VAG TDI Saloon reccomendation? & Are Audi's expensive to maintain?

My Passat has been fantastic for what it is, was very cheap 53 TDi Sport with full VW history and 171k on clock when I bought it. Drives absolutely perfect, everything works, loads of low end grunt just like one with half the miles and nothings worn out, no knocks. Any well looked after VW will be fine, these cars just run and run, which is why I bought one for my work runabout.
Modern Audi's and VW's to an extent also aren't anywhere near as reliable in my opinion and are far more likely to give you large bills.
 
DeeJay-Mo said:
Definetely more into the Passat sized cars. I haven't seen much in the way of Superb's in that kind of price range. TBH I hadn't appreciated that the Octavia was that much smaller than a Audi A4. I guess it is more like a Jetta or a Bora than a Passat.
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Even though the Octavia is based on the Golf platform, it's still a reasonably large car with a huge boot so don't immediately discount it based on size.
 
monkey_boy said:
Not trying to be pedantic here but the Octavia is a hatchback. Wasn't going to say anything but you've specifically mentioned saloon and 4 doors a few times...
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No need to apologise, some call it pedantry, but I prefer to look at it as being thorough. Good point. I don't mind a hatch as long it is the kind that has a boot that sticks out, like the Octavia. I just don't want a hatch with a flat back, like a golf. Is there a technical name for a hatch that looks a bit like a saloon?
 
DeeJay-Mo said:
..... And definetely no common-rail diesel suggestions.

Thank you kindly.
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DeeJay-Mo said:
Just give me your suggestions of a decent VAG diesel that will be fairly reliable and won't cost the earth to maintain.

Budget: 2k.

Thanks :)
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You do realise that in that price bracket they'll all be common rail diesels, don't you?

At 2k any modern diesel will be luck of the draw, the badge it sports is irrelevant. 10 years old, high mileage, potential problems with fuel system, clutch, flywheel, electrics etc
 
DeeJay-Mo said:
In the market for a used car. Prolly gonna go for either Audi, VW, Seat, or Skoda.
Reason being that there are a lot of garages around who know how to fix these cars.
At the moment I'm swinging towards either a Skoda Octavia, VW Passat or a Audi A4.
The Audi is winning at the moment but I'm a little worried that people are calling them expensive to maintain. Admittedly mostly on US boards. The Yankie Doodles have to import the parts all the way from Germany, but hey, that's no biggie for us right? Germany is only down the road. But should I actually be worried about the price of Audi Maintenance?

Also, please give me your Audi/Skoda/VW/Seat car recommendations and advice on any pitfalls I should look out for when choosing one of these motors. Keep it 1.9 or 2.5 TDI please. No Petrol or naturally aspirated Diesel. And definetely no common-rail diesel suggestions.

Thank you kindly.
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the audi, vw, seat and skoda are owned by V.A.G vw audi group so they all have the same pros and cons as they as they are the same car underneath. although the labour is different for each marque but you can maintain your car at skoda labour. but an independent using ome* parts will be cheaper then dealer using genuine parts

* ome is exactly the same spec and from the same manufacture as genuine but with out the designer box and much cheaper;)
 
DeeJay-Mo said:
(autotrader link) This Octavia has a few problems but is only a grand. I usually feel a bit nervous about motors that need fixing to get them up to par. Baring in mind that I have a mechanic friend who has offered to help me fix my new car if needed, would you touch this with a barge pole if you were me?
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I'd buy it after having a look at in person and see what work needs doing. it might need ony a shock,starter and some bodywork but on the other hand it might need a lot more
 
Uriel said:
Well, I thought I'd done most things right. It was a private sale and I'd taken 2 test drives, checked everything I could mechanically and had a local VAG independent take a look at it before buying.

Within a couple of days, a noise that the mechanic mentioned had got much louder. It returned put to be the aircon compressor lunching itself. My first longer trip had it inconsistently going into limp mode uphill at motorway speeds. That turned out to be sticking variable geometry turbo vanes. Within a month our two, what had seemed like a very tight car had developed all sorts of squeaks and rattles (fairly minor suff - wheel bearing, brake callipers, suspension components) and the gearbox and clutch were starting to misbehave. Add that on to relatively expensive servicing I'd had done (including cambelt, water pump, brake fluid change as well as the regular stuff) and I was starting to hate the sight of the thing.

If it had been from a dealer with warranty, I'd probably still be running it. One of my colleagues bought a very similar Octavia from a dealer and he had the same turbo problem as me. He got a new turbo paid for by the dealer and loves the car.

I'd planned a maintenance and repair budget but not a large enough one.
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poor maintenance is the blame not the car. always look for evidence of work done, service book or recites with reg
 
red eye said:
vw has too many letters:D
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It stands for Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, with Aktiengesellschaft (AG) being the German version of a Public Limited Company (PLC).

VAG is the parent company of all the VW companies and brands, like Audi, Seat, etc.
 
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naa easer to say vw audi group when dealing with customers, else it would be vag and aag and that would confuse customers, although now its more like vw, audi, seat, skoda lambo bently bugatti group
 
red eye said:
naa easer to say vw audi group when dealing with customers, else it would be vag and aag and that would confuse customers, although now its more like vw, audi, seat, skoda lambo bently bugatti group
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It's probably easier to tell customers a lot of wrong things though, what difference does that make? :p
 
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