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    My partner's new 77tsi red Fabia wagon manual has arrived.

    We love it.

    It has the new badges, the first one our dealer had seen. New Skoda badge has silver winged arrow instead of green, and Skoda name is now in plain capital leters on the boot, instead of on the round Skoda badge. A couple of other minor changes too - extra chrome around gear lever knob and boot, I forget what else. The dealer is John at Peninsula Skoda in Frankston, a long way from home (we drove past 3 other Skoda dealers to buy from there) but he was great to deal with. He seems genuinely a Skoda enthusiast.

    John mentioned that the day our car arrived, a new Superb also arrived and it was a bit funny that the little Fabi had the new badges but a new Superb built the same time has the old green badges.

    Our car has manual trans, climate control, reverse beeper & display on radio screen, privacy glass, sill scuff plates, floor mats and BRIGHT red paint. It also has hill start assist (holds handbrake on a second so you don't have to do handbrake starts) which isn't mentioned in the brochures anywhere. It's a wee ripper.

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    Post some photos!!

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    • #3
      photos coming soon...

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      • #4
        well I can't post a photo - at the bottom of the page my posting pemissions show "you may not post attachments."

        Am I too new here?

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          It has arrived...

          Originally posted by Pugdriver View Post
          well I can't post a photo - at the bottom of the page my posting pemissions show "you may not post attachments."

          Am I too new here?
          You need to upload your photos to a hosting site such as imageshack, tinypic, photobucket or tapatalk via mobile.


          Sent from my GTI using Tapatalk.

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          • #6
            Nice choice a manual fabia wagon and red too, how long ago did you order it? We seriously considered a manual fabia wagon so very good choice.
            2012 Lava Blue MY12 Skoda Octavia 90TSI manual
            1978 Mercedes 300D and 1985 190E
            1978 Triumph 2500S Fireball Red
            1969 Triumph 2.5PI Mk1

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            • #7
              Originally posted by dagget View Post
              Nice choice a manual fabia wagon and red too, how long ago did you order it? We seriously considered a manual fabia wagon so very good choice.
              car was ordered in January and arrived late May.

              Photos coming, just sorting out this Photobucket thing...

              Had to wash the car before taking photos...

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              • #8
                here is the new Fabia...
                Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today!
                Last edited by Pugdriver; 21-06-2013, 03:43 PM.

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                • #9
                  any clues why I can't insert a photo?
                  I can go through selecting "insert image" and add the URL of the image which appears between [img] and [/img] but nothing appears in the post.

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                  • #10
                    Re: It has arrived...

                    Did you select the img link from share options?

                    Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today!

                    Just copy and paste one at a time

                    from my HTC_PN071 using Tapatalk 2

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                      Last edited by Pugdriver; 21-06-2013, 11:36 PM.

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                      • #12
                        that's got it - Thanks Muli

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                        • #13
                          in the showroom

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                          • #14
                            Looks great, the colour is very nice and the new badges look good too. The one we considered was in stock but was black, if it was like this then maybe we would have got it.
                            2012 Lava Blue MY12 Skoda Octavia 90TSI manual
                            1978 Mercedes 300D and 1985 190E
                            1978 Triumph 2500S Fireball Red
                            1969 Triumph 2.5PI Mk1

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                            • #15
                              Well the car is now about 5 months old and has done about 8000 km.

                              It is fantastic, absolutely not one thing wrong with it. Nothing is a bit loose/wonky/crooked/second rate. You can understand why Skoda's owner satisfaction is so high. Everything opens/closes perfectly with a light touch. No rattles or squeaks. Japanese builds quality but with European fun to drive.
                              Fuel economy is averaging BETTER than the advertised figures - gettintg about 5.4 l/100km average.
                              Today we had a trip to Warrnambool, we got stuck behind some motorhomes and ended up quite late, after I passed them I pushed the little car pretty hard to make up time. Still averaged 5.7 l/100km. (actual fuel figures, not off the trip computer.)

                              I can't rave enough about it.
                              My partner often says "thanks for finding me this great litttle car."

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