Seat Leon estate (I bought an Octavia VRS 230)
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There's a cupra estate just down the road from me......no Rodders, no!
Nothing, just looking for a car under 20k miles, that's what I decide. If I go 25k, why not 30k etc... Quite a few of these with under 20k for reasonable money. I don't mind 2018, just want to keep around £13/14k
I'd like the DSG, I am tempted by that. What can be done to make it less unreliable if there's no service schedule? A little off putting...
There's a plus, right there then
Yeah, my current car has a wet cam belt, a pain to change and talking to an ex ford mechanic, there's risk of fuel injector issues after.
Do it!!! Do it!!!!!
Noooooo, stop it!
There isn't much room behind my drivers seat and I'm 6ft. Definitely worth looking at.
I hadn't realised how bad it was until I fitted a group 0+ rear facing seat
My kids are just on boosters now, soon one of them can be without.
I remember the A4 Avant we had wasn't as great as you'd think. The S4 avant was even worse, because of the sport seats it had.
Yup, looked at them, might have to look again
Not many petrol ones around
Don't do long distances
I upped milage and age, as that was based on the Leon's, but not much more comes up.
Did you swap to an Octavia after some time then?
Why do you say it was the wrong decision?
I had an Octavia many years ago and went from a B6 Passat to the Leon.
The Leon is a big step down quality wise IMO. I always thought of them as a Golf in a slightly less drab outfit for less cash but it generally feels a cheaper car. The rear leg room wasn't even a consideration two years ago as I stupidly thought that it made no difference with kids up to a certain age. I hadn't factored in just how big rear facing car seats are
The Passat, despite being a bit of a barge, was at least comfortable. The Leon really isn't that nice from a ride point of view. I could almost forgive it that if the trade off was that it was better to drive but before the Passat I had a Focus and that had the Leon beat on both handling and comfort.
As I say though, don't take my word for it as my one could well be a lemon and it also has the cheap torsion bar suspension setup at the rear.
Thanks for elaborating, I've read the ride isn't the best.
I did drive a Leon hatchback many many years ago, a hire car at work, was a FR diesel. From what I remember it was ok. But it wasn't my car, so I didn't really take much notice.
Ok, we are thinking about an Octavia now, hatchback or estate. This is going to be a long term car, so need to get the right one.
She likes the 1.5, I like the vrs. She also likes the look of the vrs, so a win for me....
Found one with quite a bit of wear on the gearstick leather, but only 20k on the clock. Either abusive use or holding it all the time?
Though I still quite like the idea of an auto
She likes the 1.5, I like the vrs. She also likes the look of the vrs, so a win for me....
Found one with quite a bit of wear on the gearstick leather, but only 20k on the clock. Either abusive use or holding it all the time?
Though I still quite like the idea of an auto
Great info, thanks a lot.
I've been driving a cmax, so anything will be sportier! Hehe
There's a nice 245 estate up the road, but it's £25k, pushing what I want to spend.
There's a 2018 auto estate for £22k, but it's not the 245, they dont actually give much away on what it is.
I've been driving a cmax, so anything will be sportier! Hehe
There's a nice 245 estate up the road, but it's £25k, pushing what I want to spend.
There's a 2018 auto estate for £22k, but it's not the 245, they dont actually give much away on what it is.