Sold diesel going back to petrol
Discussion
Basically we got brassed off with the big repair bills and the threat of further big bills so decided to go back to petrol.This is therefore a thinly disguised what car thread.
Im thinking of the following choices wih a budget of up to,yes you guessed it 3k.
Audi A3 1.8T sport/quattro
VW Golf Mk4 GTi 1.8T
Skoda Octavia VRS 1.8T
Skoda Octavia 2.0 FSI Sport
As ever would be interested in your thoughts/comments.Thankyou in advance
Im thinking of the following choices wih a budget of up to,yes you guessed it 3k.
Audi A3 1.8T sport/quattro
VW Golf Mk4 GTi 1.8T
Skoda Octavia VRS 1.8T
Skoda Octavia 2.0 FSI Sport
As ever would be interested in your thoughts/comments.Thankyou in advance
dave_s13 said:
You should add the seat leon cupra r to that list too. Same engine, the 1.8 turbo VAG motor is reported to be very strong.
Thanks Dave I will and I agree its a strong engine.I used to have an A3 sport 1.8T and sold it with something like 125k and it still drove amazingly.Any preferences ?
Ved said:
The engines are but all the bits around VAGs of that era are showing their age now and may just give you more bills. Having said that, the Leon is probably the nicest of the bunch. Make sure all the arms and bushes are alright as those are the first things to go IME.
Thanks VED do you mind if I press you on your nicest comment.Do you mean from a better drive than all the rest point of view ?SmithyAG said:
As stated, the 1.8T is a strong engine. Check for regular oil changes, the oil strainer in the sump is known for gunging up and starving the pump of oil.
Avoid the 2.0 FSI, not the best engine From VAG, slow, thirsty and the less reliable.
Thanks for confirming what I heard about the FSI smithy Avoid the 2.0 FSI, not the best engine From VAG, slow, thirsty and the less reliable.
Plenty of tasty cars around you're budget. Here's a few ideas to be getting on with;
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
V88Dicky said:
Plenty of tasty cars around you're budget. Here's a few ideas to be getting on with;
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
Some interesting cars here dicky but I should have said it needs to be 5dr or estate.http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
macp said:
SmithyAG said:
As stated, the 1.8T is a strong engine. Check for regular oil changes, the oil strainer in the sump is known for gunging up and starving the pump of oil.
Avoid the 2.0 FSI, not the best engine From VAG, slow, thirsty and the less reliable.
Thanks for confirming what I heard about the FSI smithy Avoid the 2.0 FSI, not the best engine From VAG, slow, thirsty and the less reliable.
andrewparker said:
What makes you think you're not going to get big repair bills from a 3K petrol car?
Having had several petrols over the years before diesel and never really had any significantly serious bills until I went diesel.Also based on the experience of our current diesel and reading many many threads on PH of people complaining about diesel failures and cost of repair.V88Dicky said:
Plenty of tasty cars around you're budget. Here's a few ideas to be getting on with;
Cheers Dicky!
V88Dicky said:
Huh? I wonder how long the diesel backlash will take to reach the dyed in the wool diesel punters, I know people who look at cars and rule out every petrol mode, yet do way under 10k a year ?
When will they cotton on that diesel motoring is not free as previously advertised and can actually be more expensive, as per the OP's experience.
A guy at work got sick of the bills his Passat diesel was generating, bought an Avensis, no problems so far, apart from it being gutless.
When will they cotton on that diesel motoring is not free as previously advertised and can actually be more expensive, as per the OP's experience.
A guy at work got sick of the bills his Passat diesel was generating, bought an Avensis, no problems so far, apart from it being gutless.
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