New Car - England??

Umiq88

Hi I'm looking to buy a new car and at a bit of a loss what to do. I'm doing high enough mileage about 25000 a year maybe more and need to get a new car as the wifes is on the way out. As I'm doing a bit of milage I'm really only looking at diseal and specifically the VW 1.9. My ideal car would be the passat estate 1.9 TDI but there isn't a whole lot of choice out there.

Is it worth going to England? Does anyone have a rough idea of what it would cost and are the cars better is there a guide anywhere etc.

If anyone has any other sugestts for a car i'd love to hear them my like but not requirements are

- Diseal
- Estate
- Good economy
- Not hard on tyres
- Comfortable

My budget is 3000 it can strech but I would rather not.

bladespin

I wouldn't be overly enthusiastic about the Passat, there are better cars than that available, the Honda Accord estate would be a much more reliable bet.

Best of luck with that criteria on the budget, I did a search on carzone for diesel estates from a grand to 4 grand, very slim pickings.

Darsad

psittacosis wrote: »

My budget is 3000 it can strech but I would rather not.

Are you missing a 0

Darsad

Darsad wrote: »

Are you missing a 0

I was thinking that too but are the Passat 1.9 still available new ? I wouldn't bother going to England for a car in that price range unless one was not available over here.

Alanstrainor

RoverJames wrote: »

I was thinking that too but are the Passat 1.9 still available new ? I wouldn't bother going to England for a car in that price range unless one was not available over here.

If the price is 3000 i really wouldn't go to the UK either. It's just not going to make sense on such a tight budget.

bazz26

OP, by the time you take the cost of the trip over, VRT and exchange rate into account you would probably end up paying close to what you could buy one of these for:

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200936195089516

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201016197668666

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=201011197298440&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Rover%2075%2C%20Estate%2C%20Diesel%20Only%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=140314796&CFTOKEN=65172425