Hi All

 

I have been given a small car allowance at work to put towards the cost of buying and running a car. I have a budget of around £250 for the finance of a car and have found the VRS 184 diesel on Lingscars.com for £239 per month on lease which seems like a very good deal and far far cheaper than Skoda can get near on a pcp. However i have a concern. I only work 5 miles from home which is mainly in traffic apart from a short 60mph section and i am concerned that i will have issues with the dpf which Skoda may not fix on the warranty. During my working hours i do visit customers homes which could be anywhere in the county (Norfolk) and would allow the car to have a better run but Norfolk doesn't have a big network of dual carriageways so sometimes it would be B class country roads.I probably would have 2-3 of these visits per week and i would be happy to take the car on a longer run at the weekend. 

 

I would appreciate some opinions as to whether i should avoid the car or not? I would love the petrol version as i used to have a mk2 vrs tfsi which was great but there are no good deals on the petrol model.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Mark

If it helps I have had this car for a year and 95% of my journeys are only round the corner. The dpf light came on once but disappeared after 5 mins driving and never came back.

I do get the interrupted regen thing quite frequently and it is quite stupid - I did a 5 hour journey to Wales and it didnt do it, then it tried to do it straight after when I just went to the shops. But it hasn't caused any problems so far.

As an aside I don't know anything about them, but in case you wernt aware there was a thread about lings cars describing the owner as a total fruitcake, i can't remember whether the conclusion was whether it was ok or dodgy.

Edited 11 March, 201511 yr by Dr_Pepper

Thanks, i'll see if i can find the thread. From what i have heard she is quite successful but one look at her website tells you she's not quite all there! 

My view is the newer generation DPFs are fine. I had a MkII facelift diesel Octavia Scout in suburban London, including daily short school runs, with rare trips into the country and it was fine for four years - I didn't even get the re-gen light.

 

I also had a pre-facelift i.e. PD not common rail diesel Scout for a week and went I got it from the dealers the regen light was on, but a blast on a dual carriageway cleared it for the week. PD - which is not so hot on smoke control and DPF was a short term, and less than ideal fix.

Thanks London Les.  I must admit my alternative was a Passat CC second hand on hp finance and most people on the net seem to agree that the common rail vw engines are fine over shorter journeys now with passive and active regen available.

During my working hours i do visit customers homes which could be anywhere in the county (Norfolk) and would allow the car to have a better run but Norfolk doesn't have a big network of dual carriageways so sometimes it would be B class country roads.I probably would have 2-3 of these visits per week and i would be happy to take the car on a longer run at the weekend.

I'd imagine that would be adequate to do a regen every now and then. The main requirement is to get the revs high enough to generate some heat for the DPF. And if it does need a forced regen, it'll let you know. (In which case you can just set the DSG in sport mode or use a lower gear manually to keep the revs higher than normal.)

 

How many miles do you drive annually?

What sort of lease deal? What term, what annual mileage, what initial deposit?

 

Then we can see if there's some alternatives to the offer you've seen, if you don't want to deal with that particular company.

My main problem is that there are so many slow people out there, my tdi always appears to be doing numerous regens per journey... If only theyd either get some b@lls and drive faster or just go sit at home....

 

My daily commute is about 8 miles, mix of 30, 40, 60 and hills... but due to the sad substandard inabilities of other motorists... the car always seems to want to do a regen at the end of that journey, having been strangled by their terminally slow driving. Apart from it scaring the locals by sounding like its going to angrily eat them when I park, its just a simple annoyance, nothing more...

Hi Mark,

 

I have a VRS TDI and since my company moved offices I now have a 4 mile round trip commute each day.  The DPF regenerates about once a week and the light has come on 4 times in 14 months - the last 3 times I have left the car idle for 15 minutes until the light goes out. 

 

In short, it's unlikely to cause you any woes unless you ignore the light.  If it comes on either sit in the car for a few mins or take it for a spin at 2 - 2500 RPM until it clears.  Chances are, you'll never have to do this though.

Thanks guys. I doubt i would do more than 7k per year if i am honest and i know that the petrol would be preferable and i would like one but they are like rocking horse **** and no good deals are available.

 

The lease options were: 

 

3+ 23 @ £265.13 per month (inc tax & metallic paint)

 

3 + 35 @ £256.76 per month (inc tax & metallic paint)

 

3 + 47 @ £239.99 per month (inc tax & metallic paint)

 

I would also consider getting a late Mk2 instead on HP, am i right in saying that engine doesn't suffer many dpf issues other than exhaust temp sensor problems?

Search the forums for DPF clogging due to low mileages/short journeys.

 

Don't think you will find many/if any threads - so considering that forums are generally for members to moan about issues, is this not a good sign???

Good point ;-)

Thanks, i'll see if i can find the thread. From what i have heard she is quite successful but one look at her website tells you she's not quite all there! 

 

She's bat**** crazy.

Have a read of this. http://www.gazchap.com/posts/how-to-lose-a-potential-customer-in-three-easy-steps/

I wouldn't touch her site with a bargepole.

Just went onto the website, oh dear, lots of flashing icons and a Japanese karaoke version of "Puppet on a string" Doesn't give the best impression of a professional outfit who you can trust to do the right thing and be there when you need them. Try this, http://www.whatcar.com/car-leasing/deals/skoda/octavia/?type=personal&fuel=petrol&derivative=14bglb

 

Ian B.

Thanks for this.

I'm on the 3+23.

My daily total commute is 6 miles.

I do the odd long journey but my reason for getting an oil burner is I prefer the way they drive.

Also, using Lings is no problem, highly recommended despite the crazy website.

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Oh also, the car will be majority under warranty, so why worry.. The DPF will probably get clogged after you return it back!

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I do mainly short journeys with an occasional long trek and average between 7-8k miles a year. I'm on my 2nd vRS diesel (CR engines) and never had an issue with the DPF.