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Octavia or Avensis

  • 03-12-2017 8:01pm
    #1
    Member16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    I'm looking for some advice planning on buying a 09-11 Skoda Octavia or a Toyota avensis. Planning on spending max €7.5k. What are your personal experience with these cars or any advice at all? Diesel vs petrol on the Skoda? Etc also what do you think of the insignia?
    Much appreciated


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  • #2
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Oops!


    What's your own first preference? What sort of kms will you be doing with the car? Personally if i was looking for a car of that year/size It would be a well serviced, well looked after diesel Avensis... But that just me.... Diesel might not suit you.


  • #3
    DanWall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭DanWall


    Member16 wrote: »
    I'm looking for some advice planning on buying a 09-11 Skoda Octavia or a Toyota avensis. Planning on spending max €7.5k. What are your personal experience with these cars or any advice at all? Diesel vs petrol on the Skoda? Etc also what do you think of the insignia?
    Much appreciated

    I had an Octavia petrol 1.4 for 2 years and changed it for an Avensis petrol 1.8 which I have had for 6 year. The Octavia was a very unreliable car I had a leaking windscreen, passenger door locked shut, 2 X coil pack failures, heater blower burned out, headlight level adjustment motor fail, back window wiper fail.
    The Avensis trouble with a knock on the steering column, otherwise everything works at 120,000 miles it still does not use oil.
    I always stick to the service schedule before the due 15,000 km and use good oil


  • #4
    Member16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Member16


    It will be 90% city driving maybe 8000km a year roughly. I was actually swaying towards the petrol Octavia because of this also never had a diesel before so not sure what to expect. Would the diesel avensis be suitable for city driving? Any other advice welcome thanks for the replies


  • #5
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Oops!


    Petrol would suit you better if that's the case... Some nice high spec petrol Avensis cars for sale right now of that age.


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    They do the Avensis in petrol too.


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  • #7
    thedeere
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 63 ✭✭thedeere


    Petrol Avensis who would have known.


  • #8
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    thedeere wrote: »
    Petrol Avensis who would have known.

    The OP doesn't seem to know. That's why I posted it.

    I didn't see the post above mine spelling it out when I wrote it though.


  • #9
    Member16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Member16


    What's the opinions on a 10/11 Ford Mondeo 1.8 diesel


  • #10
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    The 09-11 Octavia is the dullest bland looking car ever (they have improved considerably since that model) I'd be going for a petrol Avensis if in your situation.


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