Dear all,

 

It is my intention to buy an used Skoda Roomster.

I want an economical car to keep up to 10 years, reliable and cheap to run.

The performance is not so important. My mileage is about 12000km/year.

 

At the moment I can't decide between the pre-facelift Roomster with the

1.4 MPI engine and the post-facelift 1.2TSI. The first is cheaper to buy

(about 1500 euro), but the second is probably cheaper to run, more modern

and more enjoyable. I don't know about its reliability.

 

What do you suggest?

 

(I'd love to have the 1.2TSI 77kW DSG, but it's way too expensive!)

 

Over the course of the ten years, the cost to buy difference, is it equal to or less than the running cost savings?

 

The roomster is an excellent all round car, I owned the scout version. It went to lots of mountain car parks and acted as a good little base camp vehicle.

 

I'm not sure on the reliability difference between the 1.4 and 1.2tsi. Over ten years it's a tough call. I got rid of car as it was 'as good as dead' saw it on the road 4 years later... it went on another 2 according to records.

 

So for me I'd say which do I prefer driving, as thats really all that matters after a few months IMHO.

 

HTH.