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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Steve30 on 07 November 2012, 21:43
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http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/vehicle.cfm?Account=SHD3052697&Style=2&Id=AETV63497710&Make=SKODA&Model=FABIA&City=London
looking at getting this on Friday partners daughter first car she's 18 passed her test first time in a manual car.
its been 15yrs since I bought a secondhand motor so feel a bit rusty. :undecided:
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Read this thread by Mr Chuff :wink:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=161429.0
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Read this thread by Mr Chuff :wink:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=161429.0
Thats a brilliant thread thanks Rhyso and the big man :wink:
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Why not look at Lupo 1.4TDIs or Polo 1.4 TDIs at that price?
£30 a year tax.
Those Fabia's are decent enough but the 1.4 petrol is a pretty bland engine. Even a 1.4TDI fabia is miles better!
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Also, something that should be added to that thread... HPI "Clear" does NOT mean that the car has not been involved in any sort of accident! many older cars are insured 3rd Party, to cut costs. Car is then damaged, but completely bypasses the claim process, and sold on as "Unrecorded" damage, rendering an HPI or any other checks, including Govt. checks, completely useless!
Thom
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Also, something the should be added to that thread... HPI "Clear" does NOT mean that the car has not been involved in any sort of accident! many older cars are insured 3rd Party, to cut costs. Car is then damaged, but completely bypasses the claim process, and sold on as "Unrecorded" damage, rendering an HPI or any other checks, including Govt. checks, completely useless!
Thom
Good shout.
Best bet for that sort of thing is paint on rubber seals, blow ins on a pillars etc, checking all fixtures on the car are tight, no broken clips, odd coloured panels, misaligned panels, odd clips etc.
Can generally spot repaired panels etc. Sometimes the angles just feel different.
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watch out for wishbones on them, they are a cack design and an absolute bastid to change, my sister has one of these, sdi fairly well specd and it goes ok. the parts ive bought for it are suprisingly expensive though.
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Why not look at Lupo 1.4TDIs or Polo 1.4 TDIs at that price?
£30 a year tax.
Those Fabia's are decent enough but the 1.4 petrol is a pretty bland engine. Even a 1.4TDI fabia is miles better!
£100 a year tax...
On the Fabia, not the Polo or the Lupo. ;)
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Why not look at Lupo 1.4TDIs or Polo 1.4 TDIs at that price?
£30 a year tax.
Those Fabia's are decent enough but the 1.4 petrol is a pretty bland engine. Even a 1.4TDI fabia is miles better!
£100 a year tax...
On the Fabia, not the Polo or the Lupo. ;)
apologies, didn't know that
No probs, don't know why the Fabias are higher!
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The old maxim "Rough people rough cars" is usually true.
If the seller is an irritating loud mouth scruff with a skanky wife and filthy house then just walk.
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Wife has the 8v version. They are surprisingly good cars imo. Don't get me wrong, they're no frills motoring. Distinctly avarage in every respect, except when it comes to insurance! They are in a league of their own! We had to find a car which would cost the minimum to insure due to my wifes absolutely horrific driving skills! And being an 18 year old new driver which your missus's daughter is, I'm assuming this is playing a massive part too. Honestly, who usually drive a Skoda Fabia? Old people is who! All the young lads that read Max Power drive Corsas, Fiestas, Clios, and Polos right! No young lad with a reputation to think about would drive a Skoda, so they don't get battered like the rest of em! (hense the seriously low milage on the one your looking at, and the one we bought too. (2000 model with 38k)). On the same note, who breaks into, and joyrides in a Skoda Fabia? (excluding the VRS) Nobody is who! Therefore they are extremely low on the insurers risk charts. We too looked at a Polo 6n2 1.4 16v, Corsa 1.0 and 1.2, Fiesta 1.25, Fiat Punto 1.2, the list goes on............ The best we go insurance wise on those for the missus, was £2700! Didn't think she would be able to drive again to be honest. Had a look at the Fabia in 1.4 8v, 1.4 16v, and even a 1.9 tdi, and all were under £1300 for her! With the car and the condition and milage we found, and her insurance, the 8v was the one we went for, although if I had researched it a little more, a 16v probably would have been the better option. Seriously go for it if I were you/her Steve. :wink:
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Wife has the 8v version. They are surprisingly good cars imo. Don't get me wrong, they're no frills motoring. Distinctly avarage in every respect, except when it comes to insurance! They are in a league of their own! We had to find a car which would cost the minimum to insure due to my wifes absolutely horrific driving skills! And being an 18 year old new driver which your missus's daughter is, I'm assuming this is playing a massive part too. Honestly, who usually drive a Skoda Fabia? Old people is who! All the young lads that read Max Power drive Corsas, Fiestas, Clios, and Polos right! No young lad with a reputation to think about would drive a Skoda, so they don't get battered like the rest of em! (hense the seriously low milage on the one your looking at, and the one we bought too. (2000 model with 38k)). On the same note, who breaks into, and joyrides in a Skoda Fabia? (excluding the VRS) Nobody is who! Therefore they are extremely low on the insurers risk charts. We too looked at a Polo 6n2 1.4 16v, Corsa 1.0 and 1.2, Fiesta 1.25, Fiat Punto 1.2, the list goes on............ The best we go insurance wise on those for the missus, was £2700! Didn't think she would be able to drive again to be honest. Had a look at the Fabia in 1.4 8v, 1.4 16v, and even a 1.9 tdi, and all were under £1300 for her! With the car and the condition and milage we found, and her insurance, the 8v was the one we went for, although if I had researched it a little more, a 16v probably would have been the better option. Seriously go for it if I were you/her Steve. :wink:
Thanks for your input guys some great advice will let you know On Friday. :wink:
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Just wanted to say a big thank you to Chuff for the link on checking out the Skoda Fabia to day worked like a treat we bought the car checks out perfect milage wise, FSH history by Skoda thanks again. :smiley:
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just dont blame me when it goes wrong :laugh: :grin:
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just dont blame me when it goes wrong :laugh: :grin:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Nice one Chuff.