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car expert needed please advise

autismmum
autismmum Posts: 444 Forumite
i have a lovely skoda
my dear husband, would like to trade her in for an xtrail has my car devalued by now below a figure i could swap at.
thanks in advance.
totally debt free:j and mortgage free too 2010

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  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    bear in mind the xtrail seems to have an inherant fault with the turbo,costing around £700 to replace.
    ...work permit granted!
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    between stories i have read on here and have heard about, the xtrail is a good car,it is a bit thirsty and a lot of folk have had the turbo problem,some more than once.
    on the other hand i have heard bad stories about the 206 but the girlfriend has one and has been ok so far.
    ...work permit granted!
  • anewman
    anewman Posts: 9,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    As you currently own a Skoda you may also be interested in trying the forums at https://www.briskoda.net too :)
  • Scuttsy
    Scuttsy Posts: 113 Forumite
    The problem with the turbo on x-trails is on newer cars with the 136PS dci engine these were only made from jan 2004. The older version which you are probably looking at did not suffer the same issues so you should be perfectly safe with that issue.
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