I've just bought a Fabia TDiPD100 for my wife and can't praise it enough, it's very solid, comfortable and handles well.
Performance is good as you would expect with 177lbft in a small car and a 150bhp,230lbft remap is only £375 away.
Spec wise Comfort has CD, ABS, EDL, ASR, EBD, fuel computer, elecy windows and mirrors, remote locking and until the end of the year climate control with chilled glovebox.
Elegance adds Climate, heated seats, alarm, alloys, etc.
Should be able to pick a new Comfort spec for under £10250 and an Elegance for under £11000.
On my 20mile round trip to work I average 63.4mpg, around town my wife gets around 55mpg and group 6 insurance.
Cheers
Lee