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Length. How much is too much.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I’m off to have a look at a three year old car. 2L diesel with a full service history. Nice clean car. Only concern. 95K kilometers on the clock. Obviously ex fleet. Is 100k such an issue with modern cars? Is 200K the new 100K? BTW I only drive at the weekends so feck all mileage per year. So how much is too much?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My car is 9 yrs old and only passed the 90k mark this week haha. I don't have a full licence though so mainly drive to work and back again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would imagine the style of driving was more of an issue than the actual msg.

I had a Toyota with 290,000 km on the clock when I sold it and was still perfect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My car is 10 years old. 300,000+ km on clock and passed nct yesterday!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

P.S. fleet/company cars are usually the best to buy. They may have high mielage but they are usually very regualarly serviced and looked after that way.

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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago

on the hill NordWest of

Just don't shove any root vegetables into it - it doesn't work with cars - and you're grand.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haha and she got wisdom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Recently scrapped a 3 series touring with 240k miles, started every turn of the key.. histiry is everything, with plenty of receipts and stamps 250k is do-able*

*except a Renault.. 80k on a renault is optimistic, they're made of string, jelly and prayer..

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By *it_tribesmanMan
over a year ago

Galway

If you only drive at weekends why are you buying a diesel? That car has average mileage for a diesel car.

If you do less than 20,000km per year it wouldn't pay you to drive a diesel car because you are probably paying €1500 extra to buy the car with the diesel engine.

Also the trend is going away from diesel rapidly so in a few years your diesel car could be harder to sell on.

Petrol cars are less complicated too but obviously dont last as long.....

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By *pontaneous fun boyMan
over a year ago

Tipperary, Dublin.

Have a disco 3 with 329k on the clock. Still driving like a dream. Getting 40mpg on the motorways. N for a 2.7L V6. A lot of people are amazed at the milage I get. Just once it has a good service history n was well looked after go for it. Desials are getting a lot cheaper with bad press they are getting. With fumes n shit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If you only drive at weekends why are you buying a diesel? That car has average mileage for a diesel car.

If you do less than 20,000km per year it wouldn't pay you to drive a diesel car because you are probably paying €1500 extra to buy the car with the diesel engine.

Also the trend is going away from diesel rapidly so in a few years your diesel car could be harder to sell on.

Petrol cars are less complicated too but obviously dont last as long....."

All that is very true too.. very..

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By *ealOne74Man
over a year ago

limerick


"P.S. fleet/company cars are usually the best to buy. They may have high mielage but they are usually very regualarly serviced and looked after that way."

Wrong.... I look after my own car because it's mine. Company car-I just take the keys and drive...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Just don't shove any root vegetables into it - it doesn't work with cars - and you're grand. "

You say this car is fully serviced. Please explain the burning around the lower ring?

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By *aid backMan
over a year ago

by a lake with my rod out

100k km is only 60k miles that's nothing for a diesel engine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also as someone else has said.. if you're doing low milage then diesel isnt a good idea, diesels need a good run to work efficiently... otherwise you'll get d up rings and egr valve, expensive to fix..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I would imagine the style of driving was more of an issue than the actual msg.

I had a Toyota with 290,000 km on the clock when I sold it and was still perfect"

A car that's serviced on time and hasn't had the shite rattled out of it on rural Irish roads should be fine. 100k is nicely broken in & should be giving you another 250-300k. Like many of the folks on fab regular servicing is it's life's blood

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Price of diesel is crept up too recently the value isn’t there as much as it was unless as said doing big miles

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Thanks for all the advice guys. I’m off to kick tyres for the day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My car is 10 years old. 300,000+ km on clock and passed nct yesterday!"
I need the name of that car lol

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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Tbh I'd a stear clear from all diesel cars not worth the hassle worse still the health issues with them.

This time next derv will be 1.80€ litre easy.

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By *igBlondeDommeWoman
over a year ago

middle of nowhere

I'm a "mum's taxi" I reckon I do more miles than any rep..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My car is 10 years old. 300,000+ km on clock and passed nct yesterday!I need the name of that car lol"

Mazda 6

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By *j47Man
over a year ago

limerick

My last van did 550.000klms well serviced and worked hard every day diesels these days are very robust 1ook is nothing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Speaking of cars.. has anyone ever had an opel/vaxhaul insignia?? Do they give much bother? Alot of them about for sale so just wondering why!!

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By *un4tooCouple
over a year ago

north cork


"Speaking of cars.. has anyone ever had an opel/vaxhaul insignia?? Do they give much bother? Alot of them about for sale so just wondering why!!"

Buckets of shit. Only past one earlier pulled into side of the road with bonnet opened. There's a reason they're cheap.

Herself has an A4 2010 and never given trouble in 3 years. I just bought a 2013 3 series with a full BMW history with 100k on the clock. Not a rattle from it, apart from me blowing the tyre yesterday feck sake. €200 per tyre . Stick to German brands. Audi VW BMW merc and u cant go wrong

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By *it_tribesmanMan
over a year ago

Galway


"Speaking of cars.. has anyone ever had an opel/vaxhaul insignia?? Do they give much bother? Alot of them about for sale so just wondering why!!

Buckets of shit. Only past one earlier pulled into side of the road with bonnet opened. There's a reason they're cheap.

Herself has an A4 2010 and never given trouble in 3 years. I just bought a 2013 3 series with a full BMW history with 100k on the clock. Not a rattle from it, apart from me blowing the tyre yesterday feck sake. €200 per tyre . Stick to German brands. Audi VW BMW merc and u cant go wrong "

Opel is supposed to be German

Well its GM but who knows where cars are made now and alot of tbe same engines are in different makes of cars

The Mercedes vito 1.6 is a renault trafic engine for example

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You boys and your engines

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By *ailburkeMan
over a year ago

near you


"Recently scrapped a 3 series touring with 240k miles, started every turn of the key.. histiry is everything, with plenty of receipts and stamps 250k is do-able*

*except a Renault.. 80k on a renault is optimistic, they're made of string, jelly and prayer.."

I bought a Renault kangoo ex post van had only 33k on it when i got it it has now got 200k 11 year old and never gave me any trouble i hope to get another 100k out of it

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By *addy36Man
over a year ago

Mayo

A friend of mine had a Toyota avensis that had 660k on the clock when he retired it. I know the car was very well serviced and this guy always gets crazy mileage from his cars.

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