Evening

As the title suggest's i'm new to skoda. (sorry all those who where expecting something else and shame on you)

I have had the pleasure of owning a fabia vrs (04/04 red 50k) for 3 weeks now and generally i'm pretty happy with it. I love the torque mpg etc, don't like the handling so much. Which i'm sure isn't a surprise to anyone here.

I need a couple of issue's sorting out and was after some advice pls.

1) despite it sayin 70k in the handbook for a cambelt change and not specifying a timescale. Reading on here it seems like its a good idea to get done ASAP. Am i right in thinking about £300 all in with a metal water pump thingy (not technically minded at all) is a sensible bench mark? Has anyone in the essex area had this done and if so who buy. I want someone to do the job properly.

2) I need some new tyres shortly i think i've narrowed it down to three after reading thro some post's what do u think?

TOYO T1R PROXES TOYO T1 R - 205/45R16 87W XL £61.60

KKUMHO KU31 ECSTA SPORT KUMHO KU 31 - 205/45R16 87W XL £50.00

HANKOOK K104 HANKOOK K 104 - 205/45R16 87Y XL £54.00

I'm expecting to pay approx £8 fitting per tyre all in at a local garage.

Hopefully the two new tyres will cure the slight vibration/pull/wobble thing that goes on at about 90mph (in germany of course) as the tyres currently on it seem to have worn slightly unevenly and although i've had them balanced/tracked it doesnt seem to of solved the problem.

3) Finally whats the cheapest way to cure the understeer/body roll (i don't need a touring car, but the current set up doesn't seem to match the performance again the front boots probably arent helping i know.

Sorry to chunter on. thanks for reading and in advance for your replies.

Oh one more thing, i managed to get skoda to pay 80% towards having the doors resealed as they were leaking. Obviously the car's out of warranty so i didnt think this was to bad. SO worth asking if u have the same problem (Sorry if you already know)

Ben

Welcome

thanks

Hi Ben and welcome,

Sorry to hear about your problems.

Not everybody pops in these forums to say hello so to get your specific ones out to a wider audience try posting it in the fabia forums: Fabia - BRISKODA - The Skoda Forum and Community

You can also try the search function, should throw up a fair few results as some of your queries are fairly common.

Enjoy the site

D

hi and welcome

Cheers bigW i though i might of posted it in the wrong section.

Yeah i've kind of summised the other post's that i'd read thro, i just wasnt sure how up to date they where? Obviously new products and prices etc come out all the time.

Hello and welcome. Glad your enjoying the car. Tyre wear could be down to suspension bushes maybe.

Thanks scarlet

hmm that's my next thought if the new tyres don't solve the problem. The mechanic who checked it out for me thought that the previous owner had been running incorrect pressures which was what was causing the uneven wear resulting in the vibration.

Is there a easy way to check the state of the bushes??

welcome to briskoda

Davy

Welcome to Briskoda

Hello & welcome Ben,

Ben

Welcome to Briskoda!!!!

Now wheres's this virgin........................