My 4year old vRS has finally been traded in....

92K miles with all the issues it has had + suspension really needing attention

soon + Cambelt etc + major variable with plugs, etc...

Change of job also meant loss of company fuel card..

So after test driving Fabia vRS

and Mondeo TDCI 130hp...

I'm now the owner of a 56 plate Mondeo TDCI 130bhp Titanium in silver...

which was similar money to the Fabia's

The Mondeo is a far better proposition for me, howver the Fabia was very good to drive etc..

It was the lack of kit + the attitude displayed by the Skoda dealer..

I removed the Aero wiper kit, which will be appearing on a website to sell it!!

I also removed the Alpine and the Infinity speakers...

The infinity's might be finding a new home in the Mondeo, but the standard Sony

HU looks and sounds good enough to not bother messing around with adaptors

and facias etc.....

So farewell Octy, welcmoe Mondeo!!!

Dazz

Mondeo Man? Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

:sofahide:

Chris, what you been doing to the brisky users?

Mondeo is a nice car and I have to admit I almost had one instead of the Octy.

the mondeo is supposed to be very nice, good buy

should have been an ST220 though

I hope they find the old girl a nice loving family.

Well If I could have stayed in the VAG family I would have...

Octy MkII 140 TDI ( with Elegance or Sport Spec ) either too old/ too many miles

and too expensive...

New Leon, too expensive, nice looker, cheap crap dash, solid suspension ride

New Passat 2.0 TDI 140 -- too expensive...

Superb.. No based on old ( not that good Passat )...

So that left the Fabia vRS.... Which I genuinely liked a lot!!! but

local dealers are wanting quite frankly silly money for 2 year old cars

( I remember they did this with the MK1 Octy vRS and will no doubt do it with the

MKII - buying all the low miles good stock and thus keeping prices high )

After 1 hour test drive, the Fabia was good but looks dated inside, with virtually

no kit ( The SE version is better - just cus of the black leather, but they could have

put climate and livened the interior up a bit...

poor PX value for my Octy + no discount or other offer of a deal. put me off big style...

A mate owns a Mondeo ST TDCI .. After having the briefest drive of that, with the handling and overall design I went and test drove a Titanium model ( I was actually interested in the Zetec ) but the extras on the Titanium are worth it..

17 inch alloys, better MP3 stereo, auto lights, wipers, puddle door lights... etc

And I really enjoyed the drive, the 130bhp engine, is smoother than any VAG TDI engine i've driven, it handles and gives good ride comfort even on the roughest of roads, its quiet and just as quick as most equivalent cars of this type...

The other thing was the price I picked it up with 15K on the clock, 56 plate.

for 45% off new retail

thats it I'm a Mundeo driver.....

cheers

Daz