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Best feature?
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:32 pm
by dxg
Hello everyone,
Don't know if it's just me, but it's been a bit slow / serious on here in the last few weeks.
Let's lighten things up a little...
My question to each and every one of you is:
What's your favourite feature or characteristic of your Polo?
Derek.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:44 pm
by Petrified
The 48 Mpg it's been averaging since the last service.
I like the seats.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:05 pm
by Scorpio1
I like :
The looks
The MPG
The performance
Equipment levels
Too much to list

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:10 am
by Wai_Mak
Its got the back part of the GOLF... sexy bum!
I really like the interior compared to my previous 206 frenchy car.
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:21 pm
by Ratty2
The looks (of a tastefully modded one, that is)
The performance (ok, it's only a 1.2, but it still goes blummin' well for a 1.2!)
The badge (proud to be driving a VW

)
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:23 pm
by harry
has to be the votex kit and the exor wheels completes the car imo

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:27 pm
by Nelson_Wilbury
Well, I must like it obviously. I'm on my second
Favourite bits on the FSi:
1) MPG
2) Performance
3) Seats/Interior
4) Looks/style (Passat like door handles, lines etc)
5) The San Marinos

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:08 am
by sbp
the steering wheel!
The glove boxes under the seats I have.
the look off course!
WHat I don't like: the original ride height. I diden't buy a polo to drive around like a jeep. (thx KW for providing a better suspension

)
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:27 am
by rooboy
the Skoda badge

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:29 am
by dxg
the Skoda badge

Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:04 pm
by tornado_ally
My mate took delivery of his vRS a week ago and he likes it a lot but I would prefer that engine in a Polo and day
130 bhp Polo, hmmm bring it on!!
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:36 pm
by rooboy
tornado_ally wrote:My mate took delivery of his vRS a week ago and he likes it a lot but I would prefer that engine in a Polo and day
130 bhp Polo, hmmm bring it on!!
but the polo is still the ugliest/blandest of the three cars on the supermini platform, and judging by the pics on the VW germany wesite, looks no different either. At least the Fabia looks agressice (although it could be made more so), whereas the you would be hard to really tell the Ibiza/Polo with the engine apart from the others.
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 9:10 pm
by Nelson_Wilbury
I disagree, Skoda are known for making ugly cars and they certainly didn't buck the trend with the Fabia. It has the ugliest rear of the trio and the blandest interior with the worst plastics.
The Octavia was okay but let be honest here, its a downgraded Golf for the Pikeys and taxi drivers of this world. Skoda stick a 1.8T engine in it and owners think it'll out-handle a Elise around a track, oh please...
The only Fabia model that even registers in my mind is the VRS (oh, and the doomed 1.0...) and i'll admit its a nice car, even though it does have one of the ugliest factory front bumpers i've ever seen.
Not having a pop, you are allowed to like them - many respected members of this community do including me. The thing that draws ill feeling is your blinkered, unquestioning and unswerving loyalty towards Skodas

Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 9:21 pm
by Petrified

@ nelson
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:16 pm
by rooboy
Nelson_Wilbury wrote:
The thing that draws ill feeling is your blinkered, unquestioning and unswerving loyalty towards Skodas

Eh?????
I think you will find that the quality of the plastics in the fabia is generally seen (not just by me) to be higher than the Ibiza although not the polo, and vRS apart, I agree the car looks as bland as both the Polo and Ibiza. I like the look of the Ibiza, but the increase in the price for the same car with a worse spec (Ibiza only at the moment) is not worth the difference in price. (the better quality plastics in the Polo is not enough for me to justify the higher price tag).
I never said that I did not like the Polo or Ibiza, just that IMHO the Polo looks the blandest of the three. True the Fabia is not the prettiest car around, but it is not the ugliest either and is one of the best vfm cars around.
I do not have a blinkered, unquestioning and unswerving loyalty towards Skodas as you put it and I put the original answer (the Skoda badge) as a Joke, so at least read the posts properly and get the facts right next time before you reply with a coherent argument.