Estate Cars. Thinking Of Getting One

[fixitsan]

It's not on your list but I picked up a 2014 2.0 ltr diesel skoda superb estate last year. Bought it from my neighbour who was meticulous in servicing it. It's got 114,000 miles on the clock but runs beautifully. Pretty economical and has tons of room. Pre Blue model, might be worth a look.

 

Last June I got the Superb 2.0 D SE Business model (with umbrellas in the doors !) .

92k miles, 16 reg, £5600 (ex cat N write off)

Now has 117k miles.

Water pump failed 5k ago (common on these VW engines), the retrofit pump doesn't fail as frequently. Water pump and timing belt cost £120 and 3.5 hours, quite easy

I also uprated the front shocks to Bilstein B4 and B6 at the rear

You can reprogram the ECU to tell it it's an 'Audi' and all Skoda (grandad's car) throttle pedal lag disappears.

It runs literally superbly, rides like a well sorted cruiser and the long wheelbase helps stability in the wet (which mostly happens between September and March here)

Second largest boot of all estates (beaten only by a Merc model)

 

Spares are cheap, suspension arms can be used from Skoda, VW, Seat and Audi models, whichever is cheapest that day, same for all the common VW parts it's built from, so you get VW/Audi quality at low prices

 

I went to look at a Golf Hatchback for the wife recently, whcih has the same 2.0 diesel engine, which had clocked up 260k miles and had never been opened.

 

Keep up with oil/filter changes, and upgrade the water pump and they're reliable.

 

£20 road tax. Unbelievably !

 

I have to sell it next year when it goes over 7 years old due to company policy....if anyone wants one next year !

This post was last modified: 08-08-2022, 10:09 AM by fixitsan.