VAG cars more reliable?? Audi RS6 is BOTTOM of the reliability index (http://www.reliabilityindex.com/), Audi AllRoad is 7th from bottom.
The cliches about brand reliability are often nonsense IMO.
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Octavia vRS - Petrol or Diesel?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Back of the fag packet calculation.
2006 diesel vs petrol - looks like about £1.5K more purchase price for the diesel.
At 10K you should save about £500pa on the diesel.Looks like (excluding the extra fianance cost) you should break even in about 3 years. You'll probably be up with the higher resale of the diesel (but the difference will probably be less than £1.5K) however The diesel may cost you more if you have a DPF / turbo problem.
Not really much in it. I guess drive both and see which you prefer.
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So then Zeds what IS this magic car?
So, you pay more, the resale value will be more, but the actual amount you loose, the difference between the two, will also be more. Becasue there's more to loose in the first place. And if its a new car, may the Lord have mercy on you soul!
PS - Don't treat me like a twunt, Surf Mat. Because I'm not.
Your first sentence completely nulls your last one. What complete and utter bo77ox again - sorry PP but you really aren't doing yourself any favours here.
Sure a good petrol is great, but so is a good diesel. Your reliability stuff is just made up as are most of your other points. It kind of kills your credibility.
I have little faith in modern VAG cars for reliability - sure many are good but they simply are not as reliable as they used to be. If reliability is vital, buy Japanese - apart from some Toyotas...
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It's not magic. It's just a car.
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So then Zeds what IS this magic car?
Mat you are being abrasive again. I however am just curious since he hasn't mentioned it on this thread
Which Toyotas are unreliable Mat? Not been impressed with their diesel engines when I've looked. Doesn't help when they set their smaller offering at 90bhp...
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Zeds - I was only being daft. Just sounds impressive that's all - most of the 6 pot motors I know of are pretty cr4p on fuel.
Mol - thinking of all the recalls for dodgy throttles. Generally they are otherwise uber reliable.
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I didn't think you were being abrasive. A lot depends on the car and how it's driven.
My old man kept a couple of Alfa 75's. The 3 litre manages 25 - 27mpg regular driving. Not bad for a 20 odd year old car with just over 200 horses running petrol...
He modified it quite a bit, mainly handling, and it's still fantastic fun to drive. Sounds suuuuuuperb too.
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I didn't think of the throttle thing as a reliability issue. There was a handful of faults in literally millions of cars. Loads of other manufs have big recalls too - they just didn't make the news.
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We've had a few Toyota Avensis D4D's at work as pool cars. Big mileages, generally thrashed by all & sundry. They never skipped a beat.
We traded a Verso D4D in, back in the summer, for a TDi Galaxy. In terms of refinement, if such a thing exists with a diesel, both the Galaxy & the Verso are in a different league to the TDCi Mondeo I mention above.Posted 1 year ago # -
What was that Avensis like? I know the boy racer brigade slag it off for being 'boring' but I appreciate motorway comfort and refinement.. curious.
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I drove an old Avensis diesel as a works car one and it wasn't bad. A fair bit of go to it, but a little bland. Mind you, I was comparing it to my ex-police Omega MV6 at the time, so most cars were a little bland in comparison, even my Mk11 Golf GTi
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