Remember the golden rule, ask enough. You can always drop a price but its incredibly difficult to ask for more. Best of luck with it.
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No my mother primarily drives the passat since he retired. The dog wouldnāt be brought on a long spin
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I meant to ask you. I bought a 08 focus 1.6tdci zetec for the wife there in March. Iāve been told that Iāll have to replace the turbo in it at some stage. If so will it set me back a good bit.
I told you not to buy that heap of shit.
Turbo from main dealer could be ā¬700/800
There are options of buying refrubed units but they could still be ā¬300/350.
That 1.6lt diesel engine is a wanker of a yoke.
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A fucking focus. Good fuck.
You couldnāt make it up. Cunts in the UK driving them around without servicing them & offloading them en masse to the thick Paddies for mental money.
Bollox to it anyway. In fairness it only does about a 100 km per weak but Iāll get it sorted
Why did you buy a Diesel for that limited mileage requirement?
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For fucks sake.
The advice around here.
You have it now, so deal with it before its a problem.
I presume the turbo is still working?
These turbos fail because of oil starvation to the turbo. There is an oil pick up feed with a fine mesh gauze that picks up the oil. It can get blocked, mainly due to carbon build up in the oil as a result of poor servicing.
If you service the engine every 8000 miles, with fully synthetic LOW SAPS 5w/30 oil, youāll have no problems. Total is good.
Also, drive it hard regularly. The EGR gives a lot of gip.
These engines do not tolerate poor servicing at all.
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They hate small trip driving at low revs. They were never designed for it. Fucking apes paying premium prices for Diesel cars with no need for them mileage wise. Plus modern day Petrol engines are as cheap or cheaper to Tax.
#mugs
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An absolute brainfart on my part. I have a company car and my thinking was if anything went Tits up with the job, at least weād have a half decent car to carry on.
I agree with you.
Also, they are very complicated and the lad down the yard with the spanner will often fuck them up.
Petrol is a no brainer for small mileage. Until you get a 1.4 TSI and a world of pain. One lad I know had two engines replaced in a Golf.
1.0 petrol Focus or Mondeo? These cunts are so complicated to get the power out and emissions down, that theyāre just a money pit waiting to happen.
I told you cars are bullshit. Iām slowly coming around to the idea new and shift after a few years is the way to go. spitā¦
That Passat up above, the hardest part of selling that is convincing whoever looks at the ad that you arenāt a traveller/boy racer.
Nice pictures, nice house and garden etc.
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There is a plague of Dacia dusters on the road these days. Whatās the attraction. Are they cheap as chips or what?
Nissan Qashqai/Renault Engine with a Family Sized Bean Can wrapped around it.
Buy cheap = colossal depreciation.
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Yeah.
They are basic out, a cheap renault. If there is such a thing.
Iād take my 16-17k and buy pretty much anything else mainstream second hand.
Still, if you couldnāt care less about comfort or finish or any of that shite, they are a cheap new car with a pretty well proven engine.
The Mark 1 Focus, 1.6 zetec is hands down a better motor than for that sort of driving. Bulletproof too.
I had a company car same as the one you bought. I had it serviced on the button, and drove the living shit out of it in between, putting up 500-600 miles per week. Only thing that went was the alternator. Other than that, she was ok.
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Fords can be hit or miss. The thing to watch out for buying a second hand one is who made the engine. If itās a 1.8tdci, forget it. Made by ford, has a wet and dry belt, excessive service costs, etc. The 2.0 PSA (peugeot) engine is a champ.
Its all about the engine.
That 1.8 block originally saw the light of day in Orions and the like.
The wet belt since 2008 was a total disaster. Replace a chain that never broke with that shite.
The 1.6 is fine if it is looked after properly.
The 2.0 HDI is a flaking engine. The best out there at that size.
@carryharry Serious question kid.
Quasqui/Tucson/Tiguan/CRV/Mazda whatever.
Price not big issue as much of a muchness apart from the vw which comes at a little premium.
Want leather seats and extras and Tuscon looks best value there. Iād buy the vw myself in the morning or the Honda but itās for the missus and she wants Hyundai.
Iām easy once the extras are not ripoff and the Hyundai is good that way.
Personally i liked the styling visually of the Tuscon externally but it had a far from impressive drive i felt. Felt very light in build quality & the finish of the interior was disappointing IMO.
Of the cars you quoted in that list, Iād have the Honda all day long. Heavy build feel, quality finish & high residual a major bonus.
IMO, you must look at a RAV4. Its a different animal in size & performance but all the way worth it as its priced pretty well & are worth mental money second hand.