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Do you thing a 3 year old diesel car with 49k on the clock is too high?
 
Depends on car and price ,sounds the right mileage for the age though
 
A good mileage for a diesel. Anything less and it probably won't have been used for long enough journeys for DPF regens etc and needed extra oil changes due to not having warmed up enough and causing dilution.
 
I would, if the price is right and car has the features I want.

A few months ago, I bought a '63 reg Octavia 3 2.0 diesel automatic with 70k on the clock for £8500. Seems priced about right and had full Skoda dealer service history, all service are done right on the dot. Car was dealer demonstrator initially, then 3 years of ownership by a family (look closely you can see faint childseat shape on the back seats). Although in 10k miles, I'd need to spend £600 on timing belt change and DSG oil change. But most other Adaptive Cruise equipped car put me north of £10k, so this was good value purchase IMO.

As mentioned, you'd want a diesel that's doing 10k+ miles annually to make sure it's mostly used for long journeys to prevent DPF blocking up. 15k-20k annual mileage on diesels are ideal.
 
That's about the recommended mileage for a diesel.

Proper servicing along the way is important however - oil and filter changes about every 12k miles or more often depending on how it was used.
 
See how much an extended manufacturers warranty is. We pay £300 a year to cover our Mazda 6, which has turned out to be very useful as our local dealer is £110 per hour!
 
the black fox said:
Depends on car and price ,sounds the right mileage for the age though
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It's not the miles its covered but rather its age. Nearly 50k in three years seems a lot.

nilagin said:
A good mileage for a diesel. Anything less and it probably won't have been used for long enough journeys for DPF regens etc and needed extra oil changes due to not having warmed up enough and causing dilution.
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Thats what I thought. The car in question is a Dacia Duster 64 plate full dealer service history, one owner. Its £8k which is a good price. Its quite a bit cheaper than similar Dusters, same trim, with less mileage, so I was just a little concerned.
 
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Do you plan to pile on the mileage? ie cover same distance in 3-4 years making it a 100k car? or run it in the ground?

49k in three suggest car has done a lot more long journeys, a 20k example might have done a lot of short journeys which is not good for the modern diesels. I bought a 5 1/2 year old Saab with 32k on the clock - but it was petrol, would I have bought a diesel with the same mileage, most probably not.
 
A quick look at motors.co.uk suggests that the price is about right for a 64 reg 50k Duster.
 
Quoth said:
A quick look at motors.co.uk suggests that the price is about right for a 64 reg 50k Duster.
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It is, but a 30K duster is near £9k
 
I purchased my auto diesel with 89knon it.. now hit 102,000 and touch wood, apart from changing the Cambrlt and water pump etc - all is good!
 
jakeblu said:
It is, but a 30K duster is near £9k
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Only thing you'll get for £1000 is piece of mind that it hasn't been used as much as the other car. But on the other hand, if the high miler has been serviced well and on-time, there's no reason why you should be put off by high mileage cars.

My previous and first diesel had 80k on the clock at 7 years. I took it to 133k in 3 years. Apart from standard service, only had to change a suspension thing and buy new tyres. It is rock solid reliable even now (still got it in the household as second car). I'd be sad to see it go when we change the second car to an EV.

Even for EV, I'm okay with high mileage ones. Currently looking at a 45k 3 year old gen2 Leaf.
 
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gremlin16 said:
That's not even run in yet. They say diesels only really loosen up at 60k.
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Any friction in a new engine should be gone after 100hrs which equates to an average of 5k miles.
 
Look at the car based on the condition, not the mileage. If the seats look hardly worn (passenger/back) and little wear on the carpets there's a good chance the car was bought by the previous owner as a reliable runaround to work and back. If the previous owner lived out in a village it's very easy to rack up mileage doing school runs, after school activities and being a parent taxi.
I'd rather have one that was used for a work commute than doing the school run, 16k miles a year isn't that much for a car used daily.
 
jakeblu said:
It's not the miles its covered but rather its age. Nearly 50k in three years seems a lot.



Thats what I thought. The car in question is a Dacia Duster 64 plate full dealer service history, one owner. Its £8k which is a good price. Its quite a bit cheaper than similar Dusters, same trim, with less mileage, so I was just a little concerned.
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Average mileage for a normal everyday motorist is about 8k. This will be someone who probably used the car to commute to work plus a few other journeys. At a little over twice that, it is either longer commutes or it gets used during the working day. If the service history is good and the price is right then how quick the mileage has been racked up, isn't an issue.

I'm sure a certain person will bump ;) this thread soon enough telling you that you should be considering the emissions and not buy diesel. I maybe wrong but I think a 64 plate is the latest euro 6 emissions and contrary to the furore of the recent VW emissions scandal the value of diesel cars has levelled off and even started to rise again.
 
Don't worry about the mileage. Check the service history, that's important. If the price is right, the condition is acceptable to you and it has full service history, then it's good to go.
 
Probably slightly different, but my Citroen van has done 64,000 + in 2.5 years, serviced on time,
All its had is the usual service bits plus new tyres, it still runs like new :thumbs:
 
Thanks everyone, I'm gonna call the dealer and go and have a look next week. If its in as good a nick as they say, I'm probably going to buy it.
 
jakeblu said:
It's not the miles its covered but rather its age. Nearly 50k in three years seems a lot.
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My 5 year old Volvo V50 D2 diesel has just passed 150K miles, big belt service at 150K, so it had better do the same again!!!

49K on a modern diesel is nothing, but I would check the service schedule and make sure no big services are due shortly, An expensive bill will take the edge of any new purchase!!
 
Mr Perceptive said:
My 5 year old Volvo V50 D2 diesel has just passed 150K miles, big belt service at 150K, so it had better do the same again!!!

49K on a modern diesel is nothing, but I would check the service schedule and make sure no big services are due shortly, An expensive bill will take the edge of any new purchase!!
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Should be able to negotiate a free service if due soon [emoji3]
 
Well I have spoken to them today. The car is in Birmingham, which is 125 miles away from me but they will ship it closer for £69, which I don't mind. Regarding the service and mot you pay a £199 on the road supplement which apparently covers the MOT, Service and some diesel. First time I've heard of that.
 
jakeblu said:
Well I have spoken to them today. The car is in Birmingham, which is 125 miles away from me but they will ship it closer for £69, which I don't mind. Regarding the service and mot you pay a £199 on the road supplement which apparently covers the MOT, Service and some diesel. First time I've heard of that.
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That's taking the pi55 in my view - a headline price with too many extras
 
I have to agree with Kevin, @Quoth, the Raven I'd be losing interest right about now...
 
jakeblu said:
It is, but a 30K duster is near £9k
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I just payed 10500 for a 65 plate with 4k miles on it. Love it. Wouldnt change it for the world. Im sure there is a 13plate on gumtree at the moment for 5.5k
I had a washing machine and dishwasher in the back last weekend

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Lmfao, no all the magic blue smoke keeps getting out of the kitchen appliances
 
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