Advice between two used Hyundai Tucson: 2 more years or double mileage?

Tokk

agrinnall wrote: »

The general consensus is that you need to be doing something in the region of 15-20,000+ miles a year to make a diesel the sensible option. If you're only doing 2,000 miles you'll be in a for a world of problems. I don't know whether there is a petrol Tucson at that price but there are many other cars that would be suitable for your needs so you would do well to cast your net a bit wider.

Although all diesels (and petrols for that matter) benefit from a good run, the advice to only get a diesel if you're doing 20k+ (and preferably 30+ mile journeys for the most part) applies mostly to DPF equipped cars...

Anyone know if this particular model would've had a DPF?

CogitoBcn

agrinnall wrote: »

The general consensus is that you need to be doing something in the region of 15-20,000+ miles a year to make a diesel the sensible option. If you're only doing 2,000 miles you'll be in a for a world of problems.

I understand that a diesel is only economically sensible with high milleage, but are you saying that having a diesel and driving it only 1000 miles per year will damage it?

Tokk

CogitoBcn wrote: »

I understand that a diesel is only economically sensible with high milleage, but are you saying that having a diesel and driving it only 1000 miles per year will damage it?

If it's got a DPF - yes.

If it hasn't... Well it won't thank you for it, but regular servicing (annually) and you'd be okay.


That said... Main reason for buying diesels often is fuel economy - but these appear pretty poor even on manufacturers claimed figures (usually bordering on unobtainable).

sheslookinhot

Where is the evidence that driving a diesel "only 1000 per year" will damage it ?

Mercdriver

Tokk wrote: »

Although all diesels (and petrols for that matter) benefit from a good run, the advice to only get a diesel if you're doing 20k+ (and preferably 30+ mile journeys for the most part) applies mostly to DPF equipped cars...

Anyone know if this particular model would've had a DPF?

I haven't seen any sensible advice giving 20k pa as a minimum. I've seen 10k as a number given, but not 20k. That's a ridiculous figure, even bearing in mind the DPF. Plus it's not just about the number of miles but getting the right kind of miles in to burn off the particulates.

Arklight

For that little mileage I would consider a car club or something. Hardly worth owning a car to go 5 miles a day. Do they have Uber where you are?

CogitoBcn

@Arklight, yes that would be cool, I lived in a big city and I never owned a car (always bus/metro and avancar/zipcar for the weekends), but I moved to South Wales and the transport is not so easy, so I'd bought my first car in my 40s...

CogitoBcn

Well, thanks to all for your comments, I've learned a bit.

I've decided to forget about these two cars and discard any other diesel. I wanted to know which of the two cars had more risk to fail in the short term and the answer was than being diesel the chances in both were quite high.

So I will increase slightly my radius of search and I will wait patiently for a petrol Tuscon, Sportage or similar. Thanks for helping me to avoid the mistake of buying a diesel/DPF car.

regards

agrinnall

As you are driving such a low mileage do you actually need to own a car at all? I'd look into the cost of taxis and rental vs the cost of ownership of a car.

Arklight

Taxis are so expensive in the UK they aren't really viable for cost reasons.

I have gone "down the road" in an Uber in California and it has cost less than $3.

I've done the same length journey in the UK in an Uber and it has cost £12.

The last 4 mile journey I did in a minicab cost over £20. Unless it's a really unforeseen journey or you can't drive yourself then may as well rent a car.