Can a 1.2 TDI reasonably do 150/170k?
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My wife's circumstances at work have changed and it means that rather than going to the office once a week, she will now be doing it five days a week.
The journey is 55 miles each way up the Fosseway which is a single carriageway A road at a fairly constant 50/60 mph. The journey takes between hour and a quarter and an hour and 20 minutes.
The car is up for renewal on the existing PCP and my suggestion is to buy it outright and use her current car until it drops rather than buy a new car.
Her current car is four years old and has done 40,000 miles and keeping it for another 4-5years when it would've between 140k and 170k.
This wouldn't be a problem if it will have a 1.6l or 2.0l diesel engine however she has a small 1.2TDI Seat Ibiza.
My question doesn't concern the costs as I know you will not find a cheaper car to run (zero tax, easy 65mpg and cheap maintenance) or the comfort (again, a known quantity). Also the purchase price from the PCP is way under market value at just over 4K.
My question is can a 1.2 TDI triple do 150k/170k without serious costs. I know it has been well maintained and serviced every 10,000 miles. I also know the car has not done short journeys, it has done long infrequent journeys so the DPF should be in good condition. I also know it's been driven well (warmed up nicely, not thrashed) and never been clocked.
If anybody could shed light on the high mileage reliability of the 1.2 VAG diesel, I'd appreciate it.
Or am I being cruel expecting my wife to drive over 25k/year in this type of car? (And before anyone asks, I'd do it! I took this car on a 2.5k Alps winter road trip last year!!!)
For clarity, all this car will do is 1 Up, commuting, nothing else as I have a nice company car that we both use at weekends.
I guess I won't be getting too many answers!
Thanks in advance.
The journey is 55 miles each way up the Fosseway which is a single carriageway A road at a fairly constant 50/60 mph. The journey takes between hour and a quarter and an hour and 20 minutes.
The car is up for renewal on the existing PCP and my suggestion is to buy it outright and use her current car until it drops rather than buy a new car.
Her current car is four years old and has done 40,000 miles and keeping it for another 4-5years when it would've between 140k and 170k.
This wouldn't be a problem if it will have a 1.6l or 2.0l diesel engine however she has a small 1.2TDI Seat Ibiza.
My question doesn't concern the costs as I know you will not find a cheaper car to run (zero tax, easy 65mpg and cheap maintenance) or the comfort (again, a known quantity). Also the purchase price from the PCP is way under market value at just over 4K.
My question is can a 1.2 TDI triple do 150k/170k without serious costs. I know it has been well maintained and serviced every 10,000 miles. I also know the car has not done short journeys, it has done long infrequent journeys so the DPF should be in good condition. I also know it's been driven well (warmed up nicely, not thrashed) and never been clocked.
If anybody could shed light on the high mileage reliability of the 1.2 VAG diesel, I'd appreciate it.
Or am I being cruel expecting my wife to drive over 25k/year in this type of car? (And before anyone asks, I'd do it! I took this car on a 2.5k Alps winter road trip last year!!!)
For clarity, all this car will do is 1 Up, commuting, nothing else as I have a nice company car that we both use at weekends.
I guess I won't be getting too many answers!
Thanks in advance.
Edited by A900ss on Wednesday 9th August 14:20
Edited by A900ss on Wednesday 9th August 14:21
Before anybody suggests 'shed', not a chance she'll do bangernomics and in my head this must be saving £200/month at least in fuel/a PCP costs over a new car which is a lot of slush. I also think it is still a fairly new car with only 40k in it. All my company cars go from zero to at least 100k before they are sent back (admittedly they have been 2.0 diesels)
Edited by A900ss on Wednesday 9th August 14:30
Hi, I'm the OP and after getting home and opening my post, the car certainly will not be purchased at lease end.
Seat have sent us a letter as our car was one of the emission fixed cars. The letter basically says that they take their responsibility seriously and have further decided that if the EGR, fuel injection system or emissions after treatment system fails within 2 years of the fix (which it had a few months ago), they will 'consider the complaint very carefully' blah, blah, blah, goodwill policy,etc.
No way are they sending that kind of letter out of the goodness of their heart. The emission fix obviously puts more stress on other parts of the car and they know it, so I think I'll just send the car back at end of lease and buy a different car
Thanks for all the feedback though, very appreciated.
Seat have sent us a letter as our car was one of the emission fixed cars. The letter basically says that they take their responsibility seriously and have further decided that if the EGR, fuel injection system or emissions after treatment system fails within 2 years of the fix (which it had a few months ago), they will 'consider the complaint very carefully' blah, blah, blah, goodwill policy,etc.
No way are they sending that kind of letter out of the goodness of their heart. The emission fix obviously puts more stress on other parts of the car and they know it, so I think I'll just send the car back at end of lease and buy a different car
Thanks for all the feedback though, very appreciated.
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