SEAT virgin needs advice

[VAG-Veteran]

Hi all i am new to the Seat world and i am looking at an Ibiza Cupra.

I am debating whether to go for a diesel or a petrol, Any ideas?

Is the seat sport strut brace standard?

I have a limited Budget of about £6000 And am honestly lost as to were to go, Please help.

Regards Ed

 

[warren_cox]

The easiest way to answer your question would be to ask what your annual mileage is like.

If you are doing 18-20k+ miles a year then the diesel makes sense. If less then maybe the petrol. Do you do a lot of motorway miles?

Both are great cars, and the diesel variant has a fantastic engine (even coming from a man who avoids the mucky stuff - satans black wind). Far more torque than the petrol in standard form, but then if your a modder the petrol can be improved a bit.

Bit of a pink or brown question really, both are alright, but it depends what you want out of it in the long term.

 

[Nath.]

The easiest way to answer your question would be to ask what your annual mileage is like.

If you are doing 18-20k+ miles a year then the diesel makes sense. If less then maybe the petrol. Do you do a lot of motorway miles?

Both are great cars, and the diesel variant has a fantastic engine (even coming from a man who avoids the mucky stuff - satans black wind). Far more torque than the petrol in standard form, but then if your a modder the petrol can be improved a bit.

Bit of a pink or brown question really, both are alright, but it depends what you want out of it in the long term.

LOL @ pink or brown, Quality and nearly spat my coffee out.

 

[Mcupra]

I'm also a seat virgin and debating to buy the diesel or petrol engine myself. gotta get the right colour also!

I cant seem to find a yellow or candy white cupra around.

 

[DanDiesel]

Yeah I'd guess it all depends what sort of mileage you'll be doing, diesel has the advantage of good town mpg as well as motorway cruising, whereas petrol can be costly around town, but decent on a motorway run!

1.8T engine has a few more tuning possibilities but the PD160 diesel doesn't need much to really gets some decent figures produced.

Oh and the Seat Sport strut brace is not standard, can be picked up new from dealers for about £50 iirc. They are always popping up second hand though.

 

[EB20VT]

I'm also a seat virgin and debating to buy the diesel or petrol engine myself. gotta get the right colour also!

I cant seem to find a yellow or candy white cupra around.

Good luck finding a Candy White one!

Rare as hens teeth.

 

[CJRamze]

I've never, Ever seen a white cupra. Not even on here.
They probably exist! I've just never seen one!!!

I do about 10,000 miles a year so I went for a derv.
Now I do less than 4 miles a day... and I've still got the diesel!
That turbo and that torque is so nice, The engine sound however is a bit meh.

The mileage however is redonkulous.
I did 155 miles the other day and the tank was still Full on the guage

 

[AndrewJB]

Ive seen a candy white one ,theres an old women who lives down by me whos got one

Shes always higging the steering wheel aswell perhaps it scares her

Theres yellow Cupra TDI's on Autotrader

 

[stezo2k]

Bit of a pink or brown question really, both are alright, but it depends what you want out of it in the long term.

lmao! post of the year

but yeah if you are looking for a mk4 cupra (or fr in my case) in candy white you will have a job, they are hard to find. most of the candy whites tend to be S, SX and eco models. shame really as its the only colour i really like
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[Ad Lav]

Good luck getting a decent cupr tdi for £6000...

 

[thePHILosipher]

If you can stretch a bit more on your budget, i did see a really good 56 plate Cupra Tdi for £8000 from a dealer on the used car parts of the SEAT website, seemed well kitted to cruise control and the luxery pack as well, car had done about 35k and was in the Zenith Grey colour.

I'd go diesel nowadays as it makes a tad more sense if you doing over 50 miles a day, when i was doing 30 miles a day i had a lil 1.4 sport and it was a riot, now im doing 80 miles and my TDi FR is perfect as i have that low down wallop you can only ever get fron a TDi, also mileage is insane!! got 480 miles on a full tank!!! (FR 130 TDi btw)

 

[VAG-Veteran]

Thanks for all your posts.

I have just landed myself a Black Cupra 1.8 T In showroom condition with 30,000 miles for a little over £6000.

Heres to joining the crew and heres to happy posting.

 

[Leigh15]

I've never, Ever seen a white cupra. Not even on here.
They probably exist! I've just never seen one!!!

I do about 10,000 miles a year so I went for a derv.
Now I do less than 4 miles a day... and I've still got the diesel!
That turbo and that torque is so nice, The engine sound however is a bit meh.

The mileage however is redonkulous.
I did 155 miles the other day and the tank was still Full on the guage

10,000 a year is nothing - 12,000-14,000 a year is average.

It's only when you get closer to 20,000 that diesel starts to make sense - I'm doing around 24,000 a year - hence the diesel.

To the OP - good choice on the petrol - the diesel engine is great, but the limited rev range can be tiresome sometimes - especially on the twisties - you seem to spend all your time changing gear!

I'd love to return to petrol myself for this reason, but as mentioned above, with my mileage it's just not practical

 

[Damoegan]

Thanks for all your posts.

I have just landed myself a Black Cupra 1.8 T In showroom condition with 30,000 miles for a little over £6000.

Heres to joining the crew and heres to happy posting.

Very good choice mate, but I would say that

Wait till you get it mapped

 

[philc]

My FR diesel was £5600...

It'd be a bloody good find to get hold of a Cupra at that price.

Get a diesel, then head down to P-Torque... You won't regret it!