Anybody out there have an opinion on this; need to buy another car to replace partner's Kia Picanto due to expanding family. Wasn't really thinking of one of these but have seen an '07 reg VW Touran 1.9TDI for sale in a dealer locally, looks like a good spec. and in good condition. Wouldn't usually look at something of that age but it has only 10,000 miles on the clock apparently so I find myself Quite Interested. I already have one of these myself and I've been very happy with it so now considering getting a second, it's very practical and mine has approaching 130k on it with relatively little arseache so far.
What's the perceived wisdom of a used diesel of that age with so little mileage ?
This engine does NOT have a DPF as far as I'm aware, if that alters opinions.
Cheers in advance
TWT
IMHO has the most robust engine....
Service history, waterpump / belts are the usual checks. They have I think, a milage and time interval for being changed.
Then I would want to establish the 10k miles is genuine and bodywork is sound. Any service history, its barely run in ?
Could be a good solid long lasting car.
On the other hand - cars age badly when not used. Could start leaking from every seal once you start using it properly.
It could be a good car- its most likely will be. Do not get hung up on its low milage its not worth a vast premium over other 07 plate cars its still old and ime age kills cars not miles!
If priced accordingly go for it. Do not pay over the odds - how ever ime dealers seem to think low miles means its worth the same as/50p less than a 3 year old car with the same milage
Or, it could be a typo on the advert and be 100,00k ..
as TR says, buy on condition and age, not just miles...
My experience of buying cars that have very low levels of use have largely been bad/expensive,engines need to be started and run weekly any prolonged period of inactivity for an engine is very bad, I would want to know that said vehicle had been regularly in use not just standing.seals and internal parts need to be regularly bathed in lubricant to maintain and protect.
Touran 1.9tdi does have DPF - it cost a fortune to replace on my 2005 one.
Matt, ours in 2006 and it has a simple cat, not dpf fortunately as I asked specifically about this as well as looking
I only buy low mileage diesels of about 7+ years of age as a policy as I detest paying depreciation. It has served me well to-date; we try to do ourselves relatively low mileage, it gets used every other week or so. I do view a car as an irritating but necessary annoyance/ bike carrier.
So far - touch wood - very few problems indeed, previous car broke down once with a faulty sensor, I got rid as I knew that the clutch was dying and the engine was starting to smoke heavily (that was after 5 years ownership and at 12 years of age, I still got £3,000 for it). Current one has needed a windscreen repair and engine mounts need doing for some reason. Clutch screams on engagement but doesn't seem to be a problem, I just ignore.
Usually an accumulation of annoying things means it's time to change rather than a major issue. Making everything electric on modern cars is my biggest irritation- they always seem to go first.
as others have said, its almost too low a mileage but if its genuine then it'd be a long term runner. The 1.9 diesel engines from VW/Audi tend to last into the 200k milages fairly easily. I have a W reg Audi A6 with 184k on the clock and its never the engine that's the problem. So if the rest is ok, go for it.
Rickmeister has it, it was a typo. It's actually done 93,000 and not the 9,300 claimed in the ad.
Oh well .....
Thanks for the words folks
Aye, a "typo". I've found a lot of them recently, only marginally more infuriating than the people who list cars miles as 100's of 1000's (ie. 150k miler listed as 150 miles) just to get them noticed in lower milage limit searches.
93k wouldn't put me off buying it tbh. I bought my VW with 88k on it and it's still going strong 4 years later.