Seat Leon 1.5L 150ps FR Black Edition buying advide

[Sephardi]

Hey guys,

Has anyone had any experience with this model? I'm really considering it. I've got a test drive booked for this weekend but I'm worried that the sports suspension will be too firm to use it for the daily commute (~50miles a day).

Any thoughts on this or any advice on known issues with this model would be appreciated

 

[Seriously?]

Ride quality is a very subjective thing: I find our FR ST pretty decent, but I come from a BMW with MSport suspension and 19" runflats.......

 

[Sephardi]

Ride quality is a very subjective thing: I find our FR ST pretty decent, but I come from a BMW with MSport suspension and 19" runflats.......

Yeah that's a fair comment, I'm coming from an 05 Corsa C so I feel like anything this new will feel amazing haha

 

[DLewis77]

The FR will be fine @Sephardi, I've had 3 FR's to date the last being the black edition and always found the ride quality or suspension setup to be good.

 

[Sephardi]

The FR will be fine @Sephardi, I've had 3 FR's to date the last being the black edition and always found the ride quality or suspension setup to be good.

Thanks, that's good to hear! Will see how the test drive is at the weekend.

Have you had any reoccurring issues or any advice on things to look out for?

 

[DLewis77]

Nothing to report really, an all round solid motor.... as you can tell by having 3 of them I had no complaints

 

[Chillout]

I have this exact same car. The ride isn't too firm. I made some updates to the DCC firmware+dataset, to be able to use the entire range of the DCC settings. (read more here: https://www.drive2.com/l/573664695307733828/). This way I can go super smooth or super firm.