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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2024, 06:23:22 pm »
Would that be the ultra reliable Caddy I've put 6 grand into since Christmas?
I know. Sometimes you must choose to put a car/dog out of its misery.

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #31 on: September 06, 2024, 07:36:49 pm »
VD cam you tell us what sort of mileage you're doing a year if it's not a sensitive topic?I know it's going to be high but I'm just curious really.

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2024, 08:36:56 pm »
I do 1000 km a week.

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2024, 08:47:35 pm »
Ok thanks VD just wondering if the maintenance costs were down to excessive mileage but yours isn't crazy high.

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2024, 11:30:31 pm »
It started with the alternator,starter motor and battery all going one after the other.Then a clutch master cylinder,then two engine cooling leaks.They were 1800 between them.Then an adblue delete.Add in 4 sets of front tyres a year and pads and discs all round and pretty soon it adds up!

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2024, 12:04:46 am »
Hopefully that's all the spending done for a good while.

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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2024, 12:10:46 am »
Hopefully that's all the spending done for a good while.
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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2024, 01:04:15 pm »
Aside from the coolant leaks there's nothing major in any of that, VD.

Apart from brake pads/discs and tyres I haven't yet experienced any of those issues in my MKIII Octy but have tackled a couple (as below) on the MKII. Nether the MKII nor the MKIII have adblue but I did come accross a known issue with VAGs that use adblue whereby it kills some component associated with the EGR valve and incorrectly self-diagnoses a DPF fault.

From the MKII Service Record:
19/08/2020   306,520   Timing Belt Kit, Water Pump, Clutch Master Cylinder   €400.00   Aiden (supply & fit)
29/12/2020   315,221   Altenator   €140.00   Euro Car Parts NI
13/08/2021   330,119   Battery   €104.00   EBC Cabra

I don't know how much of the €400 on line 1 was for the clutch master cylinder supply & fit bit I'm guessing the timing belt / water pump kit accounts for the majority... and the battery isn't of the AGM / Start-Stop type. I did price that type for the MKIII a while back (the start-stop function has been a rarity since COVID '19 anall) and I think it was c.€200-220 from EBC, probably a bit cheaper up in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Front tyres tend to last c.50,000 kilos on both of the above Octys... that's for the run of the mill (non seasonal) now €75 ones from Collin or Keit Duffy.
Brake pads would be in the region of €15 (rear) or €22 (front). I generally change them every 40-50,000 kilos and use one set of discs for every 3 sets of pads at a cost in the region of €30-60 per pair depending on source.
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Re: Touting from Zone 18
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2024, 08:39:36 am »
Would that be the ultra reliable Caddy I've put 6 grand into since Christmas?
Looking on the Bright side, my DPF problems cost me 8K in 2023, but me tax bill last week (snow white) went down by a good bit.

 


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