Best Automatic Car for max 30000

mylesm

What would people say is the best family Automatic Diesel for max 30000Euro

Thx

mylesm

EPM

Octavia vrs or Superb 2.0 tdi dsg?

Matt Simis

EPM wrote: »

Octavia vrs or Superb 2.0 tdi dsg?

Octavias are kinda small and crappy inside.. EUR30k would get a fantastic 2nd hard something or a rather weak New car.

colm_mcm

Seat Leon TDI Sport 140 DSG?

partyatmygaff

An almost new Audi A6
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A6/2.0-TFSI/200924193093825/advert?channel=CARS

2,000 miles and its the 170BHP 2.0TDI model with multitronic.

colm_mcm

14k off list price there. not diesel though.

unkel

Does it have to be new or can it be nearly new? What are your priorities / requirements, apart from that it is an auto diesel family size car?

CONM

Audi A6
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A6/S-LINE-L/200945195747190/advert?channel=CARS

HashSlinging

Diesel pah!! get this and keep the change for fuel..

unkel

Just 10k for an '03 E500 :eek:

HashSlinging wrote: »

and keep the change for fuel tax..

FYP

CONM

HashSlinging wrote: »

Diesel pah!! get this and keep the change for fuel..

I like your style

HashSlinging

I think that E500 should get an award something like boards "bargain of the year". Tax would be 1500 a year ?? I'd seriously have to do 35k a year to justify passing that.

unkel

Tax is €1,566 per year and yes, even if you do a bit more than average miles and with the higher maintenance, etc. on the Merc, it probably has a cheaper total cost of ownership compared to buying say a 2 year old Corolla or Golf.

The only reason the Merc is so cheap is because 99.9% of people in this country don't know this. I think it's time to shut up now

HashSlinging

I know, like someone should tell the grannies to stop buying focus's and golfs and start buying newish 400bhp monsters. Just pause to think about that concept.

Fishtits

unkel wrote: »

Tax is €1,566 per year and yes, even if you do a bit more than average miles and with the higher maintenance, etc. on the Merc, it probably has a cheaper total cost of ownership compared to buying say a 2 year old Corolla or Golf.

The only reason the Merc is so cheap is because 99.9% of people in this country don't know this. I think it's time to shut up now

Nope, the figures don't stack up for that motor on my calculations.

I factor in 1500 depreciation and 30mpg per year. Based on whats out there for sale at the moment.

Buying a large (<2.0 litre) petrol at the moment you must accept that you're married to it - ie the last owner.

10 Grand for an unsaleable Merc that will give you low teens mpg at best, was built during mb's most unreliable period... nah, I'd pass on that TBH.

unkel

Fishtits wrote: »

nah, I'd pass on that TBH.

Just like the 99.9% of the people who can't do basic sums nor have ever owned a car like that

But for the crack, show us your calculations. The Merc will do about 20mpg average BTW, not low teens.

HashSlinging

Oh yeah dont forget to add smiles per miles into your calculations.

Matt Simis

Fishtits wrote: »

Nope, the figures don't stack up for that motor on my calculations.

I factor in 1500 depreciation and 30mpg per year. Based on whats out there for sale at the moment.

Buying a large (<2.0 litre) petrol at the moment you must accept that you're married to it - ie the last owner.

MPG per Year?
Ive sold or traded 3 cars over 2.0l in the last 6mths. For bread and butter crap Im sure it is hard to move pointlessly big engined stuff, but for stand out cars where the larger engines are the point, its totally different, but I gather from your posts you dont "do" cars and unaware of this concept.

argosy2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA6uEuh0ELY has to be this

VolvoMan

HashSlinging wrote: »

Diesel pah!! get this and keep the change for fuel..

Rubbish car in general but I wouldn't mind an E500. Although those exhausts that have been added on and the fancy reg plates ruin it for me.