Surprised the rear pads and discs seem to be wearing more than the front ones?

Our mechanically identical Skoda Fabia 1.0 TSI (Skoda actually quote them as 110 PS) is now just 4 1/2 years old but has done less miles than yours, about 1/2 to be honest. Looked at the rear brakes after reading your pots, disks look fine and without removing the wheels the pads look hardly worn, certainly not worn more than the fronts.

The cars will use identical components out of the VAG parts bin, are you sure that your rear brakes aren't binding, check to see how warm they are after a run. But its possible any past issue was sorted with the new disks and pads.

Have done over 100,000 miles in 2 VAG cars in the past and whilst both had rear pads near the 70,000 mile mark neither ever needed disks.

Sorry for the long post. ..

Don't be. Just the sort of real world reporting many of us like to read, especially on above average annual mileage cars.

Surprised the rear pads and discs seem to be wearing more than the front ones?

Oil changes? - and have you measured oil consumption?

Hi John

Yes, I was surprised too,

The oil has been changed every 10,000 miles. About 9000 miles after the oil change the level is about 3/4 full. At this point I top it up. The car's currently done 6000 miles since the last oil change and the level is still at the maximum.

Interesting re droning noise on the Crossclimates - I've recently changed the Crossclimates on my Superb for a full set of Crossclimate 2s and what I thought was a very slight touch of bearing noise vanished. Amazingly quiet now.

I've stuck to the same (for now) as they have been great and lasted 36k miles but I've also changed the tyres on mrs BJ's Panda for a set of Goodyear Vector gen 2 all season's as the exact size/spec wasn't available in the Crossclimates. Thus far I'm impressed although I've not tried in dodgy weather yet but one thing I've noticed in comparison - The Vectors came with 9mm tread, the Crossclimates 7mm.

I'm a fan of the tsi engine I have the previous gen 1.4tsi in my Superb and my son has the 1.2 EA211 in his 2016 Octavia. I generally average mid 40's mpg with 50mpg possible on a run - not bad for a big barge.

Hi John

The droning noise on mine (laterally) was very noticeable, it definitely sounded like the wheel bearings were shot.

Had a Hyundai i20 which I fitted Goodyear Vectors to (can't remember what generation they were). Think the Vectors would have been better in snow. Only had the car for 7000 miles, but they did show significant wear in this time.

Certainly am most impressed with the 1.0 TSI. I average over 50mpg with mine. Once you go over 60mph the mpg drops off. If you drive at 70 it drops off quite noticeably. Optimum mpg must be achieved around 45 to 50 mph, but in the real world you have to drive faster (when you can).

Edited by FiestaOwner on 11/11/2022 at 05:41

Is the Ibiza 6 speed? - the optimum mpg with my Superb tsi seems to be around 60mph @ 2000 rpm in sixth gear but tails off a little bit at 70mph. I've managed 53mpg Cheltenham to Yorkshire.

All strange when I consider cars of the past - my dad had a mkIV Zodiac mkIV 3.0 v6 and I can't remember it breaking 20mpg. Even his previous mkII Cortina 1.3 pre crossflow was only mid 20's mpg. Saying that I had a Morris Minor 948cc for a while that I drove surprising distances that was amazingly economical for its day, I suspect my favourite SU carb had something to do with that.

Yes, the 115PS Ibiza is 6 speed. The 95PS is 5 speed. The 5 speed is quoted as having marginally better MPG. In the real world, I doubt it does.

My recent cars have all been in the super-mini class (with small petrol engines and MPG read outs). I've noticed with all of them, while driving up the A9, that there is a noticeable increase in MPG when you get stuck in a queue of traffic (behind an HGV). I do leave a big gap between myself and the vehicle in front, so I don't think it's a slipstream effect.

Yes, it's easy to forget how the MPG really has improved in the last 4 or 5 decades.

- my dad had a mkIV Zodiac mkIV 3.0 v6 and I can't remember it breaking 20mpg.

Yes, it's easy to forget how the MPG really has improved in the last 4 or 5 decades.

Nearly 50yrs ago I had an old Jaguar XJ6 4.2 I6 - around 200hp driving the rear wheels. IIRC that was about 20mpg. I now have a similar type and weight of car (large sports saloon) A8 W12 .....effectively one 200hp 3.0 V6 driving the rear wheels and another 200hp 3.0 V6 driving the front wheels. Also around 20mpg.

Of course, the big money saving differences are reliability and durability. At 75,000 miles and 10yrs old the lovely Jag was a soon to be scrapped rot box, drank oil, and I'd had the head off a couple of times to try and cure a failed CHG. (Working on simple old engines was easy in those days!) Whereas the aluminium Audi, at 73,000 miles and almost 17yrs old has no corrosion and feels as though it might have at least another 70,000 miles and many more years in it yet. (Trouble is, it'll probably take me a whole week-end to just change the plugs in about 10,000 miles time.)

SU carbs.

Later XJ6s had EFI.

The SU had a starting carburettor which used to fail..We had a 1983 model which towed a big caravan at 70 mph and 16mpg..

Would consider another car with the 1.0 TSi engine (Fabia or Polo).

We looked at the Fabia and Polo a couple of months ago, could see no advantages for the Polo at all.

The Fabia seemed great. Better space inside and in the boot but the first issue was the price, we could get a better specced Scala for the same money and that was even bigger inside and in the boot but not so huge it would have been difficult in car parks (just a bit longer).

But the Scala and Fabia (and Polo) all had a single issue that made them unusable for Mrs Skidpan. The handbrake in the existing Fabia is in the centre of the console, in the new models its near the passenger seat (obviously set up for LHD) and Mrs Skidpan could not fully apply it.

So we had to walk away, ordered a Yaris (electric handbrake).

If you go to view any of the current Fabia sized VAG cars take care to ensure the handbrake is OK for the drivers.