Skoda Fabia

Anyone got one of these and willing to share experiences?

Still going round the houses on new car options and this seems to be in the running from the reviews and stuff I've seen. Am stepping up the research as my old faithful with 90k on the clock is getting a bit doddery and a slippy clutch.

Cheers
GG

 

yep they are fab my hubby owns one

 

there is some one else here who speaks highly of them i just cant think who ..... jack maybe ?

 

@fat controller is a real gem when it comes to advice on cars mind

 

I'd have one. A lad work has one and he seems happy with it, and as we both do much of the same route to and from work, I've seen that his car can pop along a bit when it wants to.

 

As I see it;

There are faster cars, more economical cars and much better looking cars, but few as well built and generally as reliable. Every couple of years it'll need front wishbone bushes (they are truly appalling pieces of tat, lord knows what they were thinking when they were signed off), the ABS control unit will probably fail at some point, and the electric windows will fall apart in a tangled mess of cables, but apart from that it is generally reliable.
You will not get the urge to get up at 5am on a Sunday seeking out drivers roads 'cos it's dull. But it is reliable.

It will also hold its value well. Probably because it's reliable!

 

I'm confused, you've just totally described the Vauxhall Vectra, apart from one word that you used, "reliable".

I thought we were on about the Skoda Fabia.

 

To be fair, I simply said "dull", not "dull as dishwater"!!!

 

I have had Fabia's since the first new builds based on the VW

I have never had a problem, slow and trundling, well mine was! at 130mph on the Nurburgring, but back in the UK it is as fast as you would need it to be

The main niggle (that I have not had, is water in the door cards, but it is an easy sealant fix)

I started with the 1.9 TDI excellence, then upgraded to the 1.9 TDI VRS 134BHP now the 1.9TDI VRS 184 BHP special edition, that is now six years old good as new after the compulsory re-spray,)
The new Skoda Fabia VRS's are 1.4 Petrol and they FLY, Still excellent build quality

Jack McH

 

Are you sure thats sums up as "reliable",
Sounds like a bloody nightmare.

 

Just the more common models.

Lost count of the window regulators that I've done in the last couple of years. To be fair, it's an issue with a lot of VAG models and not just the Fabia. But the front bushes are a weak spot - maybe they're uprated on the VR models?

I've only driven one VRS and it did indeed FLY!
But............compared to my old Alfasud ti or any of my Pug 205 Gti's it was not as good a drivers car. Infinitely better car day to day though, I have no doubt of that.

 

Compared to most of the crap on the market now that is reliable! Niggles for sure, but the chances of a Fabia breaking down or not starting are really low.