PD130 - Smoke after boost....wtf!?

[Niall]

1. No on most motorway runs I do 70 maybe 80 if I'm in a hurry.
2. There not Tom. There so limited be emissions it's untrue. Modern petrols maybe but definitely not diesels. I haven't been in a quick diesel that gives a good mpg. My old manager had a a3 sport back. That was a 2.0 tdi 150bhp. For a "Eco" car, that returned 45 on a good steady run. Most of the lightly tuned dervs would spank that and still get 50+
3. Yeah 306 door looms are crap. Just like vws are shit for DMFs (even now. Still haven't got it right. Thought the Germans were supposed to be good engineers?). Every car had its problems. Even the most expensive. You want to know what bad electrics are like? Get a Alfa! Rusty earths? Never heard of that causing a problem. Loose yes. Not rusty. And smoke from the dash? Once again never heard of that one!
4. Cambelt needs doing every 30k if your regular on your maintainence. For the cost of 30 quid for a belt, is that really that bad? And they only end up tapping because people doesn't time them up properly. Providing you remember How close everything is, it's fine.

I think your just trying to think about the bad points of all cars and make them far worse than they really are. You basically want a perfect maintence free car and no matter how much money you have, such a thing doesn't exist. Everything mechanical will eventually break Tom.
I would quite happily say that my experience with pugs had been extremely reliable compared to every vag I've heard.