Most reliable diesel?

DOBBER112

Just sold my petrol VW Passat and am looking to buy a good reliable diesel car as I could do a few hundred miles a week for work.
Any suggestions are welcome please :-)

colm_mcm

What's your budget?

dgt

How much to spend? Saloon again? What years would you like?

DOBBER112

dgt wrote: »

How much to spend? Saloon again? What years would you like?

Budget would be 10k would love a 2008 for the cheaper tax rate but may not be possible depending on the make/model of car I suppose. Saloon would be ideal but not afraid of a nice looking estate either

colm_mcm

Jetta 1.9 I'd say.

DOBBER112

colm_mcm wrote: »

Jetta 1.9 I'd say.

VW have burned their bridges with me after so many silly fixes on the last car
Look great, drive great, very safe and comfortable but the reliability is long gone...just my experience and what my mechanic has told me

JohnBoy26

DOBBER112 wrote: »

VW have burned their bridges with me after so many silly fixes on the last car
Look great, drive great, very safe and comfortable but the reliability is long gone...just my experience and what my mechanic has told me

well the 1.9 tdi is one of the most reliable diesels out there.

another one is a corolla 1.4 d4d. I wouldn't be going for a post 08 though as the 02-07 corolla is a superior car.

trabpc

Most reliable diesel car does not exist. Most reliable cars are generally petrol. Some diesels have less issues than others but your guaranteed more to go wrong with any diesel vs petrol.

DOBBER112

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

well the 1.9 tdi is one of the most reliable diesels out there.

another one is a corolla 1.4 d4d. I wouldn't be going for a post 08 though as the 02-07 corolla is a superior car.

Yeah corolla or avensis would be a good choice. Tried and tested by taxi drivers nationwide only problem is the look of the car is a complete yawnfest.
I like the look of the new Laguna and it drives really well, Nissan are using the same DCI engine in the Qashqai, anybody got any reports on reliability?

DOBBER112

trabpc wrote: »

Most reliable diesel car does not exist. Most reliable cars are generally petrol. Some diesels have less issues than others but your guaranteed more to go wrong with any diesel vs petrol.

Read an article on petrol vs diesel cars recently and the motoring journalist reckoned that any savings in fuel and mpg gets ploughed right back into the diesel on repairs and maintenance... Maybe I am better off sticking to petrol. In which case I'd happily go back to a Mitsubishi Lancer

JohnBoy26

DOBBER112 wrote: »

Yeah corolla or avensis would be a good choice. Tried and tested by taxi drivers nationwide only problem is the look of the car is a complete yawnfest.
I like the look of the new Laguna and it drives really well, Nissan are using the same DCI engine in the Qashqai, anybody got any reports on reliability?

Id have a vag 1.9tdi powered car before a diesel avensis tbh.

Y2KBOS86

DOBBER112 wrote: »

Read an article on petrol vs diesel cars recently and the motoring journalist reckoned that any savings in fuel and mpg gets ploughed right back into the diesel on repairs and maintenance... Maybe I am better off sticking to petrol. In which case I'd happily go back to a Mitsubishi Lancer

Great bargains on the Lancer alright.

Lovely 08 -09 petrols for between 6 -8k.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-lancer-1-5-litre-petrol/6561979

The 110bhp 1.5 litre petrol wouldn't too bad on fuel either and probably very reliable.

It's going to be a big ask getting a diesel for under 10k that is as reliable as the above.

DOBBER112

Y2KBOS86 wrote: »

Great bargains on the Lancer alright.

Lovely 08 -09 petrols for between 6 -8k.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mitsubishi-lancer-1-5-litre-petrol/6561979

The 110bhp 1.5 litre petrol wouldn't too bad on fuel either and probably very reliable.

It's going to be a big ask getting a diesel for under 10k that is as reliable as the above.

Yeah serious value and had many of them in the past without any problems, the sport model with full kit would be the ideal buy. Patience required for this I think as there are few of those about it seems

visual

For high mileage look at what taxi drivers are driving

renault is was and always be nice comfortable cars that are unreliable pity as they are packed with goodies

there is a baised agaist diesels by petrol fans but there is some truth in what they say in maintaining a diesel is more expensive.
But saying that petrols are becoming more powerful and with turbos so the advantages of cheaper maintenance is dissappearing.

For reliability its hard to beat Toyota

JohnBoy26

visual wrote: »

For high mileage look at what taxi drivers are driving

renault is was and always be nice comfortable cars that are unreliable pity as they are packed with goodies

there is a baised agaist diesels by petrol fans but there is some truth in what they say in maintaining a diesel is more expensive.
But saying that petrols are becoming more powerful and with turbos so the advantages of cheaper maintenance is dissappearing.

For reliability its hard to beat Toyota

Is it? The stuff they have been churning out in the last 6 or 7 years hasn't exactly been fantastic in that regard, nor in the build quality area either tbh.

In saying that I'd still have one over a mitsubishi any day of the week.

visual

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Is it? The stuff they have been churning out in the last 6 or 7 years hasn't exactly been fantastic in that regard, nor in the build quality area either tbh.

Whats better ? All the manufacturers makes pups but at least toyota do recalls without waiting to be brought to court

personally I don't like toyota as they are boring but they are reliable.

My fetishist is unreliable junk with leater seats at inflated prices but OP asked for reliable diesel

Y2KBOS86

visual wrote: »

For reliability its hard to beat Toyota

I don't think they are any better than there jap rivals Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi etc.

I would have a Honda Civic/Mitsubishi Lancer petrol/diesel anyday over a Corolla.

Lancer has a wonderful 1.8 150bhp diesel and good 110bhp 1.5 petrol

Civic a powerful 2.2 150bhp diesel and frugal 1.8 140bhp petrol.

Corolla's here have a whiny little 1.4 90bhp diesel and a dog of a 1.4 petrol.

greenflash

I have a 1.9 TDI Jetta. I've done 70k of the most economical and trouble-free miles possible in the last couple of years but it bores the ****e out of me.

bazz26

Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi:


http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Ford/Mondeo/ZETEC-2.0/34213640499770600/

Or if your willing to buy private:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Ford/Mondeo/NT-GHIA/201411222383430/

If you decide to go petrol then the Honda Civic saloon is hard to beat for reliability. 1.8 petrol but they are very frugal and 40mpg is not unrealistic from them. I'd say you buy this within budget and has a 2 year warranty:


http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Honda/Civic/1.8I-SES/36613728665973830/

Y2KBOS86

Good suggestions from Bazz there.

That Civic might be a great machine, but it's not a looker.Fair to early Prius looking for me.

visual

Never owned a subaru but have owned the others and of the jap I give honda petrol credit but its nothing special lively engine and thats it.

Taxi drivers gravitate towards avenis or octiva for a reason.

JohnBoy26

visual wrote: »

Whats better ? All the manufacturers makes pups but at least toyota do recalls without waiting to be brought to court

personally I don't like toyota as they are boring but they are reliable.

My fetishist is unreliable junk with leater seats at inflated prices but OP asked for reliable diesel

The offerings from Hyundai and KIA are certainly better than Toyota IMO.

JohnBoy26

Y2KBOS86 wrote: »

I don't think they are any better than there jap rivals Honda, Subaru, Mitsubishi etc.

I would have a Honda Civic/Mitsubishi Lancer petrol/diesel anyday over a Corolla.

Lancer has a wonderful 1.8 150bhp diesel and good 110bhp 1.5 petrol

Civic a powerful 2.2 150bhp diesel and frugal 1.8 140bhp petrol.

Corolla's here have a whiny little 1.4 90bhp diesel and a dog of a 1.4 petrol.

It is not, there is nothing wrong with the petrol engine in the corolla. Its a nice and refined andand has perfectly adequate performance for its size.

As for the diesel being "whiney", that comment leads me to believe that you have no experience of this engine. It may not have much power but its on of if not the quietest and most refined small diesels out there.

Y2KBOS86

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

It is not, there is nothing wrong with the petrol engine in the corolla. Its a nice and refined andand has perfectly adequate performance for its size.

As for the diesel being "whiney", that comment leads me to believe that you have no experience of this engine. It may not have much power but its on of if not the quietest and most refined small diesels out there.

Drive the 1.4d4d Auris in work from time to time, it is whiny and gutless, really laggy as well, dangerously slow in 1st and 2nd.

Compared to the 1.8 Lancer Diesel and 2.2 diesel in the Civic, it's pretty rubbish.

Yet it's more expensive.

Ireland and Toyota :pac:

debabyjesus

DOBBER112 wrote: »

good reliable diesel

Xud peugeot or vag vp or toyota 2c! You'll be sailing around in a cloud of smoke passing broken down 'new and improved' diesels with busted dmfs and blocked dpfs!

Either that or buy a petrol....

HandsomeDan

XUD: King of the Travelers

Tea 1000

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

well the 1.9 tdi is one of the most reliable diesels out there.

another one is a corolla 1.4 d4d. I wouldn't be going for a post 08 though as the 02-07 corolla is a superior car.

The 1.9 is reliable alright but the rest of the car might or might not be, luck of the draw with VW!
The 02-07 1.4 Corolla is reliable alright.

Y2KBOS86 wrote: »

Good suggestions from Bazz there.

That Civic might be a great machine, but it's not a looker.Fair to early Prius looking for me.

It looks nothing like a Prius in fairness.
I'd probably go with a 2.2 Accord, the old shape is getting reasonable value thanks to the new shape prices finally coming down a bit.