mid-buggy
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 06:23 PM |
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Fabia vRS - What To Look For?
We are looking at fabia vRS, anyone had one?
What problems do they have?
Any info welcome.
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dhutch
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 06:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mid-buggy
We are looking at fabia vRS, anyone had one?
What problems do they have?
Any info welcome.
My cousins had a 1.4 and the rear window leaked. Not other issues. Dont know if thats a common one.
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skinned knuckles
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 06:40 PM |
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my dad had one as a company car for a year. managed to get himself 9 points during that year. nippy little things, very tunable. basically
mechanically the same as VW's so fairly bullet proof.
A man isn't complete until he's married, then he's finished
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Marcus
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 07:13 PM |
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THe cars aint bad, engines chip easily, BUT the interiors of the VRS are nasty (unless you get the leather option). They all seem to be a very light
grey which stains really badly, very cheap nylon type seat covers.
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Stott
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 07:25 PM |
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I've had 2, well 3 if you include the fact I sold the one I have now and bought it back 2months later...........
Lots of niggly things go wrong.
rear doors (or all 4) leak water - a day and a tube of pu sealant sorts this - had this
ARB bushes go cos the powder coat comes off the bar and they rust and wear
There's a stutter at about 1800 rpm, replacing the egr gasket for a modded one or disabling egr cures this - had this
front drag links go - updated part out now - had this
brake switches go faulty - had this
A/C temp sensors go faulty - had this
washer pipes blow off sometimes - had this
steering angle sensors go packing up the pas
alternator wiring under the gearbox breaks - then it won't charge and the pas don't work properly, just re-solder it - had this
sometimes the belts on some don't retract really well
intercooler pipes blow off - dodgy clips
the plastic shroud on the intercooler rubs the front of the fins and will wear a hole in the cooler in the end, unless you trim it back first - had
this
I've had a clutch slave go - dunno if this is common though
Clutches are incredibly expensive so get one with a good one in it
Turbos blow - had this too, unless it's regularly been ragged the vnt gets well sooty and can't regulate the boost when you finally do
give it some, mine snapped the shaft and spat impellor vanes up into the I/C and cut all my boost pipes to bits 
Don't let it put you off though, if you read into the common faults of any car there are hundreds, there's loads more info on briskoda.net
if you want it
It's great though, mines 173bhp 311lb/ft, really really pisses people off getting left in a cloud of soot by a shitty skoda  spoils their day
somewhat........
[Edited on 10/5/10 by Stott]
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