Acquaintance has a 2007 Golf 2.0 Tdi, bought from a family member when it was 3yo when it had high motorway miles on the clock.
Living in a rural area, lots of stop/start so occasionally has to be taken for a blast to turn off the DPF warning light. It does go on the occasional long run..just back from a 450 mile round trip on a holiday, where it averaged 65+ mpg.
Current mileage 140k, and it’s just had £450 of MOT work inc new discs and pads.
He likes the driving characteristics of a diesel, never tows anything, or drives in cities and is seriously considering replacing it with another Golf 2.0 diesel.
Nothing wrong with the car, to the best of his knowledge, but fancies a change after 13 years.
I’m not commenting one way or the other...he’s not bothered about handling and getting a good ‘driving experience’ but appreciates a well screwed together car...certainly isn’t bothered about a touch screen or all the modern day bells and whistles.
He drives about 7k miles a year tops...so theoretically he shouldn’t buy a diesel.
What do you think ?
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