vw passat v citoen c3 (or c5)?

The lad I work with is thinking of trading his peugoet estate for either the passat or c3 (might have been a c5).

the vw is 1999....quite a high miler....170000 approx

the citroen is 2001 lower mileage about 110000.

Both diesels.

Any opinions/eperience?







D.

 

You didn't mention the model and age of the Peugeot, so I'll assume it's older than the VW and Citroen that he's considering. If they were of similar age/milage then I'd pick VW. However, in this case VW has done much greater mileage and perhaps they are now on a level field. However, they're both fairly old and have both covered a lot of miles and may need major work soon, so I'd seriously think about keeping the Peugeot for a little longer unless it needs even more work. It's "the devil you know".

 

I owned umpteen Citroens when I was young and foolish, never again. There are a goodly number of Skoda Octavia's and Toyota's on Autotrader with far fewer miles (particularly the Carina's) They'd be a much better buy even if they are a year or two older than the Passat. Which would you rather have a 180,000 mile Passat, or a 80,000 mile Toyota?

 

Also what about a Nissan Primera? Plenty of those at his price band with sensible mileage, had a couple of those and they never ever broke down. I think either of those you mention are a bad buy

 

yeah, I'll vouch for a primera - it's what I've got - its an old ('98, petrol) and I've done over 20k miles in the last year...had to replace a few odds and bods - but the engine is sound...

 

This is what Honest John has to say, the C5 sounds like a nightmare!

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/index.php?url=/carbycar/index.htm

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/index.php?url=/carbycar/index.htm

 

I'd agree about not going for that high mileage a car. A friend of mine had a Y reg 406 which was at about 110000 miles and was starting to have serious problems.

I've just sold my first car on... Mitsubishi galant which I bought with 69000 miles on it. Sold it after 4 years and 1 week of ownership, in which time I covered over 46000 miles without a single breakdown. I liked it so much that I bought another one...

I'd agree with comments about toyota and nissan. Think how many old carinas and primeras you see still running around.

Of the two you mention it would have to come down to looking at them. I've driven a passat TDI which was absolutely dreadful (woeful understeer, over-servoed brakes, totally indecisive auto (and I'm very familiar with driving autos, this was just a bad one) and at 37mpg average (compared to 36.7 for an auto toyota avensis petrol 1.8VVTI on the same motorway/a-road run) seemed pointless to have the horrid on/off rattly engine) and PSA diesel is much more refined, so if the citroen were in good shape, and all the bits that are going to fall off have done so, it might be the citroen.

But honestly, having just paid £2500 for a 2001 75k galant 2.4 estate (direct injection - so far I've had about 39mpg from it. Not bad for 150bhp petrol), I think most euroboxes are overpriced on the second hand market.

 

not sure my self on the peogot........i think its a 406 estate, possibly the one down, about he size of a cavalier/vectra?

its going to be about a 10 year old approx.....maybe a bit more.

the pink fishers last night were of the mind a) not the citroen b) save upa bit more, the passat is due for soem heavy expenses (.....which i relayed today.)

I'll relay the Nissan etc suggestions, thanks very much.

See what he thinks.

 

in fact i'll print this out ...give it to him tomorrow.

cheers.


D.

 

i gave roman the notes ...today. He was very apprecaitive.

Romans a really nice lad, one of the few that do asmuch as they can rather htan as little as they can (which is the more normal attitude prevellent). yOu don't mind helping soem one like that.