RS Grant

....was your test track not long enough to get any higher than 4th gear??


Cheers,
Grant

Rabid

Well done braniac- bear in mind I've owned both

There you go the first openly deluded Furby 'rocket ship' owner on the thread.

That's what the continued comments are in aid of fabio.

All we need now are some of the more optimistic VRS owners from Briskoda to come over and tell us about how they saw off all manner of exotic stuff- all while getting 50+mpg.

wide

Thats just a diesel torque fact, pretty much the same in any decent power diesel

lozgti

They are a very reserved and helpful lot on Briskoda.The only real'dispute' was Fabia vRS v Octavia vRS.Given that some of the octavia boys (not me ) have been around the 170 mph mark that soon died a death.

It is very true to say though the Fabia vRS is now in the hands of a lot of 'young' drivers.Have to say though,even they seem very sensible and not boy racer 'I beat this' kind of people.Skoda seems to attract people who are perhaps a bit less 'lairy'

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

'they seem very sensible and not boy racer 'I beat this' kind of people.'

oops thats me out on both counts !

lozgti

You just do it but become too used to it to bother telling anyone.No one believes you if you do anyway

vindaloo

LOL - I don't think so, I think the forum rules have a lot to do with it. People are encouraged to be more mature... Though I recall someone crashed recently after previously having posted some 'lairy' videos. Didn't receive complete sympathy from the membership ISTR.

matchmaker

For "complete" substitute "any"

matchmaker

170 mph Not me for sure

Fabioso

I can't be bothered to comment on this anymore.......I know what I bought, I know what its capable of, I know what it isn't, I know it still makes me smile driving it in modded form, I know its as cheap as chips.....if you don't like it/get it/hate it well there you go....horses for courses...

TBH Rabid I don't disagree with alot of your comments I just feel some of your assumptions about what the average vRS driver thinks about their car is wrong, there may be a very small minority and the emphasis is on the word small

Enjoy what ever you drive......

beeftech

No I'm not deluded, My car will beat a 320d no Probs! I also know that it aint no rocketship, So therefore not deluded! theres no point trying to race summat unless you can beat it!

I think you must've recently been beaten by a Furby and came to the conclusion that you have bought an overpriced slow ugly car that you forgot to tick "Indicators" option on the order form on and now wished you had your skoda back

DeanoVrs

I'm sure there are furby owners who think they can take on the world, but to be honest every marque has owners who think that nothing else should be on the same road as them. From reading some threads, some scooby owners can be the worst of all.

Deano

Rabid

lol@your car beating a 320D 'no probs' that's the kind of dreamer rocket ship comments I'm talking about and here you are on this thread coming out with them.

Explain how your Fabia with 130bhp is faster than my E90 320D with 160ish and a much higher top speed. My car's leased by the way, just like the VRS was before it.

Bear in mind I've got extensive experience of REVO'd Furby and out accelerated a VRS only recently- with some ned at the wheel. Question is, was it you? It would explain your attitude problem I suppose.

davecweed

Lets face it, all diesels are crap!

Rabid

Depends what you want them for, if it's all out speed then most of them aren't as good as petrol engines that's a fact at the moment.
A 535D is a fairly tantalising prospect though and how about Audi winning Le Mans this year in a diesel?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I am not a diesel owner (well the wife is, does that count) but for most driving situations a modern diesel is better than a petrol, what they dont have is any soul, effective, yes but fun, No !

logiclee

Well I'ved owned three diesel Skoda's, my wife still has her Fabia 1.9TDi PD100.

All excellent cars and excellent value. My workmate who I car share with sometimes bought a Fabia vRS after he had a drive of my wifes Fabia.

Performance then, yes the Fabia has loads of midrange grunt and at the right speeds in the right gear they can certainly catch some fast cars sleeping.
But lets not get carried away, look at the performance figures even the in gear ones and the Fabia vRS is about even to a Mondeo TDCi 130 6 Speed. The Mondeo is 190kg heavier but has more torque and is more aerodynamic.

Remapped things get a lot more complicated my workmates has the Revo but he's been running the standard map over the winter as he's found he can make better progress in bad weather, the Revo in the wet just keeps bringing the ASR in.

In the dry, in a straight line I would expect a Revo'd 180bhp 300lbft Fabia to outperform a 160bhp 250lbft 320D.

Cheers
Lee

Rabid

Ah, you mean comparing modified with standard, always dodgy ground. Having used a REVO'd Fabia for many thousands of miles I can categorically tell you that the E90 320D has the legs on the Furby once speeds get higher. Had it demonstrated by a VRS as well, see top of thread.

Remember though you can remap 320d's as well as Fabia's. I'd expect a an E46 150bhp 320D with remap to outperform a Fabia VRS with remap. The Fabia's main problem is that it can't put it's power down compared to the RWD BMW.

logiclee

Yes it's what the thread starter asked.

Cheers
Lee

Rabid

Yeah we'd moved on from there and had some deluded Fabia owner banging on that his car is faster than 'any 320D'- which it isn't .
The fabled VRS rocket ship owner who I'd been referring to, in fact.

logiclee

Since when did this become your thread?

Cheers
Lee

Rabid

It hasn't, the discussion had moved on though, if you wanted to go back to the top maybe saying something would have been clearer?

Either way remapped Fabia V remapped 320D ends with the fabia losing.

logiclee

Only because you assume everyone should agree with what you have posted.

Yep I agree as long as the 320D in question is not a 115hp or 130hp version.

But back to my post unless BMW have a different type of horsepower or a different weight of kilogram then a 180bhp Fabia is going to be quicker than a 160bhp 3 series were traction is available for the FWD car and the road is straight so handling isn't an issue.

Cheers
Lee

Rabid

I wouldn't assume everyone should agree with what I've posted merely that the discussion had moved on.

You're also wrong in your other assumption- a 160bhp E90 3 series still goes faster in a straight line than a 180bhp Fabia.

Also a remapped E46 320D V Fabia VRS remap has the same result, the Fabia is slower.

logiclee

Wow those BMW hp's are really something. I wonder why WhatCar only timed the latest 320D at 135mph and 0-60 in 8.8 ?

Cheers
Lee

bluto22b

Leave him alone and put your small d1ck away

Oh how I hate BMW drivers

MooseRacer

Isn't it funny how, if someone dares to criticise a 'car of the moment' - like the VRS - they get rounded on.

Rabid is right. As a decent, economical & brisk hatchback the VRS is pretty much without peer.

As a hothatch it's crap.

logiclee

Ahhh leave him alone.

He's not realised the irony yet. He feels the need to point out all the little furby owners who think they have giant killers and yet he feels the need to jump on after every post and defend his low end 3 series.

Pot calling kettle black?

Cheers
Lee

matchmaker

A remapped Octavia vRS will **** all over both of them

Josh_PoloGTi

I got my Fabia vRS as I needed an economical car that would be quicker than my nitroused Polo GTi.

I had it remapped and chucked a panel filter in the day after I bought it and quickly uprated the brakes to TT spec items.

Last year I got H&R Coilovers, stuck on a set of Design 90's wrapped in T1-R's, upgraded the remap to Custom Code Phase Two and got front and rear upper strut braces.

I am really happy with the way the car performs. Handling, braking and acceleration are all much better than I had expected before I bought the car, and yes, I've spent maybe 3k on all the mods I've done to it, but that still only makes it a £15k car. It has 190bhp, 280lbft, 0-60 in just under 7s, 57mpg on a run down the motorway, 38mpg when nailing it's ***** off... etc etc etc.

I test drove a 330 CI Sport last month as I fancied a change, but I was uninspired by the performance and terrible fuel consumption (but loved the looks and the quality of the interior), so I decided to keep the Fabia for a bit longer. To be fair, I can't think of anything I'd rather have at the moment.

I don't think it's a giant killer, but it's kept up with some far more exotic and expensive metal, and it keeps impressing me, so I'm happy.

Just my 2p