Hi All

 

In the past I have had 2 x mkII petrol vrs's and they have been some of the best cars I have ever owned. I am now leaving my current job and therefore the company car will go and I need to buy myself a car. I have around 12k to spend and I have really struggled to find a mkIII petrol model locally and under 12k. However I have found a 63 plate diesel estate for £11,204 but this has 85k with full service history. My mileage per year is only like to be 8k so I don't need a diesel but having run a few VAG engines in the past they seem to cope quite well with short journeys and had no issues with the dpf. However the mileage is higher than I was originally looking for but this is reflected in the price. Would you guys consider buying a car of this age with high mileage or am i likely to have costly DMF/DPF issues in the near future?

 

Regards

 

Mark

Well a typical DPF life cycle tends to be around 100,000 miles give or take, assuming the car does fairly high annual mileage. So you would be most likely be looking at a new DPF in 15,000 miles, or just under two years given your annual mileage. The DPF converts soot to ash, and once the ash reaches a certain weight it's time to replace the DPF.

 

If it were me, I would be looking for a low to medium mileage 1.4TSi petrol. Goes like stink, good MPG, quiet engine. I went from a 2.0CR VRS to the 1.4TSi and would never go back.

2 minutes ago, MoggyTech said:

Well a typical DPF life cycle tends to be around 100,000 miles give or take, assuming the car does fairly high annual mileage. So you would be most likely be looking at a new DPF in 15,000 miles, or just under two years given your annual mileage. The DPF converts soot to ash, and once the ash reaches a certain weight it's time to replace the DPF.

 

If it were me, I would be looking for a low to medium mileage 1.4TSi petrol. Goes like stink, good MPG, quiet engine. I went from a 2.0CR VRS to the 1.4TSi and would never go back.

Hello. How much is it to replace a dpf?

Just now, tigermad said:

Hello. How much is it to replace a dpf?

Not much change out of £1000

10 minutes ago, MoggyTech said:

Not much change out of £1000

 

Really. I am sure there are loads of taxis etc that don't change the dpf, are you sure it only lasts 100k?

Moggytech - thanks for your feedback. I completely understand where you are coming from. I have been considering the Seat Leon FR 1.4TSI. It's just a shame the 1.4tsi doesn't come in a VRS trim as that is all i'm considering with the Octavia.

If I was in your situation I would keep looking for a TSI, no question.

 

Even a high miles TSI is less likely to give grief and cost money than the TDI. Especially given your low mileage. 

 

Nothing against the diesel, I'm on my third, but very different circumstances. 

At 85k that car will be needing quite a bit of maintenance soon, brakes, dual mass flywheel, clutch etc soon. Let alone the dpf.

Get a petrol. Leon, A3, Golf 1.4 TSi.

Far too expensive at that price with that mileage, there should be a lot of decent high spec mk 3 Octavia Estates coming onto the market now and quite a few of them will be far lower mileage than the VRS you are looking at just now. My own Octavia Elegance 1.6TD Estate was VT'd this month and handed back in mint condition with just under 29,000 miles, the local dealers wouldn't even buy it from Skoda at its GFMV because the residual values on these cars are so bad that they can probably buy them for less at auction via BCA which is what happens to all the VT'd cars returned to Skoda.

 

Keep looking and you should find a much lower mileage example than that particular car.

21 hours ago, markquinton said:

 I have been considering the Seat Leon FR 1.4TSI. It's just a shame the 1.4tsi doesn't come in a VRS trim as that is all i'm considering with the Octavia.

There is always the 1.4 TSI SE Sport - Not a VRS but kind of an Octavia parallel to the Leon FR 1.4TSI. Sports seats (Look a lot like VRS but in different fabric), 17" wheels, xenons, small rear spoiler etc, does not have sports suspension but on the rough roads I drive on I wouldn't want anything harsher.

A run out model produced for a short time but there appears to be plenty about. Got one myself.

Downsides - Flat bottomed steering wheel like Octavia VRS or Leon FR (stupid and embarrassing)

Performance - Not doubting the good experiences folk are having just not quite experiencing it myself.

We all know the Mk3's depreciate but to find a Mk3 petrol vrs for under 12k! I think you will struggle personally, either save a couple grand more & then look or it means settling for something else? If you want to do that.

 

Best to save a couple grand more or maybe hold out a little longer! 

Edited 20 March, 20179 yr by BATVANVRS

On 19/03/2017 at 18:14, markquinton said:

However I have found a 63 plate diesel estate for £11,204 but this has 85k with full service history.

 

Massively overpriced - my 63 plate diesel GFV at the end of my PCP was about that and that was with a mileage cap of 24,500.

Thanks everyone much appreciated.

 

I did find a petrol vrs with 55k on at just over 11k at a Skoda garage but it sold before even reaching for the forecourt.

 

Think i'll try and hold out for a bit of potentially get a later model mkII and get the cam chain tensioner replaced.

11 minutes ago, SkodaVRS1963 said:

 

Massively overpriced - my 63 plate diesel GFV at the end of my PCP was about that and that was with a mileage cap of 24,500.

 

I bet they retailed it for about 3k more though, so not sure how relevant that is to the forecourt price of the car OP is looking at.

27 minutes ago, ahenners said:

 

I bet they retailed it for about 3k more though, so not sure how relevant that is to the forecourt price of the car OP is looking at.

 

They tried and it sat on their forecourt for a month; they dropped the sticker price by a grand and eventually shifted it.

 

If something is overpriced it's overpriced - £11k for a car that's on the brink of needing major work IS overpriced.