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Sr1989

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Hi all
First of all im pretty useless with cars

Looking for a saloon or estate 15k maybe 15.5k max

Been looking at audis and skodas
2L
Petrol
Preferably manual but open to automatic
Reliable as poss

Posted a skoda octavia(2016, Vrs, 56k miles) on (agreed on 11k with owner) reddit got talked out of it and got directed to this forum.

Thanks 😊

ZX10R NIN

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edc

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How much space do you need? You can get a Kia Proceed with most of the 7 year warranty left.

drgoatboy

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Sr1989 said:

What got said to put you off the Skoda? Guessing rather exaggerated tales of cam chain problems? Not sure it was still an issue by that year?

Sr1989

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drgoatboy said:

What got said to put you off the Skoda? Guessing rather exaggerated tales of cam chain problems? Not sure it was still an issue by that year?

I posted it on reddit, general comments were its way too over priced for a skoda being 10 year old (2016)

Sr1989

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Thanks for your time, I do like the Arteons! Are the jags not unreliable though?

ilikejam

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Sr1989 said:

Thanks for your time, I do like the Arteons! Are the jags not unreliable though?

The diesel Jags are what gave them their 'unreliable' tag - for the most part the petrols are ok.

I would be looking at the Volvo (either V60 or S60) out of that list ZX posted

ZX10R NIN

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Sr1989 said:

Thanks for your time, I do like the Arteons! Are the jags not unreliable though?

The 2.0T' Jags are as reliable as most 2.0T's, they're also a bloody good car & worth a test drive at least.

The Insignia's imo are a better car than the Skoda's with lower nvh and being just as well built they just edge it.

I did forget the 2.5 Mazda 6 in GT Sport Nav+ spec:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202511127...

As I said all are really good options.

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Friday 16th January 06:24

drgoatboy

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Sr1989 said:

I posted it on reddit, general comments were its way too over priced for a skoda being 10 year old (2016)

Ah, Skoda hating from Reddit. I had a quick look on auto trader and depending on how many miles it had done £11k looks like a perfectly acceptable price.

It's cheaper than a similarly aged golf GTi (a car it shares a lot of parts with) and is a much bigger and more useful car. If anything skodas reputation is better than VW nowadays (even though they all come from the same family anyway).

I'm afraid the 2nd hand car market has gone a bit weird since COVID and cars prices are higher than they would have been before. True in 2019 a 16 year old Skoda vrs would have been considerably cheaper than it is now, but todays reality is £11k is how much a 16 year old Skoda Octavia vrs is.
It's pretty hard for a lot of people to understand apparently...

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