Which estate to get and mileage

BillScarab

JCR1987 wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice guys (even if it did veer off subject a little).

Finally bought an 56 plate Octavia Estate. 2.0 Tid.PD Elegance for 8k from Autoquake. Looked at the volvo's and whilst nice looking, the boot space is shocking, there was more in my focus. Saab was nice but I'd heard reliability was dodgy - also I couldn't find a 9-3 with reasonable mileage for my budget. Same story regarding mileage and price with Mazda 6's, and I'd decided i didn't like the Avensis, it really does remind me of a taxi (queue Octavia taxi comments...)

I did see a nice BMW 3 series, but it ended up being just out of my budget and also i'd been told there was an issue with parts in terms of the costs and availability - however i think that's probably someone's personal (bad) experience. Maybe next time.

Anyway, thanks again for all your advice.

JR

Hope you enjoy it and it's as reliable as mine has been. Funnily enough a guy at work was lookign at a V50 and was put off by the poor bootspace for an estate. He ended up with an Octavia L&K in the end. Cheaper, roomier and much better spec for the money.

web_ferret

My Octavia boot is bigger than the A4 thats why I bought it.
Servicing and parts are cheaper too than audis. I don't regret my purchase after 25k miles of motoring.

harveybobbles

Bossworld wrote: »

My mum and stepdad both bought 53 (2004) A4 1.9TD 130 SEs back in 2007, and paid just over £10,000 each. Bear in mind my mum's had 90k on the clock, my stepdad bought his about 6 months later with 70,000 on.

Parkers still rates it at above £8000, even as a private sale. You might find one cheaper with a lesser spec/engine but nothing that new.

2005 new shape ones can be had for just over 8000, so unless your old shape one is goldplated...