John
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There was something dodgy about Monsters from the start, I'm sure me and a few others mentioned it before he bought it.
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deano87
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Yeah, the fact it was a pool/company car 
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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Who said it was a company car?
Although not as extreme, my dads Fabia VRS is on a 06 plate and done 100k, this has been maintained well and soon as anything goes wrong its sorted ASAP as he needs his car to get to work!
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djgritt
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Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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Originally posted by deano87
Monster's 1.3 CDTi Corsa is a perfect example.
Well serviced Lloyds TSB pool car. With a nackered turbo.
Shit breaks, whoop de do. Doesn't mean it's ragged.
It could do fuck all mileage/work and STILL have a knackered Turbo 
My Octy vRS TDi according to the internetz is supposed to have had the Dual Mass Flywheel go, the Turbo go and the MAF go by now, well, a fair while ago, i'm 30k above when it should all be fucked (i've done 92-93k now in 2 1/4 years). Oh noes, i'd best not use it anymore! 
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Ian
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Same brand, more room for grandfather clocks.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1325336.htm
Over budget but less miles than the small car.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1241242.htm
Looks the same, better on the juice.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1356565.htm
Another example, also cheaper than the small one.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1254078.htm
Hatch if you prefer, still under budget
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1131533.htm
Main dealer if you prefer
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1310860.htm
Can't show you any Discos at that money because they've actually gone up since I last looked 
Wild card, piss Ray off.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1335097.htm
Looks the biz, sold now but check the price.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1265763.htm
On budget and trade.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1314486.htm
Needs bigger wheels but still an option.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1328471.htm
Over budget but I'm sure you'll find one.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1349011.htm
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Craig P
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It will do another 80K miles no problem what so ever.There very nice cars.
There's a Golf TDI that comes into my work with 250k+ miles on the clock and TBH it's pretty mint,It's only needed the odd little few things.
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Well serviced Lloyds TSB pool car. With a nackered turbo.
Must be the company then, cause my old man has had a few company cars now, and whatever needs replacing/fixing is always done without hassle and quite promptly.
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JayCarr
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I bought my 06 Astra with 78k in April for £6.5k. Mileage didn't bother me really. Same spec ones with low mileage were 10k, i'm not gonna pay another 4 grand just to say 'ive got a low mileage car' that has every chance of something breaking as much as a high miler.
Got 3 months warrenty, did some research into what 'breaks' and went back and said somethings not riight with it ( i wouldnt have been able to tell without research) and they did over a grands worth of work. Just make sure its got a warrenty.
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mwg
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Ask on audi-sport.net
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mark_gsi
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by ShEp
My Astr was high miles when I bought it
I don't use it much as I have the corsa too, so it's around average now
3k miles in 3 years
What....1k mile a year?  Is there any point having it...serious question!!
I was considering getting rid of mine as Im struggling to warrant having a 20k car sat on the drive hardly turning a wheel!!
borrow it to me ill drive it and use it for you 
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willay
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I can vouch for company cars getting ragged. 
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
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Originally posted by deano87
Because no company car is respected.
They might not be respected, but they are maintained no matter the cost...  
They are not though. I know a few peope with company cars (also our own) and its shocking. They get given death, smashed up kurbs, serviced using cheap or incorrect parts. My mates takes his ibiza TDi for a service, the bloke put 10-40 oil in it, out of barrel, a changed oil filer and charged the company like £100 (or something over the top) and they pay it. It should be run on 0-30
I borrowed it one day, and said it sounds abit tappity (and he goes will its a derv) and i said ' no it sounds tappity, when did you last check the oil??'
Answer was never I put a litre top up bottle in, and it didnt even register on the dipper. This is the reality of company cars.
Our cars are the same, always got oil light on, and no boday can ever be arsed to top them up.
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DaveyLC
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If it was cheap and maintained (cambelt etc.) I'd have it in the blink of an eye.
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DaveyLC
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My mates takes his ibiza TDi for a service, the bloke put 10-40 oil in it, out of barrel, a changed oil filer and charged the company like £100 (or something over the top) and they pay it. It should be run on 0-30
Whats wrong with oil coming from a barrel?
Also 10w-40 is MUCH better than running on 0-30. .The only reason you would run on 0-30 is for better economy.
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by Liam
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Originally posted by deano87
Because no company car is respected.
They might not be respected, but they are maintained no matter the cost...
They are not though. I know a few peope with company cars (also our own) and its shocking. They get given death, smashed up kurbs, serviced using cheap or incorrect parts. My mates takes his ibiza TDi for a service, the bloke put 10-40 oil in it, out of barrel, a changed oil filer and charged the company like £100 (or something over the top) and they pay it. It should be run on 0-30
I borrowed it one day, and said it sounds abit tappity (and he goes will its a derv) and i said ' no it sounds tappity, when did you last check the oil??'
Answer was never I put a litre top up bottle in, and it didnt even register on the dipper. This is the reality of company cars.
Our cars are the same, always got oil light on, and no boday can ever be arsed to top them up.
Again, it must depend on the company....
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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by djgritt
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Originally posted by deano87Even if it has been cared for, you know those miles haven't been steady.
How so?
Because no company car is respected. And no-one doing that amount of miles would be using it as a personal car. Unless it has been going to the Alps and back all year.
Any company car that's done that amount of miles has spent most of it on the motorway with the cruise control set.
At my old job, I had a company car, a Golf 1.9 TDi. I put 25 thousand miles on it in 6 months, and when I handed it back, the car was 2 years old and had done 64 thousand miles. It was serviced by the lease company every 10 thousand miles without fail, and at whatever cost, as was every other fleet vehicle.
Just because it's been a company car, doesn't mean it's been giving 80 thousand miles of death. Besides, you don't know how well ANY car you buy has been treated. An identical car with, say, 25 thousand could have been ragged to death.
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