So, what's the opinion on petrol cars with 45k mileage

Log book still not here after 3 weeks. Driving me mad waiting.

My ’02 A-class was still going OK at 122,000 miles.

So, I took the Golf out today and was very impressed. Couldn’t talk about money due to the log book not being back.

Couldn’t get to the Seat showroom to take out the 1.2tsi Leon but I will be.

Brilliant, the log book is here. The hunt can start properly!

Anything else I should be looking at?

Focus
Golf
Leon
Civic

As Kamikazie suggested: Mazda 3.

Petrol cars have a timing chain, rather than a belt, so that worry is out of the way. Fuel economy isn’t amazing, but is reasonable on the 1.6.

There’s a reason why they score highly on the reliability scores….

(2 litre petrol, 2010, was doing 20k miles a year until 12 months ago. Now on 90k miles. Most work done (other than servicing) = replacing brake pads.)

So do timing chains not have the same servicing life as a belt?

The golf is a 1.4tsi 2010 plate (60) with 45k on the clock

I’ve booked in a test drive of the 1.2tsi Leon tomorrow.

Well I found a slightly newer Golf with a few thousand less miles and loved it.

All bought and paid for and hopefully pick it up tomorrow.

Cheers for all of the advice 🙂

Are you sure, maybe take some time to think it over.

ourmaninthenorth – Member
As Kamikazie suggested: Mazda 3.

– do you ever get any problems with the brake sliders getting corroded?
I’ve heard they can be an issue on certain Mazdas