perksy
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 posted on 21/1/13 at 08:04 PM |
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SEAT Altea 1.8 T Petrol - Opinions
Have a good friend who is considering buying a SEAT Altea 1.8 T Petrol
(He doesn't do enough miles to warrant running a Diesel)
Has anybody had one of these or had to work on one ?
Good and Bad points please
Cheers
Perksy
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perksy
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| posted on 22/1/13 at 05:24 PM |
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123 views and no replies, Must be a rare buy then  
Its one of these or a Quashkai and i'm hoping i've talked him out of the Nissan...
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tegwin
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| posted on 22/1/13 at 05:42 PM |
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Have heard a fair few bad things about the nissan squashcai...
Don't know anything about the Altea.. infact I just did a google image search to see what one looks like.... I wish I hadnt...
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Slimy38
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| posted on 22/1/13 at 06:00 PM |
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I'm heavily biased, but the Altea is a decent car for the money. The 1.8 T is used in a gazillion cars and is pretty well proven, in fact
it's probably a safer bet than the newer VW engines which are potentially more complicated than they need to be. It's not overly thirsty
in it's lower power versions, it's no diesel obviously.
Even though it'll be a Spaniard putting it together, he'd have used parts from all over the VW and Audi range, with matching reliability.
Working on them isn't difficult though, there are a few weak points SEAT's are considered the 'sporty' cars of the family, so
it'll be a slightly firmer ride than the equivalent VW or Skoda for example.
The only thing I would look for would be a service history of some kind (not necessarily dealer, evidence of home servicing would be enough for me)
and I would absolutely insist on a dealer certified cam belt replacement every 40,000 miles.
Check out the ABS/ESP stories as well though, there have been a few bad experiences but in my humble opinion not enough to warrant avoiding the car
completely.
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