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I was looking for a Superb mainly for the fact it was a bit more luxurious than the Octavia then I seen a 3500 mile 8 month old SEL octavia estate for 16500 (1.6 D) I decided that it was significantly cheaper than the superb with quite a high spec and probably ticked more boxes than the superb did so just went for the Octavia. 1.6 D easily sits a motorway speeds loaded up plus the diesel engine is working a bit and the Octavia is a bit smaller (regularly stay in lakes so sometimes limited parking at cottages)

C5 has indeed got a DPF it is now on 85000 miles in 7 years with no issues hence why I would get another diesel. as said I would get another C5 but they stopped making them 5 years ago

Thats great that was what I was looking to find out there seems to be more 1.6 in better condition for sale than the 2.0

Hi I am about to buy a new car and have it down to a Superb or Octavia (leaning towards the Superb) however I am looking for a manual 2.0 diesel se tech or better but good cars seem to be hard to come by in central Scotland (sold pretty quickly). I presently have a 1.6 diesel citroen C5 which has been good but now getting a bit long in the tooth. Anyway the question I have is would there be any reason not to consider the 1,6 diesel version of this (speaking to a colleage who has done 270000 miles in a 2010 golf with the 1.6 with only 2 timing belts and clutches) I can live with the power as it is pretty much the same as my current car so okay on that but was also wondering if the smaller engine would be less prone to dpf issues as it will be working a bit harder (son had an A6 2.0 diesel that the egr cooler needed steam cleaned out at 50000 miles so wondering if the 1.6 may actually be better for me) (most journeys are 5 miles semi rural with a good 50 mile run once or twice a month) anyway thanks in advance for your thoughts. Cheers