Brian15

I'm currently looking at purchasing a car for work, taxi driver. Only ever driven octavias 1.6 tdi and recently 1.5tsi act. Test drove a 1.0 tsi se yesterday and was surprised how well it drove, was expecting it to be sluggish with a considerably smaller engine than I'm used to. Will mainly be used short stop start journeys with an old dear and shopping in the boot with the occasional boot full of suitcases with 4 extra bodies going to the airport Bit of gogogling suggests carbon build may be an issue that'd need monitoring, anything else i need to know to help make a decision ?

They've knocked another £100 today , its 11 year old with 7 previous owners , hmm seems a high number in that period of time

Been looking for a cheap runaround for the missus, bargain or avoid ?

Filled up with momentum today , price come down 6p since last visit, see how i get on

Ran the first 100k on mainly 95 occasionally 99 for bit of a clean Upon discovering tesco momentum is only 9p dearer ive used that for the last 25k Being a private hire driver and using a lot of fuel i've recently gone back to 95 with the costs Its coincided with an engine rattle under load If it is down to change of fuel will the engine adjust and rattle disappear sticking with 95 or am I best going back to 99 ? Car is a octavia 3 1.5tsi 2019

She's got her heart set on another one. Bought same car 5 years ago (2007 plate) for £1000, hardly needed to do any work on it in that time , 19 years old now and coolant and oil are mixing and mot due in a month

This is it :

Its a 207 1.4 millesim

Seen a peugeot for the missus , few years old but perfect for her. Its advertised as recently having head and belt done but no receipts as garage selling it did the repairs. Is there a way of checking the work has actually been done and not just a way of bumping the price up ?

Last 10k on Tesco momentum

Regardless if this is what id9 causing the issue or not probably worth doing anyway. Quick Google hasn't really helped me, is there a product recommended for a diy job or worth booking in with a garage ?

That was my previous car, not quite sure what you're getting re: my memory

Yes

Nope , never have had , made me question if I stick with the octavia for my next car. Don't know if it makes a difference but car has been used for private hire use for the last 100k

Vw specialist , these chaps : https://www.vagbolton.com/ Was told genuine parts