hi ya,

i am ineterested in buying a 2.0td dsg approx 2006 2007 year but with a high mileage of around 100k. This would be mail dealer sourced but was wondering if this is good idea ? what does anybody think ?

if it has a full service history it would be ok, but if not fully serviced and maintained less of a good idea tbh

If you take the plunge, make sure a warranty is included as the 3rd year of manufacturers warranty is limited to 60K miles, so you would be well past that. Only the first 2 years are unlimited mileage.

car would be from a skoda main dealer, and only from as such.

Try and get a 12month bumper to bumper warranty from them this should cover your two main worries............Turbo and DMF. Mine has 285,000kms and still going strong.

Going to pay about 7k for this car. I know it's a fair mileage butits mostly motorway work so in theory not much stress ? Well that's the theory anyhow ? At least I have full skoda warranty, which hasto be a good thing.

Just 1 thing - you going to keep the car until it dies or you going to sell it on in a few years time? With high miles and more owners it will be harder to shift especially on the open market.

Are you in a hurry? Are you in love with this particular car? Are there any others you might consider?

I got a 4 yr old 2.0TDi Elegance for 8.4k at 29k miles. OK, so I had to wait and travel 120 miles to get it, or it was a local one (1 mile away) with 57k miles, 8 months newer AND with leather and sports pack for the SAME price. I went for the lower miles after a lot of humming and ahhing. It made sense to me.

HTH

It does seem a lot of money for such a high mileage car! Is there anything else available?

Tbh, used cars are pretty expensive at the moment, getting a good deal isn't easy.

Jesus 7k for that?

I bought mine over a year ago for £4000. It was 3 years old, had its first mot when I bought it, and it had 117,000 miles on it. Sure it is a 1.9 but surely not worth paying twice as much for the 2.0 and all the problems that seem to go with them?

I didn't buy it from a Skoda dealer though, I bought it from an independent used car dealer. Had full service history as it was previously a company car leased to a company (not a Taxi).

One thing to remember though is you will likely need a service and the cambelt and waterpump changing, costs anywhere between £500-900 depending on who you go to.

Edited 18 January, 201016 yr by luke_a

Jesus 7k for that?

I bought mine over a year ago for £4000. It was 3 years old, had its first mot when I bought it, and it had 117,000 miles on it. Sure it is a 1.9 but surely not worth paying twice as much for the 2.0 and all the problems that seem to go with them?

I didn't buy it from a Skoda dealer though, I bought it from an independent used car dealer. Had full service history as it was previously a company car leased to a company (not a Taxi).

One thing to remember though is you will likely need a service and the cambelt and waterpump changing, costs anywhere between £500-900 depending on who you go to.

Very similar to my next door neighbour - bought a 2005 1.9TDi hatch around last May (2009), ~100K miles ex-taxi, from a local independent trader for £3,200. When I looked 6 months later, a 2006 plate was minimum £7K