Morning all,

 

I held off buying a mk3 Fabia as I was interested in the mk4 Fabia Monte Carlo, however since seeing the price I am now back on the hunt for a mk3!

 

I need a daily for back and forth to work whilst I take my mk1 Fabia vrs off the road. Ideally I want a Monte Carlo model and the majority with low mileage near me are the 1.0 tsi 95bhp model.

 

I have tried researching these engines but the reviews are just the mk3s in general and not engine specific. How reliable are these engines? Are they dramatically underpowered? Are you revving higher to keep up speed resulting in lower mpg? Is it worth looking for the 110bhp 1.0 model or even going for the 1.2 tsi?

 

Thanks in advance.

James

Also, the title should read model not spec 😂

Drive ones that are for sale near you then you know if you need to search out a 1.2 TSI or a 1.0 TSI 110ps. 

4 minutes ago, roottoot said:

Drive ones that are for sale near you then you know if you need to search out a 1.2 TSI or a 1.0 TSI 110ps. 

Wouldn’t really get a feel for engine reliability or a true mpg reflection in a 20 minute test drive.

There are 7 years of threads here on engine reliability.

Also mpg. 

 

1.2 TSI with Cambelt just fine, schedule at 5 years for a change.  Not many issues here.  

1.0 TSI same thing. from 2018 so still none over 4 years old.  

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/505980-12-vs-10-tsi

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/503738-fuel-economy

 

There is a modifying thread and there are Mk3 Fabia Project cars in that section. 

People have remapped and not reported failures, that is with 1.2 & 1.0 TSI.

Not many DQ200 DSG issues either but there have been some. 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/433171-modifying-your-fabia-,k-iii/page/42

 

Edited 11 September, 20223 yr by roottoot