Did not mean to be rude in any way it was merely that the dealer never said anything so had I not read the book i would have been no wiser. I think it has been mention already but with the availible technology you might assume that ruuning-in was not required. My wifes Mini Cooper makes no mention of the 'running-in' requirement and a number of new cars she has had i recall no such advise.

No offence taken at all And you are right, our dealer told me nothing about running in, I had to find it in the owners manual.

Yeah, read that. Do not use more than 3/4 power/revs for first 1000miles. Seems straight forward enough as running in goes.

:+1: He's right - that's the best running in advice you can get!

:+1: He's right - that's the best running in advice you can get!

There was somewhere on the net (I cannot find the link) where it was recommended that one should thrash a car from new to bed the engine in properly. I don't know if that approach was rubbished at all, or if there are people who still hold to it.

There was somewhere on the net (I cannot find the link) where it was recommended that one should thrash a car from new to bed the engine in properly. I don't know if that approach was rubbished at all, or if there are people who still hold to it.

Thought I remember some members here mentioning that not to long ago...

By all means drive in a spirited manner (!) but it's not only the engine that needs running in............

Another gripe today checked the spare advertised as a full size but stamped on the tyre wall do not exceed 80kmp. In other words a full size but with limitations.

Another gripe today checked the spare advertised as a full size but stamped on the tyre wall do not exceed 80kmp. In other words a full size but with limitations.

Can anyone else confirm this? It would be a major drawback for me. My previous two Mk1 2.0i's had full-size spares. The first even had an alloy spare, exactly the same as the other four.

I may be in the market for a new car and I just ruled out the Fiesta because it had what appeared to be a full-size spare but had a 50mph limiting sticker. Not only that - the salesman said it was only good for 50 miles as well! I do regular 170+ mile trips in the evenings. How on earth could such a spare be usable?

The last Fabia3 had a full sized spare, steel rim spare, but had s sticker on it. However as it was only a loan car for a few days I did not really worry about it too much.

I can't believe that a spare tyre would only be good for 50 miles. :-(

The last Fabia3 had a full sized spare, steel rim spare, but had s sticker on it. However as it was only a loan car for a few days I did not really worry about it too much.

I just spoke to my dealer. He said that it is a full-size spare but that they are obliged to put a 50mph limit sticker on by law. In fact, it is the same tyre as the rest. I don't follow the reasoning here - but they do say, "The law is an a55".

I can't believe that a spare tyre would only be good for 50 miles. :-(

Neither can I - but it would be bizarre for a salesman to be dishonest to his own detriment.

Gavin

Thats very impressive with only 700 miles on the clock. I have had mine in the mid 60's on a couple of occasions but normally mid to high 50's.

Ian

From his original post I think he meant 7000.

the full size spare wheel in the fabia is a normal tyre. you can do normal speeds on it and expect it to last normal sorts of mileage

BUT

they have to put the limit on there for legal reasons. the warning is there so when the tyre is say 3 of 4 years old, never been properly checked by a owner and more than likely not now at the correct pressure, you dont put the tyre on and expect it to perform as your normal tyres would do.

also dont forget that allot of cars are fitted with directional tyres. now your spare cant be a direction tyre, or else it not be usable on all 4 corners. so it must be a different tread to the normal tyres, and therefore react differently under stress. so by putting the warning on there it reminds people to take it easy on a tyre that they might not have checked over for some time.

BTW the first fabia i had suffered a blow out after hitting a pot hole. it destroyed the alloy wheel too! i drove the car back over 100 miles on the spare tyre and felt quite hapy doing the motorway speeds. as the car was practically new and the tyre would have be checked during PDI i was confident that i wouldnt have a issue at going over the 50 mph.

I recall being told that new tyres take around 100 miles to bed down and give full grip. If the spare has never been used, it may not offer full grip particularly in the wet. Rubber deteriorates with age and I think it is recommended that tyres should be replaced when they are five years old. A spare on a middle aged car may have deteriorating rubber.

My Fabia was delivered with an alloy spare which was an option that I didn't order. Dealer didn't charge me for it either. No speed limitations marked on it that I can see.

As for mpg, 1.9TDi averaging 48mpg communting to work on mix of A-roads and motorway. I managed 55mpg once on a gentle cross country run.

I recently bought a new New Fabia 1 1.2 (60) petrol. So far I am not to enamoured with the MPG. 2000k on the clock . Filled up to the brim "Shell " before a trip to Glasgow today. did 83 miles filled up again put 11ltrs in to the same point. motorway driving not at 70mph I can't get any accurate info either from the dealer or Skoda Hq. I wonder if anyone has one of these and an y comments/info.

Thanks

Filled up to the brim "Shell " before a trip to Glasgow today. did 83 miles filled up again put 11ltrs in to the same point. motorway driving not at 70mph

By conversion 11litres = 2.4 imp gallons, giving a fuel consumption of about 34.6mpg. Doesn't sound very good, but it is a small petrol engine so maybe that's as good as it gets? The brochure says you should be getting 47.9mpg combined or 58.9 extra-urban, so certainly the figures don't sound very good...

Of course there are greater inaccuracies with small quantities, so I would suggest that you carefully monitor what you get on full tank measurements. Fill up every time, note down how much you put in and the mileage, and then calculate what you're getting over the whole tanks.

Swapped my 1999 Felicia 1.2 for a new 2009 Fabia II 1.2, so far very disappointed with the fuel consumption. It has now done 10,000 miles and on a recent trip of 450 miles with 2 adults returned 45.6 mpg, not bad you might say. However the Felicia did the same journey several times with 3 adults and a dog (!) at the same speeds and returned 53 mpg, is this progress?

The fact that I could service the old pushrod Skoda engine with my eyes shut and the tyres were half the price is a further irritant. While I'm moaning, has anyone else noticed that the Fabia head rests are totally incompatible with the average human head?

Nearly forgot; My long established local Skoda dealers charged me £200+ for the 2nd service recently, this largely consisted of looking at things, greasing the bonnet catch and topping up the washer bottle despite me telling them not too. What they didn't do was update the service book, all very disappointing.

Edited 11 October, 201114 yr by Funkmobile