Spotted this wee yin today on the Gumtree. Looks to be a PD100 Comfort with a GT bumper fitted. If I wasn't so far away then I'd have bought it for the bumper alone...

 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/skoda/for-sale/1421194126

I had one on mine. No good for yours though so it'd have been a wasted journey   (You have the wrong fog lights for it to fit)

 

1 minute ago, @Lee said:

No good for yours though so it'd have been a wasted journey   (You have the wrong fog lights for it to fit)

 

Yep I know, but who said it was for the one in my profile?

 

Even if it was, surely I could swap the fogs unit, no?

Edited 7 December, 20214 yr by AnnoyingPentium

1 minute ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Even if it was, surely I could swap the fogs unit, no?

Not sure. Dunno if the mounting points are the same.

Just now, @Lee said:

Not sure. Dunno if the mounting points are the same.

 

The bumper would go too, it's been keyed and scuffed anyway and is rather sad looking. 

Its just an optional dealer fit overlay cover...I had looked at getting one fitted to mine back in Jan 2001 when I bought my MkI Elegance..

 

It was a whole kit of covers for the front & rear bumpers, roof spoiler extension & wheel arch extensions. The 2lt (8V) Elegance got it as standard..

Just now, fabdavrav said:

Its just an optional dealer fit overlay cover

 

Yeah I know. I quite fancy it but I'd have to put a pre-FL bumper on mine.

 

1 minute ago, fabdavrav said:

The 2lt (8V) Elegance got it as standard..

 

Are you sure? I don't think all of them did. Or at least Ross's Slayer didn't have it and neither did the only one I've ever seen.

7 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

Yeah I know. I quite fancy it but I'd have to put a pre-FL bumper on mine.

 

 

Are you sure? I don't think all of them did. Or at least Ross's Slayer didn't have it and neither did the only one I've ever seen.

 

Just had a look through all the 2000yr catalogues then I bought the car..you are right no mention stating these items are "standard fit to 2lt"...I could have sworn that the 2lt Elegance got them..I did see one at the dealers with it when I got my car.

 

It could have been a fully spec'd one (dealer fit)...& not standard fit?..!!!

3 minutes ago, fabdavrav said:

It could have been a fully spec'd one (dealer fit)...& not standard fit?..!!!

 

Some sort of flashy display model perhaps? I'd kill for a fully specced 1.9 TDI model... not literally

Edited 7 December, 20214 yr by AnnoyingPentium

1 hour ago, fabdavrav said:

The 2lt (8V) Elegance got it as standard..

 

Mine didn't.

2 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

Mine didn't.

 

I had pointed out that it wasn't standard. I could fair go either one of the two though, the 2.0 or the bumper... or both.

5 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

I had pointed out that it wasn't standard. I could fair go either one of the two though, the 2.0 or the bumper... or both.

 

You correctly pointed out that it's not standard on the PD100, as the only live member with a 2.0 MPI I felt it incumbent upon me to correct the record using experience rather than guesswork, it's how engineering is generally done in the real world.

 

Mine does have the twin tailpipe backbox but they're bent and slash cut to point at the ground and hidden behind the bumper.

10 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

You correctly pointed out that it's not standard on the PD100, as the only live member with a 2.0 MPI I felt it incumbent upon me to correct the record using experience rather than guesswork,

 

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Are you sure? I don't think all of them did. Or at least Ross's Slayer didn't have it and neither did the only one I've ever seen.

 

I was pertaining to the 2.0 guise too with this sentence. However, I did make reference to my wishes of owning a PD100 at some point. There may have been a misunderstanding here.

 

 

11 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

it's how engineering is generally done in the real world.

 

Correct.

46 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I was pertaining to the 2.0 guise too with this sentence. However, I did make reference to my wishes of owning a PD100 at some point. There may have been a misunderstanding here.

 

You girlies will insist on using each others first names when sharing makeup tips so I'm afraid I don't know who you mean, now that I look again I see the reference to a 'slayer' which I'm guessing means a 2.0 MPI to you?

5 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

You girlies will insist on using each others first names when sharing makeup tips so I'm afraid I don't know who you mean

 

 - tech1e, apologies for the confusion.

 

5 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

now that I look again I see the reference to a 'slayer' which I'm guessing means a 2.0 MPI to you?

 

A 2.0 MPI is a 2.0 MPI or 2.0 8v, he named the car 'slayer'. I just assumed it was fairly well known.

2 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

 - tech1e, apologies for the confusion.

 

 

A 2.0 MPI is a 2.0 MPI or 2.0 8v, he named the car 'slayer'. I just assumed it was fairly well known.

No, no, no. The original 'Mustang Slayer' belonged to Mil who lived for a while in the Middle East IIRC.

'Took him like a King'

9 months "emoty" 😆

5 minutes ago, @Lee said:

No, no, no. The original 'Mustang Slayer' belonged to Mil who lived for a while in the Middle East IIRC.

'Took him like a King'

 

Now that I remember, I had a 1.4 16V back then when I joined eleven and a half years ago.

I'd been on the VW forums prior to here with a rare manual Sharan VR6 (a 135 mph lorry) and an even rarer Passat GT 16V estate before that (Disneyland to Calais in 2 hours dead).

I like obscure models but tend not to put makeup on them.

16 minutes ago, @Lee said:

No, no, no. The original 'Mustang Slayer' belonged to Mil who lived for a while in the Middle East IIRC.

'Took him like a King'

 

Yep. I've read that masterpiece too

 

But that is why Ross gave his such a name however AFAIK.

Edited 7 December, 20214 yr by AnnoyingPentium

4 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

 

Mine didn't.

 

4 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

 

You correctly pointed out that it's not standard on the PD100, as the only live member with a 2.0 MPI I felt it incumbent upon me to correct the record using experience rather than guesswork, it's how engineering is generally done in the real world.

 

Mine does have the twin tailpipe backbox but they're bent and slash cut to point at the ground and hidden behind the bumper.

 

 

I had stated 1hr beforehand that I was wrong as the 2000yr brochures did NOT state that it came with them & that the possible reason that I thought they did is that there was a 2lt Elegance on the dealership lot in Jan 2001 (when I was ordering my car) & it had them fitted...as I said must have been a dealer spec'd "show car".

Edited 7 December, 20214 yr by fabdavrav
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Here you go bud if you want to get some new panels on your mk1 try this firm

https://www.magnatuning.com/en/products/377/Skoda-Fabia-MK1-6Y

26 minutes ago, Stewartasb said:

Here you go bud if you want to get some new panels on your mk1 try this firm

https://www.magnatuning.com/en/products/377/Skoda-Fabia-MK1-6Y

 

I'm still considering it. I'd like to stick as OEM as possible when it comes to that lark. Thank you though.

Yeah the standard 2.0 Elegance was only identifiable externally by the 2.0 badge and the (rather pleasingly designed) 15" Alloys.

11 minutes ago, Lofty said:

Yeah the standard 2.0 Elegance was only identifiable externally by the 2.0 badge and the (rather pleasingly designed) 15" Alloys.

 

I quite like the alloys that came on the 2.0. Presumably 15s were the smallest due to the brake size since it used vRS sized brakes?

2 hours ago, Lofty said:

Yeah the standard 2.0 Elegance was only identifiable externally by the 2.0 badge and the (rather pleasingly designed) 15" Alloys.

 

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

 

I quite like the alloys that came on the 2.0. Presumably 15s were the smallest due to the brake size since it used vRS sized brakes?

 

The Elegance was the top spec at launch (& when I got mine in Jan 2001) before the vRS came out..which was later...

 

I decided against the 2lt as it was 115BHP & 125lbft  & 0-62mph in 9.9secs & 36.2mpg combined -vs- the 1.4lt 16V 100BHP & 92lbft  & 0-62mph in 11.5secs & 39.8mpg combined

 

The 2lt was also heavier by 45kgs (all in the nose weight) & polluted by 17g/km more CO2 than the 1.4lt. manual (75bhp 1.4lt auto polluted the same as the 2lt)

 

If I remember it was the old 8v from the Mk3 Golf Cabriolet..

 

My Fabia after some mods was defo faster than the stated brochure specs anyway..