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

[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.

[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

[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?