Fabia Vrs 2004 (54) Red

Fabia Vrs 2004 (54) Red

This car has had one previous owner (it was my brother's company car) prior to me acquiring it in 2008 at 69k from the lease company.  Over the last 5 years I've covered a further 120k - largely as a result of my regular 200 mile motorway commute (most recently a new job has meant I've covered 25k M4 miles since April). The car has been dealer serviced from new and at 188k still remains totally reliable and economical (50-55mpg). The mileage will grow 5-600miles/week.

I have every bill from new and it's been serviced every 10,000 miles (That's typically three times a year) by my local Seat Dealer.  It's taxed and mot'd until Sep '14. It had an £800 major service in Sept (which on top of the standard 60,000 mile service included new cambelt/tensioners, water pump as well as an aircon re-gas).  It’s running currently on a mixture of Uniroyal Rainsports and Bridgestone Turanzas (Bridgestones last huge motorway mileages). It uses no oil between services. It’s never let me down and the only non-routine items needed in last 5 years have been have been:

• Alternator flywheel pulley and bottom arm bushes replaced in 2012
• Window regulator in 2011
• Driver seat foam base 2010

I’ve spent £5,600 on servicing and three sets of tyres in last 5 years for 120k miles motoring.

Things to note.

As you would expect from the mileage/motorway use it's got some stone chips on the bonnet and the front spoiler has some peeling lacquer.  The alloys reflect the mileage with some kerb scuffs and bubbling lacquer.

I did have an accident in it 2008 at 77k miles when I ran into the back of a car at about 15mph - however it was a pickup truck and so it needed bonnet, bumper and wings. Repaired through insurance claim

Selecting 1st gear is sometimes stiff. It's been like that for over 60k (2-3 years) and hasn't got any worse. I replaced gearbox oil (‘thought it advisable at 160k!) but that didn't fix it.  Dealer said alternative was to pull out the gearbox to look a selector mechanism but couldn't guarantee that was the cause and advised living with it - which I have with no problem.

For some reason the rear passenger side door will only open from the outside (It's been like that for 5 years - as I generally travel alone I never made a priority of paying the dealer a shed load to fix it).

Other than that it has a couple marks on the rear bumper - although they don’t show up in the photos.

This is a great little car - it's still very presentable and runs as well now as when I got it. I was hoping to keep the car and reach 250k but the need for something larger means a Touran has arrived on my drive and the Skoda has to go.

£2250

Andrew

07798500706

Somerset (near M5 Jct 20)