Kia Sportage - Lingscars

marcarm

A little advice please:

Kia Sportage 1.7 CRDi 2 from Lings for approx £250 month. Looking at the 2 as it has the options that I'm looking for, would love the 3 but that's getting a bit out of the price range that we're willing to pay.

This is on 10,000 miles a year, is that sort of mileage sensible for a car with (I assume) a DPF. All the reviews say it is the best engine out of the range and the most economical. Would be used for short journeys during the week then longer journeys at the weekend. Don't want to go to the 2.0 petrol and read the 1.6 petrol is not great.

Is the Sportage a decent car? I've really liked them for ages, and will be in a position to get one in a couple of months. Planning on going down the local dealership and driving one but until then interested to know what the people on the street think. Got a 2005 focus at the mo and the main issue is space in the back. Got 2 young kids in car seats, and also a teenager (albeit a skinny !!!!er) who would have to go in the middle of the seats, is that doable?

Is maintenance included in a Lings lease? I know servicing is not.

Is there the option of a balloon payment to keep the car or are the only options to hand it back, or get a new car?

Thank you

InsideInsurance

Its a lease not a PCP and so no balloon. They clearly have different suppliers and so their receptiveness to allowing you to buy it afterwards may be variable. In principle you cannot normally buy a lease car at the end but in practice companies sometimes will allow you to.

What do you mean maintenance if not servicing? Its a new car so it will have the standard warranty but that obviously doesnt cover punctured tyres or consumables etc.

marcarm

To be honest, I'm not that au fait with cars, and have never leased or bought anything near new, so was thinking about the DPF if that went wrong, or things that might not be covered under warranty. I know that , as you say, consumables are not covered, but was not sure on what the warranty would cover.

If you couldn't purchase direct, what happens to the car, I assume it gets sold somewhere.

daveyjp

I would do the maths between a petrol and a diesel for 10,000 per year. On short trips the mpg could be very similar and no possibility of the problems low mileage in a diesel can throw at you.

I do similar mileage now, probably slightly less and wouldn't contemplate a diesel. My 2.0 petrol 4x4 does 35-40 mpg on the urban trips I do which is more than acceptable.

bigjl

To be honest DPF problems are less common now that the technology is more mature.

But now that manufacturers have started to downsize petrol engines in many models even the doing above average miles is going to be viable in a petrol vehicle.

bigjl

marcarm wrote: »

To be honest, I'm not that au fait with cars, and have never leased or bought anything near new, so was thinking about the DPF if that went wrong, or things that might not be covered under warranty. I know that , as you say, consumables are not covered, but was not sure on what the warranty would cover.

If you couldn't purchase direct, what happens to the car, I assume it gets sold somewhere.

Lings does leases.

You are renting the car for a period of time, on some leases you don't even get a Logbook in your name.

Treat it as a fixed driving cost.

Consider this, wealthy people rarely buy a depreciating asset.