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Old Apr 20th, 2018, 12:15   #14
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Originally Posted by davidsmith1307 View Post
It's not the T6 engine that is the problem - it is the transmission which is made of fudge and will almost certainly fail suddenly at 80-100k.



Absolutely!

That said, the 2.5T petrol models can quite often be picked up cheaper than a diesel equivalent and that engine / gearbox combination is a far superior option to a T6 which I would dismiss out of hand.
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