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Looking to change my car to an estate as need the space for the kids etc and I've been looking around;

Looked at Skoda Ocatvia VRSs, Golf GTD etc but then I've had a keen eye on the B8 Passats (yes i know it's a Passat lol) - especially the BiTDI engines, found a few in my budget I would spend (£10-12k) but they have high mileage 166k - this is on a 15 plate so 32k miles a year.

Dealer says it's got full service histroy even the DSG/Haldex system has been serviced. Would the mileage be something that would put you off a purchase even though it's been looked after?

Also anything else within the budget that may be decent?

Thanks.
 
At 166k, when they say the DSG and Haldex have been serviced, i'd want to be sure on how often.

The DSG would be every 40,000, so should have just had it's 4th service

Haldex I think is 3yr/30k, so should also have been done 4 times by now.

My main consideration would be how many more miles are you planning to put on it?

166k isn't the end of the world in itself but if you're sticking 25k a year on it, then in 2 years time with 200k+, who will want to buy that from you? This is OK on something that cost you £3-4k but £12k would leave me a bit more uncomfortable.
 
Dealers make me laugh with high mileage cars. They'll sell you that car using phrases like "barely run in" yet you take it back to them a month later and its "WOW one hundred and sixty seven THOUSAND miles! Haven't you been home" and much teeth sucking about why its a good car but the mileage kills the value.

Even if its been serviced exceptionally well you'll be needing a new DPF and turbo at some point if you plan on keeping it a while.

Personally I'd be looking at a car with less miles and less of a premium attached.
 
Oh yes. I wouldn’t be putting down 12k on something like that. The actual car is up for 9k.
Was a general question as to what would the advice be regarding something like that.
 
What's the rest of the car like? even if it's been serviced every 10K miles and runs sweet as a nut, someone's arse has been sitting on that seat for 166K miles and the steering wheel, is it smooth?

£3K maybe but £10-12K LOL.
 
would have to be a lot cheaper than 9k to fly properly its average at 33200 a year would be fine if you were going to run it into the ground but resale as said would be horrendous.


harping back to another thread i suppose this is another one that may disappear into the system and reappear in 12 months time with 50k on the clock lol

or even be exported with 50k and be in moscow or poland :)
 
You need a boring dads car stop looking at silly things and buy a boring dads car look at a non VRS octavia and your 12k will get you into a decent enough motor for hauling the kids around. Time to accept your days of hooning are over!
 
As with others i'd say that's probably a bit too high for serious consideration at that price! I know it's relatively new but that's crazy high mileage!
 
I'd rather have an old car with lower mileage for £12k

166k is high....con is resale....you'd have to drop price a lot to attract buyers
 
166k mile 5 year old car (if it's the one i've found on Autotrader it's also 3 owners)

Not a chance at £9k+, maybe half that.
 
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3 years ago I bought 14 plate so 4 years old Ford Galaxy TDCI 166BHP Titanium with 45000 miles on it for £12300, this year swapped and bought a Kuga Titanium 180BHP 21000 miles for £15300.
If you look around enough you will find a decent one at a great price they are out there I promise you, do not rush. Get a loan or even better still if you have your own cash. Then place an advert wanted your phone will not stop ringing.

Also if you want a quick motor have it remapped they go very well in ever case then I have had every car since 1999 mapped and would not drive a std car again.
 
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When I was buying my second car my old man asked the principle of a large dealer chain who he knew personally if I should look at older low mileage cars or younger higher mileage ones.
The dealer said definately younger high mileage as opposed to older low mileage. The logic being the items that will fail with mileage are far more predictable than the items that will have perished or become less optimal with age.

He also said and I think it still holds true now that company cars are maintained at a high level than private ones. Sure I am sure there are individuals that will do more than companies, but generally companies get everything done on time, where as individuals often don't.

As said however ask for proof of all the services and all the work done
 
Possible ex taxi driver? Or someones got a hell of a daily commute. 166k miles over 5 years, if driving 5 days a week works out as a daily mileage of 131. That's excluding any holidays or sick days etc, which would bring the daily total to around 143 miles a day.
 
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Possible ex taxi driver? Or someones got a hell of a daily commute. 166k miles over 5 years, if driving 5 days a week works out as a daily mileage of 131. That's excluding any holidays or sick days etc, which would bring the daily total to around 143 miles a day.
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Or someone who travels for business a lot. My other half does 35k per year approx, some weeks 2-3k other weeks hardly any.
Her car spends most of its time cruising up and down the A roads and motorways. Plenty of days she will chalk up 500 miles on a trip to manchester area and back (where her head office is based), if you do these sorts of job its very easy to chalk up significant mileage. Its pretty good mileage though, engine warm, very limited gear changes, clutch work etc compared to a 5000 mile a year car thats doing it all in town/city
 
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Its pretty good mileage though, engine warm, very limited gear changes, clutch work etc compared to a 5000 mile a year car thats doing it all in town/city
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Yeah completely agree. I used to commute weekly between Bristol and Manchester, so was averaging about 32k a year. Only did it for 2ish years though. Barely any wear on brake pads/disks, surprisingly very little wear on tyres (fronts had to be done after about 35k, but rears were still going with a good 3/4mm tread after 70k. Low wear on clutch, and pretty good on the exhaust system as the DPF would have been getting cleaned frequently and at optimum temps.
 
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