Recommend a family car - Large boot

whatmichaelsays

LandyAndy wrote: »

I hired a Skoda Octavia in Cyprus this year and the boot was enormous.

Likewise the Volkswagen Jetta. I dare say they follow the same wheelbase.

Batchy

I had a mondeo brought it for 1800... had two starter motors a DMF, Dual mass flywheel, tyres on 18"wheels, and loads of this and that... it was a work horse, but with the money thrown at it, and that darn engine management light I was happy to get shot of it, it cost me as much a month as the new car ive just got.

I brought a Skoda Superb estate, new... LOVE IT. Not cheap, but not expensive. nothing comes close to it for value for money. Space, or Towing...

60mpg+ ... no problem with a car full.

jaydeeuk1

Have seen plenty of mint 2000 onwards 3.2/4.0l v8 Jag XJ's for 2.5k - huge boot, pure luxury, roughly same tax as a 2007 2.0 TD auto Mondeo. Will even do near 30mpg on the motorway at a push. £1k you save will play for plenty of petrol, and as the seats are so damn comfy compared to a Mondeo you won't be in a rush to get anywhere.

fivetide

emmell wrote: »

My Brother's Skoda has done over 220,000 miles now and still looks fresh inside and out (it's a 56 plate).........he had serious issues with the Mondeo's regarding reliability (Taxi driver, so needs an extremely reliable car).

The Company he works for has now decided not to buy any more Mondeo's as the new shape is even less reliable

I'm not mechanical but it has something to do with Oil Pumps and DPF ??......oh and the Clutch!!
ML.

but with the Skodas they are known for a blowing a turbo occasionally...

Oil leak/starvation issues.

As always with a used car, decent service record and buy on condition rather than just miles I'd think.

5t.

andygb

fivetide wrote: »

but with the Skodas they are known for a blowing a turbo occasionally...

Oil leak/starvation issues.

As always with a used car, decent service record and buy on condition rather than just miles I'd think.

5t.

Then that must also apply to all the VW's, Audis and Seats with exactly the same engines;)
There are a small percentage of all modern cars, from all manufacturers which have problems.

fivetide

andygb wrote: »

Then that must also apply to all the VW's, Audis and Seats with exactly the same engines;)
There are a small percentage of all modern cars, from all manufacturers which have problems.

It does.


We had a poster on here last week who reported they'd bought a car and it had a oil leak at the turbo which required the turbo replaced.


Even without them saying what it was I knew it was something from VW or derivatives purely based on chats with taxi drivers. Weirdly the last taxi I got (using same firm) was a Mondeo TDCI as the driver was fed up of issues witht he Octavias they normally run and he found the car more comfortable and with a better ride.


Honest John has long list of bad for the Octavia, no mention of the turbo but does mention high oil consumption which I think might be a related issue

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/skoda/octavia-2004/?section=bad

The owners site briskoda seems to have a lot on it though. A quick google of Octavia Turbo Failures throws up a lot of results http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/129556-turbo-failure/


5t.

emmell

Must admit, I've never heard my Brother mention any turbo problems with his Skoda.......I remember the oil pump (think that's what he called it), going on the Mondeo.....big big money

I wonder if the op will come back and tell us what he's bought/buying??

ML.

Batchy

They have stopped making TDI PD engines now they are TDI CR engines. which is a backwards step for technology but a better more reliable diesel (not quite as torquey, less punch but actually more refinement) it drives more like a petrol.

Lum

I'd probably go with the Mondeo. In hatchback form and with the seats down you can fit a full height set of shelves in the back. Can't argue with that.

You say you are, twice a month, going to be doing a run of a few hundred miles. This sort of pattern will be fine so long as you keep it up, it will allow the DPF to get nice and hot and do it's regeneration thing. Plus if you really are travelling twice a month to a place 1-2 hundred miles away that's an additional 5K-10K miles on top of your 10K commuting anyway, which is putting you close to the rule of thumb 20K a year figure for diesels.

Or you could just get an older one with no DPF

gixer750

go with a ford galaxy or vw sharan, sit higher less stressy driving position, 47 to the gallon and seats fold so you can get a wardrobe in their, so if you have a family you have more than enough room and they are so comfortable, just look how many addisson lee the taxi company have, about 2000!!!
hope this helps

Lum wrote: »

I'd probably go with the Mondeo. In hatchback form and with the seats down you can fit a full height set of shelves in the back. Can't argue with that.

You say you are, twice a month, going to be doing a run of a few hundred miles. This sort of pattern will be fine so long as you keep it up, it will allow the DPF to get nice and hot and do it's regeneration thing. Plus if you really are travelling twice a month to a place 1-2 hundred miles away that's an additional 5K-10K miles on top of your 10K commuting anyway, which is putting you close to the rule of thumb 20K a year figure for diesels.

Or you could just get an older one with no DPF