20-06-2014, 09:48 PM
Hi All,
I had a 1.9 DTurbo-S about 8 years ago (S905 DDL if anyone's seen it since, it's still on the road according to DVLA).
My thinking since then has always been have a fast diesel and commute using this. However my thinking is now of having two vehicles, a fast estate car (Need an estate) petrol (Thinking 3.2 V6 Passat, Octavia Vrs etc.) and having a DTurbo to commute. This is a win all around as I have an estate, I have a fast car, and I can satisfy my endless love of 306s (I'm on my third).
However my concerns are that, yes I can buy a decent late Phase 2 DTurbo for £600-800, but then I'm paying £200+ to tax it and it's potentially going to be unreliable. The reason I figured a 1.9 might be better than the HDi is the potential to work on it myself.
I'm what you would call a novice but I have a basic understand of how a motor vehicle works. How easy are the 1.9s to..
1). Service yourself
2). Conduct most basic repairs (What goes mostly on these?)
3). I take it parts of plentiful and cheap also?
I had a 1.9 DTurbo-S about 8 years ago (S905 DDL if anyone's seen it since, it's still on the road according to DVLA).
My thinking since then has always been have a fast diesel and commute using this. However my thinking is now of having two vehicles, a fast estate car (Need an estate) petrol (Thinking 3.2 V6 Passat, Octavia Vrs etc.) and having a DTurbo to commute. This is a win all around as I have an estate, I have a fast car, and I can satisfy my endless love of 306s (I'm on my third).
However my concerns are that, yes I can buy a decent late Phase 2 DTurbo for £600-800, but then I'm paying £200+ to tax it and it's potentially going to be unreliable. The reason I figured a 1.9 might be better than the HDi is the potential to work on it myself.
I'm what you would call a novice but I have a basic understand of how a motor vehicle works. How easy are the 1.9s to..
1). Service yourself
2). Conduct most basic repairs (What goes mostly on these?)
3). I take it parts of plentiful and cheap also?