Well guys finally made the move from the CTR to VRS. I am very impressed with car having covered 130miles yesterday. The engine certainly has some punch to it, it becomes quite addictive.

It also covers ground very quickly, but giving you the feeling that you aint really going that fast, if that makes sense.

The power band being short is very useable. I was quite worried to begin with because it has such a short band, but it all works out right.

Handling i have to say is a bit of a let down for me personally, but just coming from scoobs,182s, and CTRs i think i was expecting too much. There is a fair bit of body roll especially at the rear, but i dont think the continental sport tyres that are on it helps this much. They have a very soft sidewall which i know for a fact wont help bodyroll.

This i suppose could be easily sorted with a decent set of tyres and some springs.

But overall i am impressed with the car, i bought it for economy with a bit of performance and thats what i think i have got.

If there are any you guys in the scottish region that have a mapped VRS i would not mind having a meet, would love to see what this car is capable of with 300lbs/ft of torque.

Paul

I got mine on friday as well, you are right this car is addictive !

Good luck to you both. (Keevster & Skodaman) Many happy trouble free miles. By the way, good choise of cars.

Remember to run yor cars in!!!!!!!!!!!!! They get much better when run in but if you hammer from new yu could have problems, and use loads of oil.

Cheers folks. Yeh running it in briskly shall we say. Not going over the score, but i dont believe with a diesel engine that does not rev high anyway that you have to sit at 3k and below. I would not however take it above 4k revs.

There are a few schools of thought over, which way a car should be run in. I hammered Both my CTRs from day one and they did burn oil for the first 5k, but after that not a drop was burnt. I ran my scoob in as per the book and that used no oil for 15k that i had it. The scoob i did not class as a quick one, even when remapped, but the first CTR i had was a different kettle of fish, it was bloody rapid.

So i like to vary running in. Have covered a 250miles at present and thats a mixture of A and B roads and motorways. Variety

Paul

Glad you like Keevster!

Where in Scotland are you? I'm in Kirkcaldy myself.

I've been a member of uk-mkivs.net for years and the advice given over there about running in a PD-engine is the opposite to what Steve R says. The general concensus is that they will use a bit of oil in the first 10k no matter how you run it in.

If you have driven in very gently for the first few k the pistons will not bed in properly and it will continue to use oil. If however, you drive it normally from day one then it will not use oil after the first 10k or so.

My Golf seems to agree with this theory- it was a demonstrator and so was probably thrashed from day one. Since I've had it (from 1 year and 18k miles old) it hasn't used a drop between services.

I'd be interested to hear what you think about 'real-world' drivability. Two of my mates have CTR's and although they are undoubtedly very quick cars, I've always thought that if you're sitting in 6th on the motorway and need a quick dollop of power then the diesel will leave it for dead.

Personally I couldn't be bothered with changing down a gear or two to get any sort of real acceleration, just wondered what someone who had owned both thought.

(Incidentally you've also owned a turbo petrol which I imagine to be the best of both worlds- i.e low down torque for when you want to make lazy but brisk progress, but it will still rev for when you feel like having a play).

Handling i have to say is a bit of a let down for me personally' date=' but just coming from scoobs,182s, and CTRs i think i was expecting too much. There is a fair bit of body roll especially at the rear, but i dont think the continental sport tyres that are on it helps this much. They have a very soft sidewall which i know for a fact wont help bodyroll.

This i suppose could be easily sorted with a decent set of tyres and some springs.

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Hi Paul,

Glad to hear your enjoying it! I am too

The furby is certainly different to drive, its nice to have some torque though my CTR was 145lb/ft max :eek:

I'm also tempted by a remap, which one are you considering ?

Thanks for the replys folks. Hi stevo i am down in motherwell. As for running in, what you stated i believe to be true, there have been numerous debates on it, but it makes sense, thats why i dont even give running in a thought, i just drive it. One thing i do go easy on is the brakes though.

Power wise as you stated the torque is great. No more dropping from 6th to fourth on the motorway to get going, just keep it in 6th and a blip of the throttle and your up to silly speeds.

In the real world a CTR in 6th and the Fabia in 6th at say 60-70mph, both accelerate, the fabia will creep a head, but dont be kidded, the CTR wont be behind for long, 2 secs into 4rth and the CTR will leave the fabia as a dot in the mirror. A remapped VRS maybe a diff story.

Have to watch what i am saying here, dont want to start any massive debates on which is quickest, as i cant be ersed with it. From point to point a CTR will wipe the floor, thats a fact. In gear times point to point like say 30-50 in 4rth gear the VRS will excel over the CTR. same with 50-70 in 5th.

As for the WRX, again a quicker car point to point better handler ect, but in gear times the Fabia is a match. I personally feel the VRS gives you a bigger kick up the *** than my WRX ever did, but that does not mean however that its a quicker car overall.

As for remaps, i cant see it happening. I would like a run in a remapped VRS first and also find out a bit more about long term remapped VRSs.

As for springs chowy, cheers for the links mate, but going to give it another while before i start thinking about springs. Not had a chance to push the car as yet, wait till its got a bit more mileage on it, before it gets a proper spanking no holds barred, sidey ways **** round some private test track.

Paul

Thanks for the replys folks. Hi stevo i am down in motherwell. As for running in' date=' what you stated i believe to be true, there have been numerous debates on it, but it makes sense, thats why i dont even give running in a thought, i just drive it. One thing i do go easy on is the brakes though.

Power wise as you stated the torque is great. No more dropping from 6th to fourth on the motorway to get going, just keep it in 6th and a blip of the throttle and your up to silly speeds.

In the real world a CTR in 6th and the Fabia in 6th at say 60-70mph, both accelerate, the fabia will creep a head, but dont be kidded, the CTR wont be behind for long, 2 secs into 4rth and the CTR will leave the fabia as a dot in the mirror. A remapped VRS maybe a diff story.

Have to watch what i am saying here, dont want to start any massive debates on which is quickest, as i cant be ersed with it. From point to point a CTR will wipe the floor, thats a fact. In gear times point to point like say 30-50 in 4rth gear the VRS will excel over the CTR. same with 50-70 in 5th.

As for the WRX, again a quicker car point to point better handler ect, but in gear times the Fabia is a match. I personally feel the VRS gives you a bigger kick up the *** than my WRX ever did, but that does not mean however that its a quicker car overall.

As for remaps, i cant see it happening. I would like a run in a remapped VRS first and also find out a bit more about long term remapped VRSs.

As for springs chowy, cheers for the links mate, but going to give it another while before i start thinking about springs. Not had a chance to push the car as yet, wait till its got a bit more mileage on it, before it gets a proper spanking no holds barred, sidey ways **** round some private test track.

Paul [/quote']

Glad you're enjoying the car. I'm a recent new VRS owner too, although unlike you I traded up, (in power at least), from a 90hp Audi estate, so driving the Furby is still seriously good fun, although now I'm getting used to it, it feels slower, although I most certainly know it isn't. I have thought about getting it chipped, but then do a reality check remembering that I am in this for the long haul and want the clutch, cv joints etc to last. Apart from this, the car is still capable of driving to well beyond what I need or feel comfortable with, so largely standard it's going to say, (although I think I might add a strut brace). Mind you, I don't think I'm quite as enthusiastic driver as your good self .

I wasn't over impressed with the ride or handling at first, but only a few miles on, the suspension seems to have settled down nicely into what I think is actually a really sweet handling little car. I'm not that interested in really pushing the car to the extreme, but I still like to know that if I do get into bother, the car can handle it, and I think it can. At first I wasn't so sure. The ride has improved greatly too, and I find long journeys in this actually less stressful than my old A6, although the ability to overtake streams of traffic on A roads without much effort helps.

I've done a little over 2000 miles in it, and as reported by others, the fuel economy is slowly creeeping up. I saw 61 average on 60/65 country roads two days ago, but this quickly dropped to 52 by the end of the journey after I hit the 85 bits, (which suggests that it may have dropped then to the low/mid 40's then as 52mpg was the average shown at the end of the whole journey).

Rush hour town consumption was not too good, sometimes showing it dropping to the high 20's, but again, this appears to be improving. Although I suspect that the engine by it's nature is really designed for medium to high speed work rather than as a city car, (if fuel consumption is the main judging criterion), although the furby is still a superb car in town. It's handling is good, it's nippy and it's brilliant at getting ahead of other traffic in traffic light drags.

Assuming things aren't in semi gridlock it can get across town very very rapidly .

As an all round package I think it's the best car I've yet had, and has actually made driving pleasurable again. And that's not a criticism of my old Audi, (which I really liked), but of the conditions in which we have to increasingly drive. Not helped, (in Tyneside at least), by having traffic management organised by people with **** for brains.

Hope your's grow's on you like mine has

Happy motoring

Mark

Thanks for the replys folks. Hi stevo i am down in motherwell. As for running in' date=' what you stated i believe to be true, there have been numerous debates on it, but it makes sense, thats why i dont even give running in a thought, i just drive it. One thing i do go easy on is the brakes though.

Power wise as you stated the torque is great. No more dropping from 6th to fourth on the motorway to get going, just keep it in 6th and a blip of the throttle and your up to silly speeds.

In the real world a CTR in 6th and the Fabia in 6th at say 60-70mph, both accelerate, the fabia will creep a head, but dont be kidded, the CTR wont be behind for long, 2 secs into 4rth and the CTR will leave the fabia as a dot in the mirror. A remapped VRS maybe a diff story.

Have to watch what i am saying here, dont want to start any massive debates on which is quickest, as i cant be ersed with it. From point to point a CTR will wipe the floor, thats a fact. In gear times point to point like say 30-50 in 4rth gear the VRS will excel over the CTR. same with 50-70 in 5th.

As for the WRX, again a quicker car point to point better handler ect, but in gear times the Fabia is a match. I personally feel the VRS gives you a bigger kick up the *** than my WRX ever did, but that does not mean however that its a quicker car overall.

As for remaps, i cant see it happening. I would like a run in a remapped VRS first and also find out a bit more about long term remapped VRSs.

As for springs chowy, cheers for the links mate, but going to give it another while before i start thinking about springs. Not had a chance to push the car as yet, wait till its got a bit more mileage on it, before it gets a proper spanking no holds barred, sidey ways **** round some private test track.

Paul [/quote']

might see you out and about i have a yellow fabia vrs and stay in uddingston and i am often in motherwell, look for the yellow furby with the skoda badges replaced with the vrs ones

Fuel consumption isn't too bad once it's warmed up, just don't rev it - if you have to accelerate/brake a lot I tend to just use clutch/brakes, hardly using the accelerator (apart from roundabouts). The anti-stall can be very handy

keevs

for what its worth mate eibach springs transformed the way my car goes round bends - still nothing like my old scoob but a lot closer than it was standard...

In the real world a CTR in 6th and the Fabia in 6th at say 60-70mph' date=' both accelerate, the fabia will creep a head, but dont be kidded, the CTR wont be behind for long, 2 secs into 4rth and the CTR will leave the fabia as a dot in the mirror. A remapped VRS maybe a diff story.

Have to watch what i am saying here, dont want to start any massive debates on which is quickest, as i cant be ersed with it. From point to point a CTR will wipe the floor, thats a fact. In gear times point to point like say 30-50 in 4rth gear the VRS will excel over the CTR. same with 50-70 in 5th.

As for the WRX, again a quicker car point to point better handler ect, but in gear times the Fabia is a match. I personally feel the VRS gives you a bigger kick up the *** than my WRX ever did, but that does not mean however that its a quicker car overall.

Paul [/quote']

Thats kind of what I thought- the instant 'go' in the Fabia ('cos of the torque) means that it's more flexible if you're lazy or not in the mood. But I don't think anyone could argue that a Fabia is a quicker car in general than the CTR if you drive them both to their potential! :P

My Golf on the other hand- well everyone knows Golf TDI's are quicker than R32's! :P

My Golf on the other hand- well everyone knows Golf TDI's are quicker than R32's! :P

Only cause R32's need to tow their own fuel tanker around

Keevster

Welcome to the world of Skoda ownership :orb_wave:

Everyone forgets, the Furby is NOT sold as a hot hatch, it doesnt have sport suspension setup, or a huge tea tray strapped to the hatch.

Despite the enthusiatic modding of the cars, it is the surprise people get when they drive it, the complete package is what the car offers.

Ex CTR , Scooby and EVO drivers on here ALL say the same about the 'chuckability' of their previous car compared to the Furby, Springs or strut braces often go a small way to satisfying that pleasure of car ownership.

Glad you are enjoying your conversion to DERV ownership, no doubt like everyone on here you will 'tinker' with your car to suit your needs, I just enjoy the car for what it offers, no doubt you will do the same :thumbup

Thanks for some of the welcomes and reply' guys. One thing that has sunk in already after two days travelling to work, the MPG is superb .

I will be on here fairly regular now contributing where i can, so will write a review after a couple of months of ownership.

Over and out

Paul

Thanks for some of the welcomes and reply' guys. One thing that has sunk in already after two days travelling to work' date=' the MPG is superb .

I will be on here fairly regular now contributing where i can, so will write a review after a couple of months of ownership.

Over and out

Paul [/quote']

I haven't posted in this tread yet, but I'll give you another welcome, I bought mine new in april, and have done 15,000 miles so far, I'd say it 's run in at about 10k!!!! you will notice improvements as the miles go on, mine has stayed the same since 10k, but improved in speed and MPG all the time up till then!

The MPG have began to improve already. Seen it up to 58mpg today, Most i have been getting over the past few days is 51mpg.

Rattles however are starting to rear there ugly head. I am a paranoid freak with every car i get when it comes to rattles.

I have located it to the top end of the dash directly above heat vent on passenger side. The girlfriend put her hand on it and can actually feel something rattle.

The other prob i have sourced is coming from the driver seat. There is a bit of movement from side to side in the seat, making a slight clonking noise. Its obviously beginning to loosen off as it was solid when i got the car.

But to be honest i was not expecting anything else. The car does have a bit of a plastic panel interior, so thats always a recipe for rattles. . If it gets any worse i will pay the dealer a visit, cant be ersed stripping it myself.

Paul

Thats what warranties are for