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AnnoyingPentium's Adventures - Fabia Fettling and Other Nonsense


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Not bad just to have that one advisory! Definitely worth checking the front brake hose ferrules a bit more closely when you've next got the wheel off. 

They're a bit hidden from view from the MOT tester but I've quite often found them to be in terrible condition and rotten to nothing if looking closer, with the wheel off and protective cover peeled back. 

Especially in that there Scotland!

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14 hours ago, RichardK said:

I hate ferul brake hoses. So vicious compared to domesticated ones

Don’t blame the hoses, blame the owners is what I say. 

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Seems I've had this three years now.

 

Jesus Christ.

 

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Nearly 40k miles in my ownership. Cost me approximately 19p per mile to run on repairs and fuel so that's not bad in my book. 

Aiming for it to tick over to 100k miles by the end of the year. :)

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The lesser used Fabia...

I'll be honest, this has been almost absolutely faultless since purchasing the Vectra (shame I can't say the same about the Vec, but AVAS). Since the spring replacement at the start of the year, I've had a hell of a bang coming from the driver's side front suspension. After much testing of components, it's the new shock absorber that's not doing its job. Replacement on the way, but it drives superb provided you avoid sudden changes to road surface/height.

Averaging a good 39/40mpg if I'm lucky, and now on nearly 94,000 miles.

I still think it's a great wee car, and it's the only one I can get the dog in and out of because he doesn't like the Vauxhall, and the Duster is too high up. Maybe Volvo estate time, it's only natural, surely?

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This is still here. Running well*, it does minimal mileage now (about 20 miles a week) as I just use the Vectra mostly.

It's now got new seats inside, as the Bohemia ones I had from @JMotor's mate were very tired getting, and uncomfortable as a result. So I've got cool* patterned ones from the top spec Elegance. They're allegedly heated as well. Just need to get the looms from another car, although Kufatec in Germany do sell them brand new still!

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Picking up new alloys in a couple of weeks to really tidy it up externally, then can get the new wing painted properly. Feel like I'm doing it a disservice just letting it go in terms of appearance.

I also washed* it (chucked wax and a power washer over it) for the first time in a while.

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Now on 95k miles, I want to use it a bit more, when the shite weather comes in, it'll come into its own.

Thought about selling this, especially since it's hardly used now, but it costs buttons to run, and apart from the brake hose malfunction in Stirling, it's always there when I need it. 

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  • AnnoyingPentium changed the title to AnnoyingPentium's Adventures - Fabia Fettling and Other Nonsense

Whilst waiting for the Vectra to bomb its MOT, I'm cutting about in this. The windscreen really needed cleaned, that then meant I did the side windows... and eventually the whole car. Whoops.

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