Buying a diesel Octavia VRS for short commute

[Jonnyicey]

Hi guys,

I am looking at buying a 2014 diesel octavia VRS as they are much cheaper than the petrol engine ones.. about a 4k saving or more.

My daily commute is 2 miles each way. I will more than likely be taking it out on weekends for longer distances but cant always count on that happening.

Will I have poor mpg with such a small commute and will I have DPF problems?

Any advice would be great.

Cheers

John

[valiant]

Never mind a diesel, a bike would be better for that commute!

and yes, you'll fk your dpf and you'll get poor mpg as it will never warm up

[Saleen836]

valiant said:

Never mind a diesel, a bike would be better for that commute!

and yes, you'll fk your dpf and you'll get poor mpg as it will never warm up

Even a good run at the weekend will return poor MPG depending on how far you drive as once the engine is all up to temperature it will need to regen the DPF

[Jonnyicey]

I commute by bike at the moment but im not going to do that through the winter, If the DPF will be knackered then ill look for petrol.

[Saleen836]

For a 4 mile round trip commute during the winter I'd be looking at something like a Citroen C1 or similar, cheap to tax (£20) cheap to insure and cheap to run

[ZX10R NIN]

Get the Petrol version even if it means you get an older one,end of thread

[GrumpyTwig]

Drove a petrol and diesel back to back, bought the petrol

[The Cardinal]

Surely you can just walk 2 miles? It can't be good for your body - let alone DPF etc - to do those kind of distances regularly by car.

[tigger1]

I have a diesel octavia vrs - drive it 6-10 miles to work (depending on route). Averages about 48mpg. I'm not worried about the dpf. It does enough runs of 30+ mins on evenings / weekends, and I'll do 12-15k miles per year.

I don't think I'd be so keen on something "quick" for such a short journey if you do so little other driving though. Have you tried the 150bhp Leon? Does your car need to be as an octavia?

[Tall_Paul]

I have that exact same commute, 2 miles which I do by bicycle most of the time (will be less in the winter). A diesel never even came into it, even with weekend mileage I probably won't see 5k a year.

Don't get a diesel. The advantage of doing bugger all miles is that you can get a nice petrol car, as mpg means little. Hence why I ended up with a 3.0 flat 6 AWD car which does 20-30mpg

[Jonnyicey]

The Cardinal said:

Surely you can just walk 2 miles? It can't be good for your body - let alone DPF etc - to do those kind of distances regularly by car.

Not possible with my job, I have 40 mins to get into the office when im called and im always on call.

[Jonnyicey]

tigger1 said:

I have a diesel octavia vrs - drive it 6-10 miles to work (depending on route). Averages about 48mpg. I'm not worried about the dpf. It does enough runs of 30+ mins on evenings / weekends, and I'll do 12-15k miles per year.

I don't think I'd be so keen on something "quick" for such a short journey if you do so little other driving though. Have you tried the 150bhp Leon? Does your car need to be as an octavia?

I just want something fun to drive and I'm open to ideas. I was looking at a Peugeot 208 GTI last night, I like the leon as well. I looked at a mini cooper s but its so cramped inside.

[Jonnyicey]

Tall_Paul said:

I have that exact same commute, 2 miles which I do by bicycle most of the time (will be less in the winter). A diesel never even came into it, even with weekend mileage I probably won't see 5k a year.

Don't get a diesel. The advantage of doing bugger all miles is that you can get a nice petrol car, as mpg means little. Hence why I ended up with a 3.0 flat 6 AWD car which does 20-30mpg

Haha okay I will give up on the diesel and start looking at more petrol options

[ED209]

Even in the winter 2 miles on a bike will take 10 mins. How cold and wet can you get in 10 mins?

[RSTurboPaul]

A medium-brisk walking pace is, what, 4mph?

If you have 40 minutes to get into the office from a call, that gives you 10 minutes to get your stuff together and 30 minutes to walk in.

As someone better than I once said, there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing/gear

[Jonny_gti]

buy an earlier vag pd130 or pd150 quipped car, fabia vrs, golf gttdi150 ect are great no dpf to worry about.

[Jonnyicey]

RSTurboPaul said:

A medium-brisk walking pace is, what, 4mph?

If you have 40 minutes to get into the office from a call, that gives you 10 minutes to get your stuff together and 30 minutes to walk in.

As someone better than I once said, there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing/gear

Yeah and I can be called at any time so if im called at 3am I need to wake up have a shower, have a coffee and some breakfast, get dressed then ill have 10 mins to sprint in like usain bolt.. and its probably going to be raining.

[Jonnyicey]

ED209 said:

Even in the winter 2 miles on a bike will take 10 mins. How cold and wet can you get in 10 mins?

Do you live in the UK?

[Tall_Paul]

Jonnyicey said:

ED209 said:

Even in the winter 2 miles on a bike will take 10 mins. How cold and wet can you get in 10 mins?

Do you live in the UK?

I can get pretty bloody wet on my 10 minute cycle commute, at the end I'm dripping in sweat!

I did walk the 2 miles initially but for me as a 6ft 3in fast walker, it still took 35 minutes. The last thing I'd want to be doing having been woken up at 3am on call is to have to walk/cycle to the office.

Edited by Tall_Paul on Thursday 20th September 17:53

[Big GT]

Do not get a diesel.

If you can stretch to around £16K go for Golf GTE and run on electric.