335d screams to the world I didn't try hard enough at school to afford an M3.....

 

>45mpg for a diesel is appalling, and defeats the purpose of a diesel surely?

I also had a Fabia 1.4 mpi with some 65 bhp. THAT was undercooked. When approaching a hill I had to plan in advance, close the windows, turn off AC, raise the sail, pray to the gremlins and pull in my stomach (to loose weight) and still could not keep my speed up... You could literally see the red hate in the BMW and Audi drivers eyes 1 mm up my back.....

Actual LOL, +1,000,000 for entertainment value alone and a extremely good responce in all other sections

I really don't get this. If his friend is happy with said car, who is he, we or anyone else to say other wise. As the op says, he drives like miss daisey.

I really don't get this. If his friend is happy with said car, who is he, we or anyone else to say other wise. As the op says, he drives like miss daisey.

Exactly.... hesitant driver...mmm buy him something far more powerful to cure it....

 

335d screams to the world I didn't try hard enough at school to afford an M3.....

 

>45mpg for a diesel is appalling, and defeats the purpose of a diesel surely?

 whats appalling about having greater>than 45 mpg in a diesel, id be dissapointed if it were <less

whats appalling about having greater>than 45 mpg in a diesel, id be dissapointed if it were <less

I'm ok then. I got 28 a few weeks ago whilst on holiday in my diesel.

In regards to the original question - I presume the person buying the car got a test drive of it?

I remember test driving the 1.4 and being pleasantly surprised by the performance. But then as previously stated the octy, especially non vrs, is really really light.

My only worry about these turbocharger small capacity engines would be the long term life (just look at the mk2 fabia vrs for an extreme example) but if the car is going to be traded in whilst still in warranty even that's not a big deal.