Hi,

I'm currently on the look out for a large family car. It will be used by the wife from monday to friday to ferry our children around and by us all at the weekends for camping trips up and down the motorway. Annual mileage wil be about 10 - 12k (maybe a little more) as the wife doesn't do many miles during the week.

Performance is not a massive consideration as we'll be changing from a Leon Cupra (which is a balistic missile),....... but I don't want a real slug.

I've owned a few Octavia Mk2's in the past and would consider a estate Vrs, however, as we both drive relatively slowly with our daughter on board (our second child isn't due for six months) I'm thinking something more comfortable and spacious would be better..... cue the superb. Also, we may use it to tow in future, but most likely only a small trailer for camping gear.

I wouldn't buy brand new, but there are already a number available from main dealers with low miles and varying spec. Having owned a 1.9tdi vw touran and my company car being a golf mk6 140 gt diesel I can honestly say that whilst the touran was fine the golf is a much nicer drive. The problem I've got is that none of my local dealers have a 1.9tdi for me to try, but dealers over 100 miles away have 2nd hand / ex demo ones avaialable.

So, is the 1.9tdi way underpowered?

does the Superb cruise quietly wth the 1.9tdi engine (as this engine is inherently noisy) ?

Has anyone remapped there 1.9tdi Superb ? (we had our touran done and it transformed it's performance from adequate to quite good.... but still no rocket)

Basically I'm looking for views on whether the 1.9tdi ruins the car in terms of performance and noise comfort - as it seems the most logical choice for us based on cost and running costs. Also, as an engine that's been around for years it has a good reliability record.

Alternatively, should I go for the 2.0CR 140 or the 1.8t petrol as they both fall within our price range?

many thanks, any opinions and views welcome.

I have recently driven a 1.9 105PD Superb Estate and it went surprising very well, it was certainly not 'way underpowered', so do not discount them before you have driven one, it was also very quiet at motorway speeds.

SWMBO has a 1.9 105PD MK5 Golf with a Dragon Digital tuning box on and it transformed the car's low down torque - much more drivable now with no hesitation now when you pull away (but the Superb was equally as good as the Golf is with the box fitted - the Golf does however have nearly 130k miles on it)

The CR engine is much more refined and economical than the 1.9PD, my old Touran (2.0PD) was averaging 46 - 47mpg and the Superb is now at 55 on the same use, still with less than 2K on the clock. Noise is much less and refinement is a different class.

I've found the superb to be an excellent family car, space wise, safety wise and the kids love !! feel like they are being chauffered in a limo haha !

The only thing I would say is the the DPF doesn't like lost of short journeys so if you are going to be mainly doing that with one i'd probably go for a petrol the DPF cars need a good run quite often to get hot.

Many thanks for the replies,

The car will do mainly short trips monday to friday with longer trips up the motorway during spring/summer for camping trips.

I'm also considering an Octavia Vrs Estate (which I know will be noisier and less relaxing) or a VW Touran.

What really appeals about the superb is the cabin space and quality,........ I'm slighty concerned about depreciation though and wonder if it would need to be a car that we held on to for years and years for it to make sense?

Many thanks for the replies,

The car will do mainly short trips monday to friday with longer trips up the motorway during spring/summer for camping trips.

I'm also considering an Octavia Vrs Estate (which I know will be noisier and less relaxing) or a VW Touran.

What really appeals about the superb is the cabin space and quality,........ I'm slighty concerned about depreciation though and wonder if it would need to be a car that we held on to for years and years for it to make sense?

There's a new model Touran out soon, just to warn you incase you buy an old one and then get miffed off, also if you only do short trips buy a petrol car, it's not worth buying a diesel unless you cover 12k+ pa at least, plus the petrol car hasn't got the failing tech stuff on it, so it will be reliable and 15p a gallon cheaper.

hth.

There's a new model Touran out soon, just to warn you incase you buy an old one and then get miffed off, also if you only do short trips buy a petrol car, it's not worth buying a diesel unless you cover 12k+ pa at least, plus the petrol car hasn't got the failing tech stuff on it, so it will be reliable and 15p a gallon cheaper.

hth.

Thanks for the tip off re the touran - rules that one out for me then as a nearly new one will lose money big time very soon.

Hi,

I'm currently on the look out for a large family car. It will be used by the wife from monday to friday to ferry our children around and by us all at the weekends for camping trips up and down the motorway. Annual mileage wil be about 10 - 12k (maybe a little more) as the wife doesn't do many miles during the week.

Performance is not a massive consideration as we'll be changing from a Leon Cupra (which is a balistic missile),....... but I don't want a real slug.

I've owned a few Octavia Mk2's in the past and would consider a estate Vrs, however, as we both drive relatively slowly with our daughter on board (our second child isn't due for six months) I'm thinking something more comfortable and spacious would be better..... cue the superb. Also, we may use it to tow in future, but most likely only a small trailer for camping gear.

I wouldn't buy brand new, but there are already a number available from main dealers with low miles and varying spec. Having owned a 1.9tdi vw touran and my company car being a golf mk6 140 gt diesel I can honestly say that whilst the touran was fine the golf is a much nicer drive. The problem I've got is that none of my local dealers have a 1.9tdi for me to try, but dealers over 100 miles away have 2nd hand / ex demo ones avaialable.

So, is the 1.9tdi way underpowered?

does the Superb cruise quietly wth the 1.9tdi engine (as this engine is inherently noisy) ?

Has anyone remapped there 1.9tdi Superb ? (we had our touran done and it transformed it's performance from adequate to quite good.... but still no rocket)

Basically I'm looking for views on whether the 1.9tdi ruins the car in terms of performance and noise comfort - as it seems the most logical choice for us based on cost and running costs. Also, as an engine that's been around for years it has a good reliability record.

Alternatively, should I go for the 2.0CR 140 or the 1.8t petrol as they both fall within our price range?

many thanks, any opinions and views welcome.

I went from a Octy II 1.9Tdi to a Superb II with the same non-DPF engine.

Initially, the engine felt decidedly sluggish, however, at 3k miles I had the ECU remapped my Performance Torque. This instantly transformed the car and it is now has adequate power for overtaking, as well as recording an average of 55+mpg (actual not MFD). Yes, this engine is well proven and is regarded as a very reliable unit. Mine Superb has covered 48.5k miles since last January and apart from the foglights misting up (replaced under warranty) the car has been fault free.

The build quality is commendable and easily as good as anything VW make, if not some of the lower range Audis.

The Superb is a quieter car than the Octy (less wind noise) cruises very comfortably.

As you're only going to be doing 10-12k miles per year, have you considered a 1.8Tsi engined Superb?

When my Superb falls due for change in 2.5 years I will be tempted to have another Superb, but this time with the 2.0Tdi CR 140 which is cleaner, quieter and more economical than the 1.9Tdi PD 105.