LCR or FR???? Can't make me mind up!!

[ace163]

Most mpg i got out of my LCR was 40mpg,i had to drive like a saint and it was over a 120mile trip,I was just seeing if i could get it to 40 just for fun,its easy to get 30+mpg out of it though.
After having both diesel (fabia VRS) and comparing that to my LCR for engine performance then on a motorway the VRS would have kept pace with my LCR(assuming LCR was standard,and not as it is now),and probably between 50-70mph,but on a country back road or a track then it was a different story,the vrs had small power band compared to LCR.
VRS did average 50mpg easily though and was a fast car,not as fast as LCR when it was standard but it did seem to have the best of both worlds,decent performance for public roads and great fuel economy.

Sorry but I cant believe that for a minute, some nob in a octavia VRS tried to have a go with me in my LCR on the A1 motorway and i left him for dead so i guess a fabia would stand no chance at all!!

 

[mat564]

people go on about the lcr road tax being £310 next year thats a whoping 85p a day omg im bankrupt and when normal driving in traffic you dont use the turbo half as much as the fr die sel turbo + petrol is 16p a litre cheaper than die sel so for every £10 of petrol you get over 1.5 litres more than diesel thats way over a gallon for £40 tank fill up

 

[GREY 225]

Sorry but I cant believe that for a minute, some nob in a octavia VRS tried to have a go with me in my LCR on the A1 motorway and i left him for dead so i guess a fabia would stand no chance at all!!

Standard fabia VRS(diesel) ran around 225 ft/lbs of torque though,(most made more than this)which in standard terms is more than LCR at around 207lbs, so on motorway at around 50-70mph range there would have been nothing in it.From a standing start LCR would leave VRS for dead and also above 90mph too,but what im saying is that for public roads the VRS had great performance for everyday driving and great fuel economy too.
Im taking standard cars here too

 

[Mike Green]

people go on about the lcr road tax being £310 next year thats a whoping 85p a day omg im bankrupt and when normal driving in traffic you dont use the turbo half as much as the fr die sel turbo + petrol is 16p a litre cheaper than die sel so for every £10 of petrol you get over 1.5 litres more than diesel thats way over a gallon for £40 tank fill up

Yeah - the tax is not going to be £300 in april, its going to be £220 as the pre budget report has lowered it for the next year.

I agree with diesel so much more these days, if you are only driving say 12k miles a year is it really worth getting a diesel? But then this peep is going to be driving nearer 18k so a bit more worthwhile.

 

[vwbassett]

Thats a good price but i bet if you looked around privately you could get something similar mileage wise for even less.

 

[cap r 225]

LCR all day every day, oh and LCR is a plain black not Black magic, LCR was not metalic paint!

they were after 03 mate, my 55 plate is heavy metalic. don't mean to shoot you down or nowt

 

[NJG]

I meant to ask if the LCR suffers with the same coil pack problems as the 180 Cupra?

I'm off for another look this morning.

 

[rhumber]

I meant to ask if the LCR suffers with the same coil pack problems as the 180 Cupra?

I'm off for another look this morning.

They did, but the early ones were mainly affected (55 plates should be ok) and I would have thought that even those these days would have had their coil packs changed by now.

 

[Rarpuc]

Another vote for the LCR here!

 

[NJG]

I fanally made my mind up!

Hey Guys, thank you all for your help with my decision making

Well, I did in fact go for the LCR.
Really pleased with it.

Now comes the pleasure of polishing it to death!!

Cheers again

 

[SHADY-NINJA]

congrats mate, hope u enjoy blasting everything that moves.

 

[strugers1]

go diesel by the lcr kit

 

[cap r 225]

you made the right choice mate

 

[GREY 225]

Good choice mate,glad your happy with it.Let the modding begin.

 

[stpete]

Good choice! Now be careful of the Mod Virus, many victims on here, myself included!!

 

[stpete]

they were after 03 mate, my 55 plate is heavy metalic. don't mean to shoot you down or nowt

Sorry but no, my 05 plate is an Ebony Black or plain! Check your paint code in the boot and if you do have B/magic jump for joy cos your one of the few made during run out!!!

 

[cap r 225]

next to my paint number in the boot it just says LC92??? can't see anything that suggests ebony/magic. i apologise if i'm wrong then bud, i swear i read a thread on here saying that they changed the red and black on the LCR's after 03. mine is defo metalic though, i remember parking it next to Empi5 at a meet and he pointed out the difference, must say though his paint work is in much better nick than mine!

 

[DOLBY]

glad you chose the LCR in the end, now get a readers ride thread up dude

 

[Goldie Jon]

Ace can I ask whats in your Leon bud? I've kept up with a mk1 Leon Cupra R 30-90 in my Mapped Fabia.

 

[R4MSN_86CUPRA R]

awesome choice mate and in the best colour