Hi everyone,

 

I've just signed up to ask for some advice. I'm looking to buy my second car soon, up to now I've had a Land Rover (cheap to insure) but it's not really suitable any more.

 

What I need is a reliable, used diesel estate or saloon car for around a grand, and my research seems to have pointed me to an Octavia I saloon (around 2001-03). They're cheap to insure, tax and supposedly cheap to run. I don't need a racing car, just something that will happily cruise at 70, suitable for longer trips. They seem to fit the bill.

 

Thing is, for under a grand I'll be getting one with at LEAST 150,000 miles on the clock. Can anyone advise me if they still run ok with this amount of miles, or should I try and spend more for something with less than 100,000 miles? Also, are they known for any massive failures? I've had a good look around online and can't see much that will supposedly go wrong, apart from water in the rear footwell, and after driving a land rover for 3 years, a bit of water doesn't bother me  :p

 

Thanks if you can help, any general advice is much appreciated as well.

 

Will

 

Thing is, for under a grand I'll be getting one with at LEAST 150,000 miles on the clock. Can anyone advise me if they still run ok with this amount of miles, or should I try and spend more for something with less than 100,000 miles?

As long as its serviced I would assume it'll be fine. There was a mk1 octavia Taxi where I used to live, 6 months ago it had just clocked over 465,000 miles

Jesus! That is unbelievable. thanks for the pointer. I'll look for something with as much service history as poss then and get my garage to inspect it