Evening all! I have recently had my vehicle written off, a trusty but boring Honda CRV. A deer decided to jump out in front of it causing catastrophic damage to the vehicle.

The insurance pay out is dismal and have left me with a small budget of 5K for my next car. I've always liked Skoda and have reserved a Skoda Superb Estate 2.0tdi DSG 2012 with 110K miles. The vehicle has been part exchanged at a Skoda Dealer, who are selling it with 12 months warranty, the cambelt, water pump will be replaced and the vehicle serviced alongside the overdue DSG service. The vehicles first few years of its life have little history but the last 8/9 years are very well documented and it's been serviced yearly with no MOT advisories.

I do approximately 15K miles a year, my commute is a 90 mile round trip. 

 

Any advice on preventative work, anything to look for when I go view it next week? 

Will it last me 3/4 years without huge bills? 

I've never bought a vehicle with such mileage on, though the CRV it is replacing had 109K miles and was still like new.

 

Any general advice? Or am I better off buying a Octavia that's newer and less mileage but will likely be the 1.6tdi? 

 

Any advice would be brilliant. 

 

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