Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
We currently have a 2.0D Passat and a 1.5D Captur and were looking at part-exing them both and getting one newer car. Only a smaller Diesel SUV style suits us so I did a load of "research" online. The shortlist came down to a 19/20 3008. It ticked all the boxes but when delving in further a lot of people were poo-pooing the Peugeot for reliability. We then started to look at the Ford Kuga until a friend said her ex-mobility Kuga was in the garage with DPF issues.
We've decided to keep the Captur and sell the Passat. £15-£20k is an awful lot to shell out on a car when we can make do with our old one (which is a 2014 with 60kish miles). Also looking at the new VED rates was surprised to see that nearly all of the 1.5D and above are now £190/year. The only exception was I think the 1.6D Kia, but can't remember.
Anyway, it seems that all of the modern Diesels now are being so throttled with anti-emission stuff that they are now a liability to own. In contrast, my partners Captur does not have Adblue system and only sees a motorway trip once in a blue moon but has never had the DPF light flash on in 9 years of ownership
We've decided to keep the Captur and sell the Passat. £15-£20k is an awful lot to shell out on a car when we can make do with our old one (which is a 2014 with 60kish miles). Also looking at the new VED rates was surprised to see that nearly all of the 1.5D and above are now £190/year. The only exception was I think the 1.6D Kia, but can't remember.
Anyway, it seems that all of the modern Diesels now are being so throttled with anti-emission stuff that they are now a liability to own. In contrast, my partners Captur does not have Adblue system and only sees a motorway trip once in a blue moon but has never had the DPF light flash on in 9 years of ownership
