As some of you may know already I have mk2 furby and my wife has a mk1.

I picked up my mk2 a while after we bought the mk1 and was impressed by the shape and performance, to which I ended up blinkered into only ever driving the mk2. The last week or so I've treated the missus car to a good clean, service ect. Took it out today to see how it drives and I really couldn't believe how well it handles, being lower set than the mk2 obviously it has the advantage of lcg but everything about it just feels so much more robust! I think I may genuinely be gorging on a mk1 to replace my mk2 Soon! Anyone else experienced similar?

Nice! Send BossFox a PM he might be able to sort you out with a tidy Fabia vRS

Nice! Send BossFox a PM he might be able to sort you out with a tidy Fabia vRS

 

 

 

i saw his recent post for the white one with 150k miles, not the sort of milage im after unfortunately :P

i saw his recent post for the white one with 150k miles, not the sort of milage im after unfortunately :P

Yeah but it comes With a spare engine!

just as a side note, my mk2's 3pot engine sounds like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4EzIn0CgV8&feature=youtu.be

 

 

and my wife's mk1 sounds like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVNFKWZyDvM&feature=youtu.be

 

 

yes i know mine's a diesel, but still.. hers is so quiet!

 

- Yes her engine bay is cleaner than mine!

Yeah but it comes With a spare engine!

 

Hmm interesting, but even that's done 120k miles, im gonna buy a 60k ish one if i can get my hands on one :P vrs ofc

Hmm interesting, but even that's done 120k miles, im gonna buy a 60k ish one if i can get my hands on one :P vrs ofc

They're getting expensive but i suppose your mk2 would cover the cost! Look at an SE

They're getting expensive but i suppose your mk2 would cover the cost! Look at an SE

 

Aye id have to sell mine privately though as skoda bedford wanted to offer me £3.5k px for a furby i was looking at earlier in the year

Aye id have to sell mine privately though as skoda bedford wanted to offer me £3.5k px for a furby i was looking at earlier in the year

It's worth more than that! Do a nice ad with good photos and it will sell well on here

It's worth more than that! Do a nice ad with good photos and it will sell well on here

 

Id like to think so :P , not really the most knowledgeable person when it comes to buying/selling cars but i look after my cars :P

I'm selling mine later this year .....November time..........nice 1.4 16V 100bhp (plus), dark met blue, tan interior, heated seats, elec rear windows, two sets of alloys, 59, 010 ish miles, might just be over into 60K come Nov

Maybe having the heavier diesel upfront on the mk2 isnt helping matters with the handling either

Maybe having the heavier diesel upfront on the mk2 isnt helping matters with the handling either

Same chassis as the mk1 mate and the vRS mk1 will have a similar weight lump

Same chassis as the mk1 mate and the vRS mk1 will have a similar weight lump

True that

Somebody on here commented not so long ago about how the petrol handles better then the diesel though. 'The plumber' maybe? I cant remember who it was.

True that

Somebody on here commented not so long ago about how the petrol handles better then the diesel though. 'The plumber' maybe? I cant remember who it was.

I'd love one and wouldn't moan but for some it's nose heavy

Maybe having the heavier diesel upfront on the mk2 isnt helping matters with the handling either

 

Aye might be partly to blame, i dno though its like the mk1's were built to last which i dont get the same feeling in my mk2, maybe its because the mk2 is part of this modern day obsession with making cars more economic ie. shedding weight by making everything cheaper and plasticy'

Aye might be partly to blame, i dno though its like the mk1's were built to last which i dont get the same feeling in my mk2, maybe its because the mk2 is part of this modern day obsession with making cars more economic ie. shedding weight by making everything cheaper and plasticy'

Give SWMBO the red one, sell hers and get a vRS

Aye might be partly to blame, i dno though its like the mk1's were built to last which i dont get the same feeling in my mk2, maybe its because the mk2 is part of this modern day obsession with making cars more economic ie. shedding weight by making everything cheaper and plasticy'

Maybe. Only time will tell!

Give SWMBO the red one, sell hers and get a vRS

 

 

This i would do in a heartbeat, only 1 problem... driving my diesel scares her to death! :(

This i would do in a heartbeat, only 1 problem... driving my diesel scares her to death! :(

Why?

Why?

 

She drives a 1.4 mpi 75bhp fabia... i know mine is only 80bhp but its the whole turbo kicking-in thing lol

 

.. besides she definately wont want to pass it on to me now, just bought some new wheeltrims for it, new coolant tank , new coolant + some protective door / boot strips :P

By the way, like the vids of the engines? :P

 

mine sounds like a tractor!

By the way, like the vids of the engines? :P

mine sounds like a tractor!

Yes so does mine

Yes so does mine

 

I still remember when i first took a look at mine on the garage forecourt, ran it up and lifted the bonnet to see the engine bobbing about and sounded rough as hell, then i realised it was a 3 pot

I still remember when i first took a look at mine on the garage forecourt, ran it up and lifted the bonnet to see the engine bobbing about and sounded rough as hell, then i realised it was a 3 pot

Yeah I was stuck in traffic when I bought mine (petrol) thought I'd lost a cylinder on the way home until I'd read up