Aaquil

As per title maximum I have to spend is £6500. I am looking for a lowish mileage and relatively new or am I just being unrealistic? How are these cars for reliability? Its quite a lot for me to be spending at the moment so a good drive and reliability is high on the list. Also what is Insurance like for them.

Any other advice/anyone selling?

If no joy will probably be an Ford Focus 1.8 or Audi A4 5 door 1.8T from my local Mitsubishi dealership. Any comments on these cars?

Thanks

Aaquil.

GCollier

I can't comment on those specific models, but my wife has had an Octavia 20v turbo estate for the past 3 years. Reliability has been excellent - in all the time we've had it the only problem has been a faulty battery. Build quality for the money is excellent too.

Gary.

Aaquil

Thanks for that Gary.

XK-R

There is a 98k Vrs for sale near me for £4500. Red and looks VERY tidy

Had a 1999 Octavia Turbo Jabba'd for a while 2 years ago that I put 8000 miles on. Enjoyed it

logiclee

I've seen your post on briskoda which is probably a better place for information.

A vRS is going to have high miles for that money and the 4X4's are a bit rare.

If you are thinking of the vRS then I assume you don't need four wheel drive. If not why not go for a 1.8T Elegance instead of the 4X4? You'll get a newer car with less miles or spend the money saved on remap/suspension mods.
If you could stretch another £1k direct cars have 53plate Elegance 1.8T's with 15k miles for £7698, they say Auto's in the adds but best to ring as their adds are usually wrong.

Cheers
Lee

Aaquil

Thanks guys I think I will probably go for a 1.8t 4x4 estate.