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Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 02/11/2007

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Beware! To me high mileage diesel (that's high for it's age), means ex taxi!

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I would make sure that any 1.9 litre VAG diesel (Volkswagen Audi Group, so Skoda, Seat, Ford Galaxy are included) has had injectors changed at around 75-80,000 miles.  As the injectors wear, the spray pattern changes to an oval and it sprays the sides of the cylinder bore causing premature wear.

High mileage is certainly not a problem if the miles have been done up and down our motorway network, but I certainly wouldn't want a high mileage taxi.  As an example I used to ride Police motorcycles for the Met: bikes from the Driving School which had seen plenty of hard use in 3rd, 4th & 5th gears were fine at high miles, but bikes from my central London garage used mainly in 1st, 2nd & 3rd gears were shot to bits at 60K. 

Quote: Originally posted by motley on 02/11/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 02/11/2007

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Beware! To me high mileage diesel (that's high for it's age), means ex taxi!

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In a land rover?.......lol. Good point.

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The origonal poster and topic refered to Octavias and Mondeos! Not Landrovers.

Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 02/11/2007

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Beware! To me high mileage diesel (that's high for it's age), means ex taxi!

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thousands of high mile diesels are ex fleet / lease cars . check the service history and /or previous owner on the V5 log book. 1 company owner with full service history is ideal , mine was a Lex vehicle replaced at 80k at 4 years old.many lease companies replace at 2 to 4 years old and if you can get a full print out of all servicing done as many do then all the better.

i had a bmw 318I that had done167000 and i never had any problems with it

then i brought a escort with 49000 on it and had nothing but trouble with it sold that and got a passat TDI estate with a 115000 on it and its now done 133000 with no problems what so ever touch wood still going strong

Hi, I have a 1995 Landrover Discovery 300 TDI. 130K on the clock, returns approx. 30.mpg. cost me £260 in repairs ( brakes, tyres, service etc. ) in the last 2 years, I know it's an "M" reg but to me that dos'nt matter, it's great to drive and when going onto a field pulling the van, i know it will do what i want, it starts off the button every time, and pulls like a steam train, I was told by a landrover mechanic the oil should be changed every 6000K, if done, i should have no trouble, and i have'nt. had any trouble with it, everyone to their own choice. but i can highly reccomend them.

Just my thoughts.

I wouldn't say because a garage is bigger that you get impeccable service.  A lot of work is given over to apprentices.  With smaller garages you usually get a mechanic who has done many years in the trade and has pride in his work because if he doesn't it comes back to him personally.  Also main dealers just bolt on complete replacements of oe parts at monstrous prices, whereas the garage I go to gets similar parts at much cheaper prices.

I think the best policy is to find a good small garage and keep it to yourself as the problem is usually that they have so much work on.

Quote: Originally posted by billy on 04/11/2007

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I wasnt saying main dealers give immpeccable service-as you say the reverse can be true--but if a repairs goes wrong at least you have comeback & genuine parts will have been used--go to small garage & no comeback-as you say the trick is to find a good one you trust--large or small--for instance Citroens get sl*gged but Ive no complaints with my Citroen dealer in Colchester, their whole setup is excellent & I would get another Citroen just because of them---

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I copied this and sent it to Mr Tolley, I recon he'll be chuffed.lol

 

Quote: Originally posted by billy on 05/11/2007

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Credit where credits due Jeeps-I suppose its company policy but Ive never met a garage before where everybody is so damn nice to you--

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The best garage I ever went to was in the New Forest about 35 years ago. It wasn't far from where there is a Ford, near to the Bulmer Lawn Hotel. Probably gone now, but they were so good they let me sit in the owners office in his chair and read his paper! They had signs everywhere proclaiming the rights of the customer!

The best one around here that I know of is Eaves at Stoke by Nayland, another family run business!