07-07-2014, 09:51 AM
(07-07-2014, 09:19 AM)Toms306 Wrote: 2.0 170 PD's are still out of budget tbh, it was the 140 I was looking at. Hadn't heard about the oil chains though, might have to look into that!
Hmm, I keep reading the same about the oil in the 1.6s, and you obviously cant tell by looking whether its been serviced on time with the right stuff of not. Seems a bit daft to make an engine so delicate it cant cope with a bit of human error these days. Really is a shame because they're in the £30 tax with a good mpg book figure as well!
Sounds like the 2.0 16v is the best for reliability then, but is in a high tax band iirc and less mpg book figures as well...how hard can it be to make an eco car reliable!
Driving position cant be much worse than a 307, they really are awful, seems to be a Peugeot thing tbh!
DMF and clutch at 70k is a bit worrying though, was the same on the Vectra, mine had one at 75k, and quite a few did when I was looking at the time. I know I moan about the PD Golf one failing but that had done 130k lol.
There are actually quite a few without DPFs even up to about 6 years old....but as in the OP, I'm not even sure if I should be worried about those given my driving style...
320d's are nice, but the parts prices put me off should something major fail....Especially if its a dealer only part.
Its not human error, its laziness, complacency and mainly greed. not forking out the extra for the right oil, even seen problems with these engines serviced by the main dealer, seen another case where a transit engine failed and when brought to the ford dealer it came back as not covered as wrong oil was used, the customer promptly produced receipts for every oil change supplied by same dealer and they eventually had to replace it.
Honestly if i were you id stay well away from bmws, very expensive to repair, friends old e46 needed 1000 spent on suspension bushes each test time.
Thought about a little seat ibiza? Mother got an 08 1.4tdi ecomotive one for 2700 last year, 99g/km so free road tax and easily does 60 mpg, ride isnt bad either, even on our irish roads!!
And on motorways it sits at 100mph easy while only doing 3k rpm
