£10k buy vs ~£300 pcm lease

[Gavster]

I'm liking this, looks great and brilliant spec too, even though it's a diesel. Also been hearing conflicting reports about the DPF, some people saying it's easy to clear as long as you do 10 - 15 minutes at >2k RPM once a week which is easily doable. But then again, a new DPF is £1k + fitting so maybe not worth the risk

[nuttinnew]

wheezy 1.4.

Make your mind up

[Swervin_Mervin]

wheezy 1.4.

Make your mind up

Huh?

[nuttinnew]

wheezy 1.4.

Make your mind up

Huh?

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electr ... rt-ps22995
Renault 5 fully spec'd will cost £29,000. Looks decent and priced well with a decent battery unlike the Honda E which was destined to fail.

Nice. But all limited to 93mph (150kph). <sigh>

(Mrs mik's E-Tron is limited to 124mph (200kph) but FFS)

It's not much of an issue though really is it? The opportunity to do over that is getting smaller, it's not much fun - even less so in a small car - and most won't ever be in the hands of anyone interested in doing so, and they're predominantly going to be used in urban areas one would imagine.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Make your mind up

Huh?

Nice. But all limited to 93mph (150kph). <sigh>

(Mrs mik's E-Tron is limited to 124mph (200kph) but FFS)

It's not much of an issue though really is it? The opportunity to do over that is getting smaller, it's not much fun - even less so in a small car - and most won't ever be in the hands of anyone interested in doing so, and they're predominantly going to be used in urban areas one would imagine.

Didn't say anything about not getting up to speed quickly!

[nuttinnew]

I'm sure it'll be fine in that thar London's 0-20 tlgps It has turbot

[IanF]

The price is at the low end of a non v-car Leon estate, especially with such a low mileage, this spec is surprisingly expensive.

Anyway, I’m going absolutely bonkers here hyperfocussing on finding a car which is driving me a little crazy because all the ones I want to view are at least an hour away and I’m desperately trying to finish a work project so don’t have much spare time, especially not half a day to drive around some dealers. Gonna do a big editing session tonight to clear some space so I can get out to view some soon tomorrow

If only you had a family member who knew a bit about cars, and even buys them occasionally, to send out to the Home Counties!..

[Swervin_Mervin]

I'm liking this, looks great and brilliant spec too, even though it's a diesel. Also been hearing conflicting reports about the DPF, some people saying it's easy to clear as long as you do 10 - 15 minutes at >2k RPM once a week which is easily doable. But then again, a new DPF is £1k + fitting so maybe not worth the risk

I can't speak for the modern ones, but a colleague had an Altea about 10yrs ago and the DPF drove them round the twist. It wouldn't clear despite them doing a lap of the M60 once a week. They'd have to take it into the dealership every other month. They did mostly urban journeys in it and in the end he realised it was stupid having to take it on a once a week circuit of Manchester to try to get it to clear, and they ditched it for a petrol B-Max

If you didn't mind some high miles, there's the Superb's twin:

[Gavster]

That's a damn good looking car

I'm really have a lot of cognitive dissonance about high mileage cars, because I know that a well-maintained high mileage car is nothing to be scared of, yet, I still struggle to entertain them.

[Gavster]

Only problem with R-Line cars is that on the Golf my insurance quotes went from £700 to £1,900 simply by changing from a TSI SE to R-Line

[Swervin_Mervin]

TBF, I wouldn't entertain a high mileage modern car (by modern I mean anything after c2010 ish). And especially not anything from the VAG.

Let's just say I'd trust my E91 to outlive our Superb.*


*probably shouldn't have said that with its MOT on Monday

And at the insurance differences. I'm not a fan of the Arteon tbh. After much research I figured out that it was the only car in the VAG stable that was a twin of the Superb, save for badging etc. And internally the build quality just did not justify the badge premium. If anything, the Skoda felt better put together.

[jamcg]

Give your brother 10k, a bottle of whiskey, a very loose brief and let the ov9 experiment we all want to see happen

[Gavster]

I’d end up with a Chevy day van or something

[IanF]

I was just looking at i3s’ and would that not be more suitable? I think they’re cool (which probably means they aren’t! )

Eta: I mean consider it your “tender” to get to your massive, maintained fleet just down the M3!

[Sundayjumper]

Give your brother 10k, a bottle of whiskey, a very loose brief and let the ov9 experiment we all want to see happen

My briefs are already loose.

[Rich B]

Give your brother 10k, a bottle of whiskey, a very loose brief and let the ov9 experiment we all want to see happen

My briefs are already loose.

getting tighter with the idea of Chevy dayvan shopping though…

[nuttinnew]

You've discounted R-Line but how about https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... =undefined

[nuttinnew]

Not a VAG not a 1.4; https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 00&fromsra

[IanF]

[Gavster]

Went out car hunting today and looked at a few. I was heading over to Milton Keynes to check out a Passat GT TDI which looked very cool and sleek. Popped into a very friendly used car dealer in Newmarket to see what they had but nothing shone out.

Then in a whirlwind I have more-or-less decided to rent a little home outside of London, I viewed it and now need to make the call about whether to go ahead with it.

In light of the potential new home being at the top of a small hill down a muddy lane in rural Suffolk, combined with the fact I would need to do the ~55 miles down the M11 into town quite regularly, I went over to Cambridge to check out the white Ateca linked at the top of this page. It was essentially faultless, perfect main dealer service record, matching tyres, high spec with every extra I could want to make it fun. Talking to Sundayjumper after the test drive, he commented how there doesn’t seem to be any reason not to buy it. Which is true frankly.

Just need to confirm tomorrow, house and car

FWIW Marshall were great to deal with, ’normal’ friendly sales guy and nice manager. They really didn’t want to budge on price but agreed to give 24 months warranty for an extra £100. They run their own warranty scheme which I hope is better than a sketchy third party one.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 1146284039