Hi Guys, 

 

I have a 1.6TDI CR Seat Leon with 67,300 miles on the clock. I have used this the past 2 years for work, and clocked up all of those miles in 2 years (a lot of motorway driving). 

 

However, we will now be getting vans for work, meaning I'm sat with a 1.6TDI CR that will only ever be used for town driving from now on.

 

Obviously, this has me worrying about DPF issues etc, and I'm wondering whether to change car (although I cannot afford to go 'better'). The problem I have is that I lose money on the car if I trade it in, and I don't think I'll get a brilliant price for it if I sell privately because the paintwork has taken the usual chips from motorway driving (it also has a small dent above the drivers side wheel).

 

However, on the other side of the argument, I could do with some extra cash to get the bathroom done at the new house.

 

What would you do?

 

Keep the car and use it for town driving (it's well specced, parking sensors, sat nav etc).

Sell the car privately and use the cash for a newer, less specced, older car and get the bathroom done.

As above, but trade in instead of sell?

 

Thanks

The CR engines don't suffer from DPF issues like the older (dirtier) PD engines so I wouldn't worry too much.

If the light does come on, just take it for a little run.

Got to be cheaper than changing.

Most of the DPF horror stories are on the older engines which clog the filter up more quickly.