Ibiza FR TDI 130

[Brettles1986]

Anyone had one of these?

What are they like?

I'm seriously thinking of getting one as i'm fed up of spending a fortune on fuel to just get back and fore work

[DontHaveASaxo]

A friend has one, pretty Quik, good on fuel, vag quality.. and looks nice in grey.
I prefer them standerd rather than what some vag boys do to em..

Is it just a polo?

[Mr_X]

im unsure on them, it had poke but it's soon over, the suspension was surprisingly hard and the owner did have a couple of major issues when it did break.

Did 55ish mpg, it was the 1.9 diesel, dont know what bhp.

[Forbes_VTR]

well from what i know of them iv just raced one down the bypass and got nailed, much faster than my vtr, alto he couldnt keep up on the roundbout ,
they look nice too, id be tempted

[Spanky]

well from what i know of them iv just raced one down the bypass and got nailed, much faster than my vtr, alto he couldnt keep up on the roundbout ,
they look nice too, id be tempted

so realy what you know of them is that they are faster than your vtr but didnt handle as well?

did he win by an inch or a mile?

[Forbes_VTR]

so realy what you know of them is that they are faster than your vtr but didnt handle as well?

did he win by an inch or a mile?

hahaha yes pretty much, i dont reserch cars i dont owm.

it didnt matter, winnings winning:wink:

but if you realy wanna know it woulda been a mile if not for trafic

[TomT]

Ibizas are for girls, get a Leon.

[Scott]

I had one. Great little car and feels faster than it is. I managed 98.1 mpg average on the way to work over 20 miles once. Interior is a little bland but rock solid. In 4 years it cost me a grand and that was its last service which had belt and brakes in there. Not bad from zero miles to the 70k I put on it

[Carl-h]

How far is work? How many miles do you average a week/month?

[Prickle]

I had one. Great little car and feels faster than it is. I managed 98.1 mpg average on the way to work over 20 miles once. Interior is a little bland but rock solid. In 4 years it cost me a grand and that was its last service which had belt and brakes in there. Not bad from zero miles to the 70k I put on it

70k in 4yrs!? lol

[Scott]

Lol I'll do 30k this year without much thought :p

[Brettles1986]

How far is work? How many miles do you average a week/month?

Work is about 20 mins or 18 miles away, in my golf I'm currently spending £50 a week just for work and the Ibiza would be miles better, I do about 200 miles a week roughly and an Ibiza would save me a considerable amount

[smiith]

Plus cheaper tax id expect..

Nice cars, my mate has one.. Does well, he works a good 25-30 miles away, and has had it 2 years now, never known it be broken..

[Sam]

Same engine as the Fabia VRS? PD130?

Lewis1600 is currently driving one at the moment.

[Carl-h]

Work is about 20 mins or 18 miles away, in my golf I'm currently spending £50 a week just for work and the Ibiza would be miles better, I do about 200 miles a week roughly and an Ibiza would save me a considerable amount

I'm gonna do a few very rough calculations as normally diesels don't actually save that much money unless you do mega miles.

Let's say your golf averages 30mpg and the Ibiza 50mpg.

Per week the golf will cost £39.98 the Ibiza £24.89.

Your saving roughly £15 a week, £60 a month or £780 per year.

Not a bad saving tbf, you just need to decide how much it's likely to cost you to swap and if it works out cost effective. If you have to add a few grand to the value of your golf to swap to a similar condition/mileage Ibiza its probably not worth it but if there around the same value and similar/cheaper insurance go for it!

Hope this helps

[Gibbo-Vtr]

Ibizas are for girls, get a Leon.

Great comment.
Like!

[Jimmy-Boy]

i had one, brilliant had the 06 model in grey with xenons etc... all that when wrong for me in the year was croded wishbone mounts (probably due to the torque) As mentioned above they do feel much quicker then they are!!

[Nik_L]

Brother had a Cupra TDi with the PD160. Only good thing about it was it went like a scalded rat.

Interiors are plastic fantastic, suspension was far too stiff. It lacked the so called VAG build quality. Just felt like a cheaply made car tbh. He hated it.

[Brettles1986]

I'm gonna do a few very rough calculations as normally diesels don't actually save that much money unless you do mega miles.

Let's say your golf averages 30mpg and the Ibiza 50mpg.

Per week the golf will cost £39.98 the Ibiza £24.89.

Your saving roughly £15 a week, £60 a month or £780 per year.

Not a bad saving tbf, you just need to decide how much it's likely to cost you to swap and if it works out cost effective. If you have to add a few grand to the value of your golf to swap to a similar condition/mileage Ibiza its probably not worth it but if there around the same value and similar/cheaper insurance go for it!

Hope this helps

30mpg is too high, mines doing 25 :O, it works out that instead of putting £250 a month into her, I will be putting half that or less in a month

[Lewis1600]

Same engine as the Fabia VRS? PD130?

Lewis1600 is currently driving one at the moment.

Ohh hai :D

Yes I have one, I get silly MPG 60-65 on a good day.. £10 will see you around 100 miles with abit of hard driving.

They are quick, not fast. first few gears pulls very well.

Re-map one and it makes so much difference.. pulls away from a few cars and still get good mpg.

I like mine alot, the road noise is loud, and the suspension is hard from standard.
But overall a good car.

[frenchcarparts]

Ibizas are for girls, get a Leon.
Vags are for Fags I was led to believe :):homme:

[DeIboy]

They are basically a lighter fabia vrs.

[Stissy]

Ibizas are for girls, get a Leon.

all seats are for people that can't afford VWs

[Brettles1986]

all seats are for people that can't afford VWs

I have a VW :detective:

[Stissy]

I have a VW :detective:

you're a rich man

[Brettles1986]

you're a rich man

W reg, maybe not lol

[Stissy]

W reg, maybe not lol

richer than a W reg seat ;)

[greyjasper51]

Poorer than a w reg audi...

I dont understand how 3 cars built on the same floorpan a3, golf, fabia, can range so much in price... They have same floorpan, same motor, nearly same quality... (i still believe that skodas havent quite madebit yet... Well as of a few years ago)

Story time with greyjasper51!!
Was in portugal and rented a golf estate and a fabia estate... Dropped the glove box of the golf, and smashed it back up, seated perfectly...

Repeat with skoda... Ripped the plastic hinges off, both not reached 1000kms...

Then we had rental car chalenges :-) go from track to hotel not using the brakes (handbrake banned as well)
Again from track to hotel without clutch... Parking was fun :-)

[Stissy]

there was a big arguement on allcorsa about this a while back, let me see if i can find it

[devilsadvocate]

Ohh hai :D

Yes I have one, I get silly MPG 60-65 on a good day.. £10 will see you around 100 miles with abit of hard driving.

They are quick, not fast. first few gears pulls very well.

Re-map one and it makes so much difference.. pulls away from a few cars and still get good mpg.

I like mine alot, the road noise is loud, and the suspension is hard from standard.
But overall a good car.

Shit balls, 100 miles!.....I never fill up £10 anymore otherwise I won't make it to the next petrol station lol

[Lewis1600]

Shit balls, 100 miles!.....I never fill up £10 anymore otherwise I won't make it to the next petrol station lol

I usually put £20 or £40 in..

But sometimes when Im just out for no reason, and dont have my card ill put £10 in, only in the ibiza though, My transit connect will do 100miles on £20.. So Ive never put less in..