115000 miles on 09 car

Mr Velo

Hi,

Contemplating purchasing a 09 Skoda Octavia L&K - has 115,000 miles on the clock but is in absolutely brilliant condition.

I know the seller well and he looks after his cars. Vast majority of the mileage were UK "motorway miles".

Anyone think the 115,000 miles would be an issue?

Anan1

Providing it's priced accordingly and was serviced properly it should be fine.

Mr Velo

Yeah - price is on the money, and full service record so fingers crossed all should be good.

Tramps Like Us

Buy on condition, not miles.

pacelut

Being 09 shouldn't the clock be in km not miles?

Spipov

pacelut wrote: »

Being 09 shouldn't the clock be in km not miles?

"Uk miles"

Mr Velo

pacelut wrote: »

Being 09 shouldn't the clock be in km not miles?

Sorry - UK Reg.

bazz26

Mr Velo wrote: »

Hi,

Contemplating purchasing a 09 Skoda Octavia L&K - has 115,000 miles on the clock but is in absolutely brilliant condition.

I know the seller well and he looks after his cars. Vast majority of the mileage were UK "motorway miles".

Anyone think the 115,000 miles would be an issue?

^^^

pacelut wrote: »

Being 09 shouldn't the clock be in km not miles?

bazz26

OP, make sure that there is no vibration through the clutch. High mileage diesels are fine once they are serviced regularly but unfortunately most have a dual mass flywheel (DMF) that tends to fail through wear and tear especially on high milers.

Mr Velo

bazz26 wrote: »

OP, make sure that there is no vibration through the clutch. High mileage diesels are fine once they are serviced regularly but unfortunately most have a dual mass flywheel (DMF) that tends to fail through wear and tear especially on high milers.

Thanks Bazz,

It's a DSG tiptronic gearbox.

George Dalton

The car itself should be fine once it was looked after. However you need to think about resale in 2-3 years time when the mileage is up on 170k or whatever and is basically sale-proof. That is when you might start to think it wasn't such a bargain in the first place.

George Dalton

Mr Velo wrote: »

Thanks Bazz,

It's a DSG tiptronic gearbox.

DSG also has a dual mass flywheel.

Mr Velo

George Dalton wrote: »

The car itself should be fine once it was looked after. However you need to think about resale in 2-3 years time when the mileage is up on 170k or whatever and is basically sale-proof. That is when you might start to think it wasn't such a bargain in the first place.

Thanks George,

Re-sale not bothering me so much, intention is to hold onto it TBH, Missus' car will be due a change by then.

unkel

Get it at a very good price. Don't expect too much back for it when you sell in a few years time. Budget for DMF replacement and also budget for a serious DSG bill. Apart from that, you should have a reliable and economical car. Enjoy the low tax and the low fuel consumption

Mr Velo

unkel wrote: »

Get it at a very good price. Don't expect too much back for it when you sell in a few years time. Budget for DMF replacement and also budget for a serious DSG bill. Apart from that, you should have a reliable and economical car. Enjoy the low tax and the low fuel consumption

What would the "serious DSG bill" be?

unkel

I couldn't tell ya. It's a great technology but it is unproven to be reliable yet. Maybe I'm a pessimist here, but if it were me, I'd expect a bill at some point.

George Dalton works on these cars a lot, he'll have a much better informed opinion

_Kaiser_

If it's any help I had a 06 Passat with 244,000km (roughly 150,000 miles) on it when I sold it and never had any issues with the DSG box in mine (2.0 TDI Passat). It was serviced on time though at main dealers which can't have hurt either (except maybe my wallet!)

Zubeneschamali

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

It was serviced on time though at main dealers which can't have hurt either (except maybe my wallet!)

There are recurring stories of dealers not maintaining DSG boxes per the manufacturer's recs.

Stinicker

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

There are recurring stories of dealers not maintaining DSG boxes per the manufacturer's recs.

For me buying a car serviced at a main Dealers holds less weight than a reputable indy.

_Kaiser_

Stinicker wrote: »

For me buying a car serviced at a main Dealers holds less weight than a reputable indy.

But again, not everyone knows or has access to a reputable indy.. nevermind knowing if they even ARE a reputable indy.

are you saying you'd take a bunch of scribbled receipts over a fully stamped dealer log? At least with the latter you'd potentially have some comeback with the manufacturer should anything drastic (and known) go wrong.

Sure, if it was me and I saw a history signed by one of the guys like George here then I'd be very happy with that, but how are you to tell if Joe Bloggs in wherever is decent or not?

colm_mcm

On something as specialised as dsg id have to have a main dealer history. I realise that indies in a lot of cases offer a superior service for less money, but a vw dealer would be more familiar with them