My new Fabia VRS

I want one!

What kinda mpg you getting?

Does that come with the Direct shift gearbox, semi/full auto with flappy paddles?
I looked at test driving one, but got put off by the fact you can only get them with 5 doors :/
Same engine as VW polo GTI and Ibiza Cupra Bocanegra, both of which are more aesthically pleasing imho, but its a lovely car still

Whats the interior like?

Tom

Looking good. When the lease on my Toyota iQ ends later this year I'm seriously thinking about getting one of these to replace it. I reckon the red/black combination there is the best combination.

Quite surprising really as the engine has only done 300miles and I have not been driving it too cautiously I'm getting an average of 35 mpg

ysidfa said:

Does that come with the Direct shift gearbox, semi/full auto with flappy paddles?
I looked at test driving one, but got put off by the fact you can only get them with 5 doors :/
Same engine as VW polo GTI and Ibiza Cupra Bocanegra, both of which are more aesthically pleasing imho, but its a lovely car still

Whats the interior like?

Tom

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Yes it has the DSG gearbox with flappy paddles and I'm very happy with it, It makes the 0-62 claims much more possible.
I agree the 5 doors don't look as good as 3 but it is much more practical.
The interior is very VW like evey thing in the right place and very practical but bland, but saying that it has a great media player and I went for the red/grey seats instead of just grey which brightens it up a bit.

rturner said:

Looking good. When the lease on my Toyota iQ ends later this year I'm seriously thinking about getting one of these to replace it. I reckon the red/black combination there is the best combination.

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I almost went for the green/black but they are more common.

Looks nice altho im not a fan of them....the 1.4 TFSI engines are fairly good no lag dues to havin both turbo and supercharger

Just be careful with the DSG, Ive heard bad things about the digital gear selector going after 3-4 years. Try and get an extended warentee if you can to save your self £4ks worth of new gearbox

tom

ysidfa said:

Just be careful with the DSG, Ive heard bad things about the digital gear selector going after 3-4 years. Try and get an extended warentee if you can to save your self £4ks worth of new gearbox

tom

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I have heard a few scares but I don't do much mileage and I plan to change it after 3 years

Lovely!

I like it, but then I don't like it sometimes....confusing. This car looks by far the best in blue, with a colour coded grille.

You should tint those rear lights, they blend with the paintwork too much.

Vance said:

I like it, but then I don't like it sometimes....confusing. This car looks by far the best in blue, with a colour coded grille.

You should tint those rear lights, they blend with the paintwork too much.

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I see what you mean, it's funny the headlights come tinted as standard I I think the rear lights would look better with a tint

not my thing but sure its a very nice car.. Always fancied taking a car with one of these TFSI engines for a blast.

So is it staying standard or is it to be modded?

Vance said:

So is it staying standard or is it to be modded?

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Some thing was brought up on the Briskoda forum about any modded lights including bulbs and tints. Some new MOT laws are coming out which could cause some problems and risk of MOT failing. So at the moment i'm leaving well alone.Here is the link below..

http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/04/changes-to-mot-rules-in-2012-are-you-ready/

hammer32 said:

Some thing was brought up on the Briskoda forum about any modded lights including bulbs and tints. Some new MOT laws are coming out which could cause some problems and risk of MOT failing. So at the moment i'm leaving well alone.Here is the link below..

http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/04/changes-to-mot-rules-in-2012-are-you-ready/

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Mot changes, please read link above.