young car, high mileage

[stevenseagal]

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 ?

[richwarwicker]

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

[mannyo]

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.

[stevenseagal]

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

[k.young]

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.

[stevenseagal]

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.

[Golf-Fiend]

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

[AZa]

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

[durhamfisher]

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

[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.

Edited 18 January, 2010 by luke_a

[Phil_P]

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