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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #60 on: February 05, 2023, 10:54:47 AM »
Shopping this morning and one thing I am aware of with the Fabia is how small the boot is compared to my Mk1 Jazz. Not much shallower but with huge wheel arch intrusions into the area. I used to get 4 full supermarket bags across the width, but now I only get 3.

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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #61 on: February 05, 2023, 11:29:08 AM »
Diet ?
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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #62 on: February 05, 2023, 03:27:56 PM »
Harness the cats to a shopping trolley.  . They will soon wear out their claws. No need for claw clipping  visits.  Once fully trained  they can replace the car for supermarket trips. Simples. What could go wrong. ;D
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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #63 on: February 15, 2023, 01:09:12 PM »
Today, for the first time I checked Trip 2 (I normally monitor Trip 1 which is the single trip memory, Trip 2 is since it was last reset, in my case since refuelling). The "Fibometer" tells me I have managed 29 mpg so far this tank. Obh, obh.
The only saving grace is that all the trips have been short (2 or 3 miles) and in the city.

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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #64 on: February 15, 2023, 01:28:39 PM »
Yes, you have to weigh up your journeys and short town trips are mpg killers
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« Reply #65 on: February 15, 2023, 01:50:13 PM »
I would have been getting 42 - 44 mpg with the Jazz for the same trips. I realise that I am still getting used to the Fabia, it is winter and it is a 1.4L 16-valve twin cam but the numbers are disappointing.

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« Reply #66 on: February 15, 2023, 02:13:50 PM »
That is quite a drop.

I wonder what the comparative co2 figures are to see if it expected.
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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #67 on: February 15, 2023, 08:30:10 PM »
I wonder what the comparative co2 figures are to see if it expected.
The Jazz was 129g/km whereas the Fabia is 154g/km. The Fabia metalwork seems a lot heavier and the car is about 75 kg heavier. It also has much wider tyres. 205s as against 175s. Plus I ran the Jazz with elevated tyre pressures at 35 psi in my tyres but these being very low profile I use the manufacturer's recommended tyre pressures.

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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #68 on: February 16, 2023, 04:44:55 AM »
Those co2 figures are a bit of a mpg giveaway then.

Like me, low mileage, so no big deal ?
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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #69 on: February 16, 2023, 10:32:46 AM »
Does bring it into perspective.  When we are lamenting  fuel consumption increases in winter   ,or only getting 68 mpg  instead of 70+ mpg in our mk4's  etc ( and similar woes  with mk 1,2 and 3,'s,  )    we tend to forget how things can be with other cars.  :-[
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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #70 on: March 01, 2023, 09:52:17 PM »
From the picture Jocko, your new motor is the Fabia 3 trim? Isn't that the posh one with cruise control etc.

Have you softened your stance on silver cars? I love a silver motor, never looks dirty! We've two in our household.

Nice little motors the Fabia. I've driven a couple and found them a decent drive and feel solid. The estates are absolutely huge. 

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« Reply #71 on: March 01, 2023, 10:11:17 PM »
It is the Elegance with cruise control, parking sensors (which don't work :( ), heated seats, heated mirrors and the Climatronic HVAC system.
I am growing to the Silver paint. I have only done 140 miles since getting it but it certainly doesn't look dirty.
My wife walked past it in Morrisons car park yesterday, heading for another silver car. She wishes I had bought a yellow one.

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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #72 on: April 01, 2023, 11:42:01 AM »
That is me clocked up a staggering 145 miles since filling up with petrol at the turn of the year. I am pleased to say the Fibometer is currently showing 34 mpg which, considering the cold weather and the short trips (quite a few of them 3/4 mile return trips to the local Co-op), is acceptable. The most extended trip I have made is 8 miles in one go. Not as good as I would have expected from the Jazz but I can live with that.


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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #73 on: May 11, 2023, 11:44:19 AM »
Refilled the tank for the first time today (last filled up on the 3rd of January). I had covered 275 miles in that time but at an average speed of 14 mph. No wonder the calculated mileage was a disappointing 29.5 mpg. Not a patch on what the Jazz would have returned under the same conditions.
The "Fibometer" was very optimistic at 32.6 mpg.

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Re: Skoda Fabia.
« Reply #74 on: May 11, 2023, 01:12:19 PM »
Just reflecting on those mpg figures Jocko. The driving you have been doing of late looks pretty similar to my profile. Short journeys in the cold. I do remember getting just over 31 mpg from a tank in my Mk 3 a couple of winters ago. The Fabia is a bit heavier than the Jazz so another factor. I remember when I traded in my Mk5 Golf for a Civic. When cleaning the Civic the roof flexed under the slightest pressure, the Golf was rock solid so a heavier thicker steel plate must have been used. I thought I'd bought a tin can when I first got the Civic!

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