For Sale My Skoda Fabia Mk1 VRS £1,600

 

Mine for 8 years I think now, the guy I had it off had it for 8 I think. (I still have his original advert from when I bought it actually). I used it as a daily driver for many years before replacing it with another TD 1.9 Turbo car, my Audi. It has been reliable, nippy and cheap to run.

 

I took it off the road in 2022 to get some of the jobs done, hoping the Audi would see me through until I got all the Skoda jobs done, but as I now have 5 cars and space for 3 I have to get one of them sold and that’s the Fabia. Over the past 12 months I’ve welded all the corrosion on the sills, primered, stone chipped and then sprayed. I've replaced the torq screws here and there on the inner wing liners. I'll be waxoyl-ling the sill cavities next week.

 

Resprayed the bonnet in solid gloss black and front and back bumper in 2K base and lacquer, same as the sills.

 

Interior is standard and better than most with seats unripped.

 

Suspension has new Eibach Pro lowered springs 25mm, new at the front and rears have been on about 6,000 which came out the same kit for all 4 corners. Bilstein rear dampers have also seen 6,000 miles. The front has Bilstein B8 Sprint Shocks which I’ve repainted as they were getting a bit scruffy. New Meyle upper bearing cups and Meyle mounts on the front dampers. I replaced the front drop links about 3 years back.

 

New vented brake upgrade kit discs, with TT calipers and new pads. Repainted and powder coated callipers. New disc backplates and bolts all round. A new FEBI front hoses on the one side and new FEBI steering rack rubbers. New FAI trackrod ends, new front wishbones with ball joints (I think both FAI), new MEYLE HD Cupra Cup type, console bushings. New rear caliper handbrake springs.

 

Battery is a recent Exide 77ah one with a 5 year guarantee that I’ve had, 2 years?

 

Paintwork is good-OK, there’s a scratch on the drivers door that was there when I bought the car and is/was on my to-do list. I’ve polished the rest of the panels, a few minor dings but nothing nasty. There’s stone chips of the tops of the wings that could do with being done at some point. Some scuffs on the NS passenger mirror.

 

Exhaust is fine, had regular oil changes with Castrol Magnatec, the car had a remap and comes with the SHARK box to send to the ECU or revert to stock tune. With this is idles a bit uneven but never in the many years on the road was it an issue.

 

What needs doing?

I had the steering rack replaced 5-6 years ago but as it’s leaking it will want another one. As I’ve replaced both trackrod ends, it will want re-tracking too. Some broken plastics in the engine bay around the battery tray, cosmetic stuff really.

 

Is it mint? No, but it’s better than most, been cared for, never stolen or crashed unlike a lot of Fabia VRS’s and it hasn’t been thrashed in the last 15 years. Pretty much stock looking just a little lower. All the replaced parts are quality as I was planning on keeping the car and I don’t have to sell it but space is more the problem.

 

Years worth of receipts. I’ve kept everything and the previous owner kept most!

 

Wheels freshly powder coated May 2024, in light grey metallic. Wheels balanced too.

 

Here's a link to the pictures in a Flickr album > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24990899@N05/albums/72177720311551122

 

£1,600.

 

152,875 miles

 

Sound about right? No swaps as I've got enough cars, ta!

 

West Midlands just off the M5, Junction 3.

 

 

 

(Above Latest pictures from June 2024)

 

(Below, pictures from 2023)

 

Edited 1 July, 20241 yr by DoctorBoostaLot
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Very good condition,  a lot of work gone into this car which is obvious. Hopefully someone will take it off your hands and keep it like it should be. GLWTS

PM'd

2 hours ago, gav_is_con said:

Very good condition,  a lot of work gone into this car which is obvious. Hopefully someone will take it off your hands and keep it like it should be. GLWTS

Ta! Yeah, it's a pretty decent one and I was planning on keeping it until the very end until my head got turned by another BMW! MOT booked for Friday and ideally I want it gone this side of Xmas.

(I'll update the post once MOT'd)

MOT'd as of last week and yesterday I replaced the N/S front window winder mechanism so that's working again.

Anyone who wants to give it a good looking over can do it in my garage rather than you struggling in the rain, dark and dirt!

 

Will it need the odd bit of paint, jobs doing here and there? Sure and if it doesn't sell I'll end up doing them myself but anyone interested in buying it has points to haggle with. :)

Rich

Reduced to £2,000.

That sound that sound about right? I'd like it sold ideally before the winter.

Bargain for someone 

The seats are clean and no wear from what I can see on bolsters 

Why is it always after I buy a car that something else tasty comes up?

 

Must. Resist. Temptation. (and the subsequent "why the f*** did you buy that" comment from the neighbours when we have YET ANOTHER car parked on the street)

 

Good luck with the sale, though.

On 16/10/2023 at 16:05, gav_is_con said:

Bargain for someone 

The seats are clean and no wear from what I can see on bolsters 

I've got to take more pics of the interior but yeah they're pretty good and better than most it seems.

Price drop to £1,800 without a spare set of wheels, £1,900 with. Here's pictures of the engine bay and interior. The drivers seat is beginning to get thin but there's no holes there yet. Carpet OK. Handbrake, shifter and wheel pretty good, they haven't been ripped to bits by another wearing rings. What dirty marks will come out of the fabric, being such a light colour it takes some keeping on top of!

Sony stereo with a faceoff plate.

Engine bay stock really, usual broken plastics around the battery tray, that's common. Anything else I've missed out or you want to see, please ask.

 

 

Edited 1 November, 20232 yr by DoctorBoostaLot
Price drop

Updated with 2nd Price drop to £1,800 without the spare set of wheels, £1,900 with.

what’s the mileage, been looking for a decent price one of these that will be alright as a daily.

Hi, it's 152,875. It was my daily driver for years.

 

Updated with a 3rd Price drop to £1,700 without the spare set of wheels, £1,800 with...

Bump. Still got it and want it sold this year, I'm out of garage space, although you can inspect it in a my garage if you want, but I've got other projects to be getting on with.

 

🙂

@DoctorBoostaLot still for sale? Could you drop me an SMS/WhatsApp please on 07827741368, I am interested please, need a reliable commuter! Cheers

,Tim

Reduced to £1,600 with freshly powder coated wheels as of this week! It now looks the best it has since I've owned it but I can't keep 'em all.

 

 

Edited 4 June, 20242 yr by DoctorBoostaLot
Price drop

That's a shame ,I would have had his if you had dropped me a call 😞 bought one now. Oh well! 

7 hours ago, hemsley704 said:

That's a shame ,I would have had his if you had dropped me a call 😞 bought one now. Oh well! 

 

Sorry, I'd not logged in here for a while.

Has this sold buddy 

Hi, nope. Still got it, no-one's come to see it yet.

What’s the mileage bud n where you located 

West Midlands and 152,875 miles.

Any movement on the price it’s just 5 hrs away and would need to train it down thanks 

PM'd on the off chance this might still be up for sale.