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Old Nov 24th, 2011, 23:13   #1
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Been offered the above, 70k, £8500.
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Does it have the dreaded, and very expensive, DPF??? If it does, has it been done? If not get it done as part of the deal.
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Hi Lee,
Not sure mate.
Will check though.
Only seen 100k+ or <50k and nothing in between so not sure wether to spend the extra or less for a higher mileage.
Can get a 93k one for £6.5 or a 50k one for £9.2
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Been offered the above, 70k, £8500.
What do you reckon?
Pay £7200. Decide if its a good one.
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Default Wait for ages....

Been offered another one now!
50k £9400 2.0 D.
The 70k one will got to £7800 2.0 D.
Both design R.
Got until Saturday night to decide!

50k £9400
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70k £7800
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If it's really the R-Design that you want then I would offer £9,000 for the 50k model. Stick to your guns and they should cave in sooner or later, just be prepared to hang it out for a bit.

If I remember from previous threads the DPF costs around £1,000 to change at or around the 75,000m mark, at least the 50k car has a while to go before it needs doing, if it has one that is. I'm lucky my '06' V50 2.0D Sport doesn't have one, yippee!
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If it's really the R-Design that you want then I would offer £9,000 for the 50k model. Stick to your guns and they should cave in sooner or later, just be prepared to hang it out for a bit.

If I remember from previous threads the DPF costs around £1,000 to change at or around the 75,000m mark, at least the 50k car has a while to go before it needs doing, if it has one that is. I'm lucky my '06' V50 2.0D Sport doesn't have one, yippee!
AS DPF is about £500 and about 30 mins to change , insignificant when buying a car dont let this sway you one way or another .
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The DPF, do all the 2.0D have them.
A sthe prev post said, his doesn't have one.
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No they don't but there seems to be some confusion as to how you can tell without physically getting under the car to check by the rear axle. I think I'm right in saying that if the 8th digit in the VIN number is a 4 then the car does not have the DPF but if it has a 5 as the 8th digit then it does have it.
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