We have had a '60' plate 1.9 PD Fabia as a courtesy car, it was little used as the wife preferred to drive our old Clio.
Other than being particularly noisy from cold the most noticable feature is the fact that it struggles in 3rd gear at 30mph so 2nd is needed in town and on country roads 4th and 5th hardly get any use, the gear ratios are:
2nd - 12mph/1000rpm
3rd - 18/1000
4th - 25/1000
5th - 35/1000
Ludicroulsy high ratios, geared for 105 at 3000 in top!
I guess it is in the name of economy and low CO2 though it verges on the difficult to drive.
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