Hi all!

 

I'm about to swap my Corsa VXR for a lovely Fabia vRS SE as my work commute is going up from practically nothing to 94 miles a day. Seems the perfect car for my needs - wanted something that was better on the running cost front while still sporty and fun to drive. It was better than expected on the test drive and despite being 6 years older than my Corsa felt just as solid, if not more so in some areas!

 

Was wondering if the previous owner(s) are on here, it's only had two from new and the last owner was a local bloke from Preston, Lancashire according to the place I'm about to buy the car from.

 

The number on the seat was 915 so I'm presuming this is the limited edition number?

 

Thanks.

 

 

Welcome.

Hi all!

 

The number on the seat was 915 so I'm presuming this is the limited edition number?

 

Thanks.

 

Correct, and welcome aboard Matt 

 

Gaz

Hi and welcome

Hi and Welcome to Briskoda

 

Always fancied a blast in a Corsa VXR

 

Wouldn't have owned one though, as my Missus had a lower spec and the build quality was awful

 

Enjoy the Fabia, they look great in Race Blue

 

Cheers

 

Damo

Cheers, I'll be sad to see the Corsa go if I'm honest and I didn't expect to be selling it so soon but needs must. It's the Nurburgring edition so has a lot of extra toys on compared to the standard one. Brembo brakes, Bilstein dampers and springs, lightweight forged alloys and a trick Drexler LSD. Fantastic car to drive dynamically but would cost me a fortune to keep and run with the extra mileage I'll be doing.

 

I agree about the build quality though it not quite as bad as the lower spec models it is a bit plasticy in places, despite being 6 years older the Fabia felt just as if not more solid on the interior.

 

I was fairly impressed with the vRS on the test drive, it's nowhere near as tight as the Corsa handling wise and doesn't put the power down as cleanly, but I didn't expect it to. It's definitely pokey and I think with a few choice mods it could be a very entertaining car. Already been reading up on what can be done to them to improve the handling. Think the first mods of choice are going to be the console bushes and rarb along with a set of decent tyres and changing the brakes as the standard discs look to have a fair lip on them so could well be on the originals. Not sure if I want to be messing around going for the larger 312mm setup may just stick with the standard sized discs and some performance pads for now, keep the costs down as I don't want to be going silly right away on modifying it lol.

Hi and welcome aboard.