hey chaps and chappesses... its been a while since i posted somet on ere.... being very busy upto press... got me self a new job and moved down to essex, leaving the family in yorkshire, and as a result i need a car which is economical, yet sporty and quick... here are the criteria:-

Needs to be economical
needs to be pretty good handling
needs to cope with high mileage
be fairly new
have a bit of get up and go (or be able to be easily tuned)
give me the thrill factor, like the scoob used to

my budget is around 5k, and my 1st thoughts were the skoda fabia vrs... i hear these can be tuned up pretty well.... if you have any more options for me, please fire em this way.. petrol/DERV, doesnt matter what it is, just aslong as it fits the criteria!!!

andy

 

hate to say this.... but they work for me!!

 

I'll count from 10....

Corradoboy should be along before I get 5...

He's the man for Skoda D's mate... everything you need to know...

 

My wife has run a Furby VRS for nearly 3 years now, its fun to drive, economical and brings a smile to my face each time I drive it
Get one and get on "Briskoda" too
Cheers
AC

 

I can just see Al sat at his 'pooter, shivering, starving, soiled pants, heavy eyelids and stubble, dragging out slurring the last "twoooooo-ooooooooooo-ooooooo-ooooooooo" big pause.........."oooooooooo-oooooooooo-ooooonnnnnnnnnnnnn-nnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee" before finally realising that Dave doesn't spend his whole life here any more

Andy, as Al says I have a Furby and love it. Sure, it ain't no Scooby, but for awesome mid-range performance combined with unbelievable economy AT THE SAME TIME they are hard to better. I got mine on recommendation from Steve Chaps (old WYIOC member) as he rated it as the best car he'd ever owned, over and above 3-4 Scoobs, some Cossie's and a Noble M12

Insurance is cheap, tax is cheap....
Mine's map'd to 180/312 and was measured using a Racelogic Driftbox doing 30-70 in 6.1s. On a steady run I can however still get over 60mpg I do recommend an aftermarket rear ARB, and to get the best from a remap you will need a decent (Green) filter and the air intake parts from a Seat Ibiza PD160. Many uprate the suspension to coilovers, then report that the car is skittish and often slower over tricky country lanes than the OE set-up. Another popular upgrade is to fit TT brakes, but if you drive using Roadcraft and don't use them much there's no need to upgrade them.

Have a look on BriSkoda to find well mod'd and cherished examples for sale. Like many mod'd cars they often get stripped and the parts sold on if they have to be sold on AT, but people usually try to sell them complete on forums first. Pistonheads often has a few good ones too.

 

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Thank Christ for that.... I'd got to 1 and had to bring in the .999 - .998 .997.9...

The man's clinically insane... so I wouldn't place too much emphasis on his recommendations. He even said Hob **** were better than Jaffa Cakes...!!! Mental.

 

Hob **** ARE better than Jaffa Cakes

 

i'm sorry, but you cannot compare the mighty Hob ***, a true classic of the dunking world with the fine citrus quality of the jaffa cake!! its like Roast beef against a good smoked salmon, two classic from different stables!!

 

We're discussing all round ability here. Not specialisations.
Pound for pound Gerard is better than Rooney,... ergo.. the Jaffa cake is better than the Hob ***.

 

why not make a jaffanob and be done with the subject

 

pound for pound you are right, but that is unfair as the "jaffa" is a light weight aerospace spec goodie.... and after a while pondering i am back to the old problem of this comparison... is the "jaffa" a cake or biscuit?? i am a cake theorist, or kipplinite as we are known, so in conclusion the Hob *** is the true king!!!

 

citrus and chocolate on an oatie base?? thats just stupid!!

 

Dave you'll have to let sarah have a drive with you tomorrow , been telling her to get one for her next car......

 

She can drive it herself if she likes

 

This is nice talking to a fellow officianado about hard baked sweet or savoury based products. Your summation of the Jaffa was exceptional... and, as a McVitite, I too have pondered over the age old problem.

I'm sure you'll have followed closely the Tax case around the Jaffa when Her Majesty's courts defined the Jaffa as a cake. I was there, waiting with baited breath when in the defence of a tax judgement found in favour of the Jaffa being a cake. Customs and Excise, as you know, claimed the Jaffa was a biscuit and was therefore liable to VAT as chocolate covered biscuits are liable to VAT, whilst chocolate covered cakes are not. The successful defence rested on the fact that "biscuits go soft when stale, whereas cakes go hard when stale". I've spent years wrestling with that final statement... But her Maj is never wrong...

But I've moved on now and embrace both, but still feel the genius behind the engineering of Chocolate, cake and fruit based jelly into one perfect baked good wins over the unruly, course, rough but hard HobNob.

 

My pal Jamesemt went for the Seat Ibiza TDi, same car underneath, and mapped to 211/380 lb.ft., clutch just manages but traction in the wet is comical... in the dry it will match my Scoob ! His Mrs has the Fabia, and the gearbox seems to have different ratios or the IC makes it quicker of the line !

HTH

DunxC

P.S. Don't I remember a orange based HobNob-like product a while back ?

 

The spawn of Satan man...

 

cheers guys for the opinions... corradoboy, where could you get a fabia mapped around waki/leeds??

 

My pal used a guy in York,( Alan Bell ? ) can ask if you get one, but a lot cheaper than a Scoob !

HTH

DunxC

 

£ for £ m8 (Or lb for lb).

The Fabia IS a great little car, we bought ours new in 2005. It averages 45 round town & 60 on a long run. It's got decent mid range grunt, handles OK (Clings on well) & is very versatile. Decent level of kit.
Downsides are the white interior (Kids trashed ours so had to leather it up), and the odd annoying trait (Sticking rear calipers mainly - now sorted). Since we've had it the car has only let us down once when the clutch hydraulics failed. Out of warrenty at that point but Skoda stood 75% of a £400 bill.

They continue to fetch decent prices & I only wish Subaru's depreciated as slowly

My other diesel has now taken the £ for £ crown though............

 

Hi Steve, hope you're well. C'mon, spill the beans. Watcha got

 

There is a place in Wakey that does the Revo generic 'one-click' maps, but I'd always advise a custom map to get the best from the car. Have a look around on Briskoda for recommendations, but I had mine done at Jabba Sport. I asked for them to feed in the boost and fuelling progressively to protect the clutch and not frighten the learners too much, and taper off the fuelling above 4k to reduce sooting and protect the turbo, which they were happy to do. Don't know if AET are up to speed on mapping these ???

 

It's just been on Top Gear , being driven very slowly!

 

You won't be getting it de-Cat'd then

 

cheers CB. i'm looking at getting one after xmas, then i'll have a ride down to AET to see if they can advise on mapping...

stringo

 

M3!!!

Hi mate...

 

Let me know if you want a blast in mine to see if you like it or not.

 

I wish, the one Cap't slow couldn't get to B'pool on time!!!!!!

Still a scooby..............might join a subaru club .