Went to a Seat main dealer today to have a look at an 06 Leon FR TDI it had 56k on it.
First thing it had some dents and scratches on it which made me think a bit. Anyway got the keys and fired it up. Bulb warning light came on, then coolant warning. Christ I forgot how noisy diesels are.
Still I persisted, took it for a spin now I had in my head it was going to be really slow but I wasn't prepared for what was going to come. Now this is a 170bhp with 260lbf of torque iirc, it felt really sluggish it was droning like mad as well either a wheel bearing or the crappy falken tyres were super noisy.
Got it to the motorway with Avg 27mpg, I said this doesn't feel right I'd get this out of the GTI (I'd driven pretty steady) he said it would go up on the motorway
So got on the mway and got it up to speed more droning, tried the old top gear pull from 65 ish, it was reall ysluggish! I kept thinking I don't recall any diesel I've had being this bad thats what they did best
Got up to a nice cruising speed and the steering wheel was shaking like mad. Got off the motorway and headed back to the garage and he asks what I thought.
I said there is no way I'll be buying this car even if you fix everything I've noticed, it's f&cked and it goes like crap plus we have done 34 mpg which To be honest on a steady drive like that I'd be disappointed to see less than 30mpg out of the GTI.
He said we've just got it in so it's not been prepared, the photos of it have it sat on a snowy forecourt. I can't believe they would let a customer drive a car that had blackpool illuminations on the dash.
Anyone on here particularly the oilburner owners care to comment should it feel that bad? Do I look at another one or do I just stick with what I've got which is costing me a fortune in juice?
