was enough to make me appreciate my PD100

After putting it in the garage for a service and using my mums 1.4 clio. Was so glad when I picked it up and that was the same day. Keep thinking of getting another car but always think about how much I've spent on it and what a good little car it is.

not a vRS, just a quickish PD100, but had it lowered a few weeks ago and it totally transformed it IMO. Sharper, stiffer, quicker and more direct in the corners. I was considering chopping 'him' in for a MkII 1.9TDi but now I'll keep it at least another year or until the engine blows up (whichever comes soonest)