My mates looking for a MK5 Golf at around 5k mark. He is looking at loads on Autotrader, Pistonheads and Fleabay and most are 100k+ miles.

What miles are they good for these days if they have been looked after and serviced frequently? I guessed around 200+

Thanks
Rob

 

Sold my 406 2.1TD with 197k on the clock, regular services, all it had had was a clutch drivetrain wise.
Still see it driven about some 8 months after i sold it, wasn't smoking much at all and still pulled like a train when i had it

I understand the 1.9 VW PD engines like to spit out the odd turbo.

 

Got one of those PD's and it very much depends on which of the multitude of models you go for but they are pretty reliable all in all. My sh1tbox daily commuter has 130k miles on it, I drive it like I stole it and it runs fine but I do keep it regularly serviced etc.
Friend of mine has a PD 130 with a revvo on it an it's fairly nippy nearly 170bhp ain't bad in a wee diesel

 

I think the PD like most modern engines - if you service it and change the oil and filter regularly they just last and last...

 

MKIV and MKV golfs I must admit are iffy. And totally by luck more than anything moreso than mileage

Not the engine itself, just whatever goes around it; Dual mass flywheels and Yaw/longitude sensors (£300 for a box with a tiny circuit board FFS), being two very pricey problem areas.

16valve 2.0 PD engines aren't the best on fuel. Better off with a 1.9 8valve PD or a 2.0 16v common rail. The 2.0PD does like to drink a drop of oil between services, and it imperative it uses the correct type of oil suitable for PD engines (to meet whatever VAG spec).

Not trying to put you off, but don't going buying a 100k+ VW Golf thinking its bulletproof, as they most certainly aren't. Good quality and relatively hard wearing, yes, just they are still prone to problems. So always keep some cash aside in the bank just incase it does go wrong - VW parts are not cheap.

 

A couple of weekends ago, I flew to Edinburgh with scoobyvirgin.

We drove to Dundee and he purchased a 206 HDi. We filled it at the local Asda store's filling station and drove back to Nottingham. That trip used half a tank of diesel, not bad for about 320 miles. My 58 plate Fiesta Zetec-S will only do that on a full tank of petrol.

My Fiesta only has 9k on the clock, the Pug has, at a guess 60k +. Fuel wise diesel is good, but as for over all longevity, I won't comment as I've not ran one for a long period of time - at work we thrash the diesel Focus (our 58 plate has 38k on the clock) and they haven't gone bang.

I'd say it's like any car - choose a good one which has been looked after and it will look after you.

 

Ive just brought a MG ZR TD 90bhp. 66K miles, alloys, half leather, £1300 ! I get about 45mpg. By just replacing the injectors with ones out of a Rover 600 diesel (£50) and uping the boost to 19psi, the car is rapid as ! Okay the mpg has droped to 38mp, but the performance is addictive.

Put my M3 to bed, and am using this all the time as a commute and a weekend wagon. Okay the build quality is poor, shutting the door introduces you to a new level of poor metal twang !, but £ for £, its tremendous.

Costs me 45 to fill to the brim, and I get about 400miles out a tank, and that is driving like a complete *** !

SBK

 

getting on for 100k on my 330d.

Still get 45 mpg (regular driving - not all motorway)

 

Got a 2l turbo Picasso .. 08 plate and to be honest its **** on fuel ..

Get about 400 miles to a 60£ tank on the motorway

 

I have a Vectra 1.9 CDTi (150) currently at 147k, bought at 90k on a 05 plate for £4500. Going by what the guys in work are getting and have previously got, I expect another 100k out of it, it's turned into a sort of unspoken competition.

The servicing schedule on these are every 20k, but I change the oil and filter every 10k or less, the two guys that nearly had their Vectra's on the 300k mark done this, but I guess it also depends how the car has been used, mine is just on the bypass and motorway every day at fairly constant speed.

I think changing the oil and filter at half what the manufacturer states is key to big mileage though.

 

A friend of mine has just got nearly 800 miles out of a tank in his Derv Mondeo.


I get 35mpg out of my 2.0 1992 Mercedes!

 

my golf 130 is very economical to say i dont drive it like a granny, atleast 500 miles to a tank. just coming up to 84k and still pulls really well

 

i have a heavy foot and average 41mpg out of my 2.0D Volvo S40. it's the 2l common rail direct injection unit used in the focus and some citroens too.

i do 2 weeks of sub 2 mile journeys each day and then a 500 mile round trip every other weekend. volvo batteries are awesome!


Oh yes, 52 litre tank, so 470 miles on a tank.

 

I've got a pd140 2.0l mk IV golf. had it since new. 78,000 on the clock, only ever has electrical issues like electric windows playing up. but otherwise very reliable. Had it remapped at Powerengineering and that was 20,000 miles ago and nothing has died yet. though my wife now drives it... get's about 500 miles to the £55 tank, which isn't bad. the smoke out the back when your dancing on the pedals is a little obnoxious..

 

:-) smoke out of my MG ZR is a little scary to start with. At first I thought I'd blown the car to pieces, but now realise its just a side effect of the different injectors ( according to the guys on the Mg forum ).

Once thing Ive noticed is how dirty the back of a diesel car gets. Mine is covered in soot and looks like I live near that volcano in Iceland.

SBK

 

I put 85k miles on a Ibiza TDi Sport which had the PD130 lump.

Engine felt fine when I chopped it in - I would say it didn't reach it's best till around 50k miles. Just a shame the uber-stiff suspension was starting to fall apart.