Only remaining pictures are on the last page now.
Firstly I appologise for the unwashed car, she was supposed to go in to have the wheels done today, so I grabbed a couple of shots beforehand, but it never happened
I have posted this mini review elsewhere on the forum but decide to put it here too.
Had the car for a little over a week now, done around 375 miles so far.
Why i choose it:
I was driving around in a Fiesta 1.6TDi Sport van (yep a van). As it is a company veichle it was on a 3 year lease which ended recently. I was given a monthly budget and proceeded to look around. My first choice was a Citreon DS3, however their earliest delivery was September. I then looked at alot of other diesels within my budget and saw the Ibiza 1.6 TDi SC. Went to the local dealer and was given a 2.0 TDi FR to test drive, well that was enough for me to decide. That and the fact it gives the cheapest tax for a 2.0 car.
Impressions after one week and 300(ish) miles
Motorway driving is a joy, the engine idles along at 2k rpm @ 80 mph with ease. the ride is a little hard but I have no probelm with that. On a trip to Notts I was getting around 51 mpg which I suspect will rise a little once the engine has loosened up a bit.
One thing I do find annoying is the gear change indicator, it wants to change a little too early in my opinion. For example, (from memory) i'm in 4th gear doing around 30 - 35 mph it indicates for me to go into 5th, in 4th the engine feels like it is labouring, in 5th it would be worse. A petrol car would probably be ok doing this, not sure if the ecu thinks it is running a petrol version
Overall build quality on the whole is pretty good, I have an annoying plastic vibration noise from the drivers footwell area that I need to find though.
The climate control unit looks a little odd, it's like it's been grafted on instead of blending in with the dash. Also with the two small 'vents' on either side, it seems SEAT couldn't think of anything else to put there,
The glove box door takes a little effort to shut properly, although not worried about that.
I do think the colour of the radio/climate display should have been matched to the multi function display, ie either both red or both silver/grey.
Shame the folding mirrors are not automatic when the engine is switched on/off, not sure if this is possible, I should read the manual one day lol.
I had the bluetooth/usb option thinking I could, at the very least charge my iphone, how wrong was I. The stealer failed to mention the extra bits required when I was looking at options, and even told him I have an iphone to use with the car.
That's my current opinion, will see if anything changes after i've had it a few more weeks.
Andy
Will post some better pics when the wheels are done
Firstly I appologise for the unwashed car, she was supposed to go in to have the wheels done today, so I grabbed a couple of shots beforehand, but it never happened
I have posted this mini review elsewhere on the forum but decide to put it here too.
Had the car for a little over a week now, done around 375 miles so far.
Why i choose it:
I was driving around in a Fiesta 1.6TDi Sport van (yep a van). As it is a company veichle it was on a 3 year lease which ended recently. I was given a monthly budget and proceeded to look around. My first choice was a Citreon DS3, however their earliest delivery was September. I then looked at alot of other diesels within my budget and saw the Ibiza 1.6 TDi SC. Went to the local dealer and was given a 2.0 TDi FR to test drive, well that was enough for me to decide. That and the fact it gives the cheapest tax for a 2.0 car.
Impressions after one week and 300(ish) miles
Motorway driving is a joy, the engine idles along at 2k rpm @ 80 mph with ease. the ride is a little hard but I have no probelm with that. On a trip to Notts I was getting around 51 mpg which I suspect will rise a little once the engine has loosened up a bit.
One thing I do find annoying is the gear change indicator, it wants to change a little too early in my opinion. For example, (from memory) i'm in 4th gear doing around 30 - 35 mph it indicates for me to go into 5th, in 4th the engine feels like it is labouring, in 5th it would be worse. A petrol car would probably be ok doing this, not sure if the ecu thinks it is running a petrol version
Overall build quality on the whole is pretty good, I have an annoying plastic vibration noise from the drivers footwell area that I need to find though.
The climate control unit looks a little odd, it's like it's been grafted on instead of blending in with the dash. Also with the two small 'vents' on either side, it seems SEAT couldn't think of anything else to put there,
The glove box door takes a little effort to shut properly, although not worried about that.
I do think the colour of the radio/climate display should have been matched to the multi function display, ie either both red or both silver/grey.
Shame the folding mirrors are not automatic when the engine is switched on/off, not sure if this is possible, I should read the manual one day lol.
I had the bluetooth/usb option thinking I could, at the very least charge my iphone, how wrong was I. The stealer failed to mention the extra bits required when I was looking at options, and even told him I have an iphone to use with the car.
That's my current opinion, will see if anything changes after i've had it a few more weeks.
Andy
Will post some better pics when the wheels are done
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