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VW Passat with 218k Miles

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  • 24-10-2014 3:01pm
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    BattyJoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 41 ✭


    Hi,

    Looking at buying a VW Passat 2 TDI 140bhp, fully serviced, looks and runs perfect - but used to be a taxi so high milage - 218000 miles.

    The price is right!

    is it worth chancing it?!

    What is the life span of these engines?
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    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    What year is it?
    Are you planning to sell on in future or is this a keeper?
    How has it driven (assuming you've test driven it)
    FSH?

    How much cheaper is it than a similar car with half the miles?


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    kevohmsford
    Registered Users Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭kevohmsford


    I would not touch one of these Passats. Too many problems with injectors and brake calipers.


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    kevohmsford wrote: »
    I would not touch one of these Passats. Too many problems with injectors and brake calipers.

    What would you buy instead?


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    kevohmsford
    Registered Users Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭kevohmsford


    George Dalton wrote: »
    What would you buy instead?

    Well I only know that I had one of these cars before and had endless problems.


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    BattyJoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 41 ✭BattyJoe


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    What year is it?
    Are you planning to sell on in future or is this a keeper?
    How has it driven (assuming you've test driven it)
    FSH?

    How much cheaper is it than a similar car with half the miles?


    2008. Would keep it for 3 or 4 years. Drives good . About 2k cheaper than same car with half milage


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    kevohmsford wrote: »
    Well I only know that I had one of these cars before and had endless problems.

    A suitably evasive answer :pac:


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    BattyJoe wrote: »
    2008. Would keep it for 3 or 4 years. Drives good . About 2k cheaper than same car with half milage

    Only €2k cheaper than one with half the mileage that wasn't a taxi?

    Not cheap enough so...


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,706 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I wonder why the taxi driver got rid of it?


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    BattyJoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 41 ✭BattyJoe


    George Dalton wrote: »
    Only €2k cheaper than one with half the mileage that wasn't a taxi?

    Not cheap enough so...

    Why ?? Does it make a difference if it was a taxi or not ? will I need to re register it or what ?


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    BattyJoe wrote: »
    Why ?? Does it make a difference if it was a taxi or not ?

    Think of it this way. Let's say you go and look at 2 similar cars. Same year, mileage, spec etc. However one was a taxi and one wasn't. Which is worth more?


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    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    George Dalton wrote: »
    Think of it this way. Let's say you go and look at 2 similar cars. Same year, mileage, spec etc. However one was a taxi and one wasn't. Which is worth more?

    Wouldn't touch an ex taxi...

    All those thousands of dirty cnuts that have been sitting in it before you.

    yuck


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    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,210 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    218 thousand miles not huge mileage for a taxi going on 7 years old. If you told me it had 418k then you might be closer to the truth.

    I have an 02 Passat with just on 200k miles up. One injector is starting to miss, and the clutch (or perhaps the DMF) is starting to drag, The newer models seem to give more problems, however.


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    kevohmsford
    Registered Users Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭kevohmsford


    George Dalton wrote: »
    A suitably evasive answer :pac:

    Thread is about a 2L VW Passat not what I would buy instead.


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    BattyJoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 41 ✭BattyJoe


    Gazzmonkey wrote: »
    Wouldn't touch an ex taxi...

    All those thousands of dirty cnuts that have been sitting in it before you.

    yuck

    Wouldn't bodder me once the car has been properly valated !


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    kevohmsford
    Registered Users Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭kevohmsford


    http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/volkswagen/passat-2005/


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    HandsomeDan
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    Passats of that era are pretty much one of the most unreliable cars you can buy.

    Plasticy creaky interior to boot.


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