Accidentally sold wifes car - replacement needed!

[missfire]

530 oil muncher.

[Daveymaclad]

The model is less than 150!!

[Iolaire]

If it's any help Davey, I'm selling the wife's A3 1.8 Sport. It's a '98 but low mileage and dead smart. Absolutely no rust, nice Sport interior and all the toys.

Needs nothing done.

J

[Daveymaclad]

Originally Posted by Iolaire

If it's any help Davey, I'm selling the wife's A3 1.8 Sport. It's a '98 but low mileage and dead smart. Absolutely no rust, nice Sport interior and all the toys.

Needs nothing done.

J

Thanks for the offer J. My wife wants a diesel that'll do mid 50's on a run so she can go see her friends in Plymouth relatively cheaply. Have found the car we'll likely go for it's just down to which one now as I've been given some good offers by a few that are selling the same model.

[86audicoupe]

Can't go wrong with a Mk4 Golf TDI! My girlfriend has recently bought one and it's fantastic. It's got the 110hp engine which is supposedly the most reliable (being a non-PD earlier model) and achieves 55mpg easily. It's the Sport model and has all the optional extras and sports suspension. Ticks a lot of boxes - great spec, fun to drive, economical and safe. She loves it!

[Iolaire]

Originally Posted by Daveymaclad

Thanks for the offer J. My wife wants a diesel that'll do mid 50's on a run so she can go see her friends in Plymouth relatively cheaply. Have found the car we'll likely go for it's just down to which one now as I've been given some good offers by a few that are selling the same model.

No problem Davey. Apart from anything else, I've just noticed you're about 500 miles from me anyway!!

Let me give you a wee warning though from my workshop experience in here about modern diesels. I don't know how many I have had through here bought by people whose main motif for doing so is the impression that they are cheap to run. In many cases this is soooo wrong.

For a start diesel fuel is substantially more expensive at the pumps; almost nobody factors that in to their calculations. If you go for anything made after 2000, you will almost certainly be buying something with common rail injection. If it goes wrong on you it can empty your bank account: and don't get the idea that if buy something as new as possible with a low mileage that it will be ok. Some of the latest models are the worst.

What I am saying is that just one repair could financially negate any savings you have made on fuel consumption. To give you a classic example, On the Sprinters, Mercedes changed from old fashioned mechanical injectors that would easily achieve 200K without turning a hair to common rail around 1999. The difference in economy was almost negligible. However I replaced injectors on them with only 30K on the clock; they were dropping like flies. The early injectors were £28 each exchange from Bosch. The common rail injectors were a massive £380 each; no exchange mainly because they were not Bosch, but Delphi!

In other words an injector refurb would cost you in excess of 1500 quid! Then there's the DPF fiasco, anything from 600 to 1200 quid for a replacement. Also with most of these diesels engine failure will write the car off. It is simply far too costly to strip and rebuild these engines at today's prices.

Diesels are OK when the company provides you with a brand new car and they take care of the expenses. Other than that I'm afraid in my book, you can keep 'em.

Be very careful what you buy and good luck.

J

[terrywindy1]

Don't know what you do to diesels but have had 11 A2 Tdi's
The current one I bought at 36k ,has now done 82k have no problems apart form
discs pad and cambelt .Have best on MPG of 78.6 £30 a year tax
and £140 to insure
Have also owned A4 Tdi Cabriolet and A3Tdi so that Audi Diesel since 2004 with not
ONE problem
The Wife did have a new Golf 1.9Tdi in 05 and the DMF went at 61k
But replaced under warranty

[Daveymaclad]

Thanks to all the replies and offers.

To put you all out of your misery I've just got home after purchasing a 2005 Alfa 147 1.9 JTD, full Alfa service history, Pirelli P6000's all round (all high tread). Infact the exact car is this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1711379742...84.m1423.l2649

Don't worry I managed to get £300 off that price and it had 80 miles worth of diesel in it!

On the 230 mile drive home it averaged 54.8mpg, it was up into the 55's but then I ran into storm force winds and driving rain at Basingstoke!

Wife is estatic so far and not just because she got me out the house for a full day!

[Coxy]

Originally Posted by Daveymaclad

Thanks to all the replies and offers.

To put you all out of your misery I've just got home after purchasing a 2005 Alfa 147 1.9 JTD, full Alfa service history, Pirelli P6000's all round (all high tread). Infact the exact car is this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1711379742...84.m1423.l2649

Don't worry I managed to get £300 off that price and it had 80 miles worth of diesel in it!

On the 230 mile drive home it averaged 54.8mpg, it was up into the 55's but then I ran into storm force winds and driving rain at Basingstoke!

Wife is estatic so far and not just because she got me out the house for a full day!

very nice!
My wife has wanted one of these for a while so i bought her a Golf instead!
Still never scratched my Alfa itch....maybe one day!

[john johnson]

Who was the cock that mentioned an Alfa