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Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs
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06-01-2007, 19:21
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| Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007
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| Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs Hi there fellow Skoda owners! I bought my VRs (Black Magic) in late July when I realised my Rover 75 was using more petrol than a developing nation. It now has 4000 miles on it and lots of dealer visits! I love the VRs although it's been in a few times for warranty work  :Driver's seat started creaking Rear Wiper failed Rear Washer failed (!) Front numberplate fell off Front plastic trim fell off after new numberplate fitted Another numberplate fitted thanks to wonky fitting! (same visit) A new cable fitted in the gear change linkage to stop an infuriating vibration at idle (when in neutral). However, 2000 miles on and it is starting to vibrate again... ...and then... (and this is why I wish I'd found BriSkoda sooner!) I noticed a stutter when I re-introduced throttle after a gear change. This took lots of calls to the dealer and Skoda before they would admit there was a problem. They've now done a fix that they said would make it fail its first MOT... Can this be right?!? Anyhow, I love the car. The look on the face of an ill prepared BMW coupé driver as you overtake them on a motorway sliproad is great. Unfortunately, due to a white van man (and my stupid instinct not to destroy my car) I managed to badly curb the front wheel yesterday (no thanks to the granite curbs in Winchester) and it is damaged badly all the way around and the tyre sidewall is torn in two places. Good news is that the dealer was 100 metres away and they told me a new wheel would set me back £115 inc vat, so I'm pretty impressed. However (and I may start another thread on this), I was thinking of replacing the wheels with some Black 17" Wolfrace Street Racers... Found a place with a good offer on some and I'm tempted. Look forward to speaking to you all! Blade (Also a keen biker) |
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06-01-2007, 19:52
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| 200 laps....... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Essex
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| Re: Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs Hello and Welcome 
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07-01-2007, 01:47
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| Txt Spk Police  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hampshire
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| Re: Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs Hello and welcome
__________________ Stu Stu's Websites - http://www.fabia-vrs.com & http://www.octavia-vrs.com Stu's Car - 2008 Audi S3 - Ibis White, Black Optics Pack, Privacy Glass, Auto Bi Xenon Headlights, Rain Sensing Wipers, Bose Sound System, Ipod Prep, GSM Phone Prep, Flat Bottom Multi Function Steering Wheel, Electric Folding Mirrors, Acoustic Parking, Cruise Control, Interior Light Pack, Non Smokers Pack. SWMBO's Car - 2008 Seat LEON TDi Stylance, Black Magic, Sports Pack, Rear Parking Sensors. Something for Weekend - A Patio  |
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07-01-2007, 08:54
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| King Rat  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Yorkshire
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__________________ Current car: Black MKII Octavia vRS Combi Previous: Black MKI Octavia vRS Combi Black Fabia Elegance 100 BHP |
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07-01-2007, 14:45
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| Hardcore  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bahrain
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| Re: Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs Welcome - I find that the Fab vRS is the nearest thing to a bike, while still being a cage. Forced to give up biking 6 years ago - way too many drunk weekend visitors over here! Still it's just not the same..... Cheers Bas
__________________ Fab vRS - Black Magic - PD160 intake - Forge FMIC - colour coded front grille -SLC Splitter - K&N Airfilter -SEAT Strutbrace - Jabba ARB - IC Waterspray (need to wire it in!) - 312mm TT brakes - Eibach Springs - Skoda Reversing sensors - Devonutopia Tuning (tm) Custom Exhaust (2 1/4" straight pipe) - Short shifter mod- 5 brake light mod - Helix Steel SMF + Organic Clutch + pressure plate - Peloquin LSD - TD stage 2 Hybrid - Washbrook remapped ECU - Uprated injectors - Cupra bushes -Poly-filled dogbone - Allard racepipe - Pirelli Dragons - Forge Rear Strutbrace - DIY SS upper boostpipe delete -Koni FSD's - elephant pipe CCV mod |
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07-01-2007, 19:17
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Birmingham
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| Re: Wish I'd found you sooner! Fabia VRs Welcome to Briskoda
__________________ Support Briskoda---------------------->  Red Skoda Octavia V//RS Mods to date: Carbonio CAI Forge 007 DV Aero Wipers Briskoda Stickers KVW100 GB Wheel Inserts RS Tuning Remap Delocked Piper Cat Back Kenwood KDC-W6541U Fli Twin 12" Active Sub Parrot CK3100 ------------------------------------------------  |
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