4 door saloon

[Mustang]

Buying a 'nice' low/reasonable mileage diesel is gonna be an expensive proposition. You could always buy a cheaper petrol and spend the money on fuel -pay as you go, rather than tying up big money in a diesel (which you don't really want).
Coming at you from Left field in no particular order
Nissan Maxima -Jap reliability, comfy, leather with toys, -cheap. 2L V6 so you' still be welcome in FTO circles
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Nissan/Max ... annel=CARS (I'd offer about 50% of the asking price)
and a bit more realistic
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Nissan/Max ... annel=CARS

Mazda Zedos 9, (see above) quite rare and Nicer looking IMO than the Maxima. Definitely a buyers market for these things.
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mazda/Xedo ... annel=CARS

And how could we forget the daddy of Jap barges -the Camry. Un breakable. Will probably out last you -and can be passed on to your grand children as an inheritance!

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Toyota/Cam ... annel=CARS

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Toyota/Cam ... annel=CARS

[Muad_dib77]

I wonder how the (c)Octavia compares to the Vauxhole from a driving perspective..

..sometimes it's "better then Devil you know"..

[colm_mcm]

Your missus had a mk4 golf muad, they're very similar, find the octavia a little more nose heavy for some reason but they're pretty much the same

[Danny Kierans]

an 08 skoda octavia rs 2.0tdi is a great car.better car in many ways then all other models. etc.golf,jetta,passat,a3,a4.
great car.

[colm_mcm]

Agreed, had a 2.0 TDI DSG elegance estate for a month and loved it. Problem is everyone goes for the hatch in base spec 1.9.

[Danny Kierans]

Agreed, had a 2.0 TDI DSG elegance estate for a month and loved it. Problem is everyone goes for the hatch in base spec 1.9.

yes.but if you drive the top of the range rs tdi.