Affordable to buy in the first place, good support network, economical to run, 5 door practicality in a hatch, to me the interior (seats and dash) are better tan the rivals from seat and vw!

Needed an everyday car to replace the AX GT. After using the P1 to take rubble to the dump and cart plywood home from B&Q, decided it was needed sooner than later.

 

Still sulked about it as at one point certain dealers were doing them at around £10.8K. So eventually decided to accept the local dealer's offer of cost price - £12.6K or similar. Knowing I'd made the right choice as the dealer's less than 2 miles from the house.

 

uh-AH! Dealer closed within 2-3 years of purchase - arse!

Oh Meant to PM you for ages regarding this, but kept getting distracted, 

 

We have GRZ number plates in N.Ireland now. (We've had them for a while actually) 

 

http://www.readyreg.com/numberplates_regonline?captcha=immunist&page=4

 

Thats £250 on your car :p  4th one down, haha.

 

Shame its not 666 though 

I'd be quite interested in GRZ 650 if I could find it... 

I'd pop that on the bike when I find one I want to buy that isn't 

best part of 200 miles away. 

A mate took me out in his stage 2 and I loved the torque and feel of it.

I stumbled upon my se though whilst looking at civic type rs. And to be fairm nearly the same power with twice the torque and 50mpg easily. Plus vw build quality etc. Really swung it for me.

I only wish theyd done a 1.8t fabia vrs. I love the looks of it though

I worked for Skoda when the Fabia and subsequent Fabia vRS was launched. Had numerous 1.9 tdi comfort and elegance hatch's and the odd Octavia before the Fabia vRS was launched. Had about 4 x vRS over a 18m period and vowed to have another one day.

 

Even now after all these years I find something captivating about the relative simplicity of a largely understressed big capacity turbo diesel engine in a small car. Even though I now smoke round in either a New Lexus or Toyota everyday the little diesel Skoda's special to me.

 

Needless to say I get a new one ripped daily at work by my fellow managers but that's half the fun!!

 

I'm with Lofty all the way here, I also used to work for a Skoda main dealer and had many as demos - love the way they look smart but "stealthy" and (most) people don't know what they're capable of! 

 

I also drive iro 20k miles per year and just love it!! 

I've owned loads of cars. I tend to buy a car just for its engine, the PD although agricultural in sound, is as good as it gets for a 4 pot diesel for power, reliability and torque. It ticks the boxes, easy to fix and mod..so why not?

Bought it off my mate cheap after he spent the money on it lol

Had it nearly 6 yrs and still love it

Needed a new work car and was looking at the octy vrs but knew I'd want big power out of it so decided on one of these. Looks good and goes well and is comfy to keep me happy and is good on fuel and tax is cheap to keep the business side of things happy. Not many cars that tick all the boxes

My Dad took me to Trax (at Silverstone) years ago now probably 2006-2007! There was a quick silver mk1 Fabia doing a 0-60 run there and thinking back it was around 7-8 seconds and no one could believe how quick it was! I knew I wanted one then.

I eventually managed to get insurance on one at the age of 19 and have had it coming upto 2 years now and it's great!

I have a funny feeling that quick Fabia I saw years ago may even have been Jason

It's from the VAG stable, it's spritely, practical (5 doors), economical (I do nearly 30k miles a year) , relatively easy to work on, small (I don't need a big car), cheap to buy and insure. I've had it a couple of months and it's not disappointed.

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