Seriously considering converting to the DERV side! Advice needed

[mattcogg1981]

Hi all,

After much trying and researching of modding my 2.0 8V I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time! So after much thought and only 6 months of membership I have decided to buy a TDI Sport 130. I have searched websites and made lots of phone calls and fingers crossed may have my eyes on a bargain-ish!

I have seen a Mk4 2003 3dr TDI Sport 130, with 23,000 miles on the clock, Ovni yellow at a price of £6995. The garage is over a 100 miles away but is SEAT approved and have paid a deposit over the phone. The dealer has agreed a price of £5000 for mine so I need to finance the rest which works out at about £80 a month!

I am seeing it maybe Thursday or Saturday and is so new into the dealership they have no photos yet. Comparing it to others it has got a really low mileage for the price. What I wanted to know is:

1) I spend about £160 a month and to about 1000 miles a month - what will I save?

2) Will my insurance and tax go down?

3) There is another car same distance a grand cheaper but has 77,000 miles on clock - worth it or not?

Thanks in advance

So excited about the modding potential!

Matt

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Didn`t you look into stuff like this before you paid the deposit on the car?

 

[Johnsey]

Tax is £110 IIRC. Depending on your driving style and where you're driving (town/motorway) you should be able to get around 500 miles to a tank.

Insurance group 7/8 I think

 

[mattcogg1981]

Deposit is fully refundable and gets it off the forecourt!

 

[dozza.13]

Insurance, tax and fuel will all work out cheaper, dunno if that will cover the £80 a month, but shud come close, but at the end of the day the 130 TDI is quicker than the 2.0 8v and is infinitely more tuneable, so you have a better motor to mod, its gotta be worth it! Go on take the plunge, you wont regret it!

 

[RichieRich]

a grand cheaper umm i would stay with the one u put the deposit on as it will feel more like yours when it gets over 40k insted of going to 140k... i love my car go for it mate

 

[Sisson]

depending on your driving style 80ish quid should get you near to 1000 miles.

 

[mattcogg1981]

Thanks guys,

Definitely going to see the TDI 130 on Thurs/Sat now! Any ideas on typical mods that can be done to the TDI 130 - thinking about getting a re-map firstly but bit worried about damaging the engine or something?

Matt

 

[Johnsey]

Typical mods will be a strut brace, green panel filter, rear spacers, FMIC, suspension and a remap. I dont think you'll suffer any problems with a remap if you go to a reputable place (Revo, Forge, BAS, P-Torque, CC, Jabba, the list is endless so have a search for peoples opinions and experiences)

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Thanks guys,

Definitely going to see the TDI 130 on Thurs/Sat now! Any ideas on typical mods that can be done to the TDI 130 - thinking about getting a re-map firstly but bit worried about damaging the engine or something?

Matt

http://www.allardmotorcompany.com/pages/products/products-cat6.asp?cat=6

 

[RichieRich]

you might want a strut brace or somthink similar first be4 the remap so you can handle the power better specially if it the same suspension as mine has... 30bhp on top of mine might be intresting lol my driving style must be like a rally drivers then max 400 miles to the tank lol i got just over 600 over two tanks the other week

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

You can come have a ride in mine if you like bud? Seeing as though you live like 4 miles away? Mines a 130 sport (soon to be 180 sport on the 28th! )
So yeh....go for it. and dont go for the 77k one. The otherone.....go for it!

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Oh and tax is £110. And i can do 260 miles on just under half a tank. I went up to visit friends in North Lincolnshire which was 250 miles and filled up with £15. Bargain!

 

[rashcupra]

leave him petrol heads his mind has been hypnotised by the dark side let him go!

i think ul get a pd130 to go quicker than your 2.0 8v lots more engine tuning options spose if it excites you you get more mpg too go forthe lower milage 1 defo!

 

[mattcogg1981]

Thanks all,

Think I will go out for a spin with ibiza 130 tdi as offered!

I have an arrangement with superchips as they messed up my old re-map and could cut a good deal - but I am getting the impression I shouldn't go with them! Advice needed?

That website that u gave devonmikeyboy is the most amazing thingfI have ever seen!

 

[muddyboots]

I'd go with the lower mileage one, I know from experience that with high miles (especially on small cars like the Ibiza) it'll be difficult to sell and with be worth a lot less.
For reference, at the start of last year I sold my '03 TDI Sport privately (with lots of OE goodies like factory Xenons, rain sensing wipers, ESP, etc etc) with 80k on the clock and only just broke the £6k mark.
Even though the TDI engines will last for rocket miles if regularly serviced, not many people want to buy small hatchbacks with high miles.

In my personal opinion, for a remap I'd avoid Superchips, but go with one of the remappers active on here, probably Bell Autos, or with Upsolute (who I used for my Passat). Reason being - they all receive very good reports and are considerably cheaper than the likes of Revo / Custom Code.
The benefit the TDI has over the 2.0 8valve is a turbo, which means considerable gains are available quite easily, and relatively cheaply. I think there's more people on here with remaps than without!

 

[devonmikeyboy]

That website that u gave devonmikeyboy is the most amazing thingfI have ever seen!

Thats just their off the shelf stuff mate. Allards can get more bhp and still keep the car realiable better then anyone else in England, fact. I had an Ibiza PD160 Cupra running 265bhp peak two years ago and they are now tuning my Audi which is stuck at 327bhp at the moment due to clutch slip. New clutch and bigger turbo getting fitted hopefully in three to four months.

 

[Triple D]

Yep, allards are the men when it comes to derv tuning

 

[Fl@pper]

leave him petrol heads his mind has been hypnotised by the dark side let him go!

there's always hope mind you that much money and miles a month even i would be looking at the derv side

there's always hope mind you that much money and miles a month even i would be looking at a derv

went up to visit friends in North Lincolnshire which was 250 miles and filled up with £15. Bargain!

words like that make me glad i dont go anywhere scary what that would cost me in mine

 

[RichieRich]

im looking into allards to as its 40 mins away with a milltek backbox and egr valve (with blankplate) while im there shortly me thinks lol then to keep going there with intercooler etc...