If you buy a VW that has had the emissions fix done. What is to stop you taking the car to a tuner and having an after market remap?
Cheap car -cheap remap -great vehicle.
Since you' ve already bought used if the VW warranty isn't important to you and provided it passes the mot emissions check. Which it really should then...
Struggling to see the downside here.
Why buy a diesel you know very little about (especially its history, including how it was driven) other than what the vendor tells you, which could mean the car is gummed up with soot and about to need a major fix (and I don't mean the emissions fix) at the main dealer, costing a fortune...especially when a petrol engined car is eminently more suitable for a 10k miles a year usage, and, as long as you stay away from certain makes/engines/gearboxes, should prove reliable, especially if its from a main dealer or has a proven service history (it matters less as to how it was driven than if it were a diesel).
To me, second-hand modern diesels are a lottery if you're not doing well over 20k miles a year or at least one 25 mile trip a week along fast-flowing roads AND you know how it was driven previously. Even for low-mileage use but which is sporadic and over longer distances, the extra mpg over petrol-engined alternatives is meaningless, given diesel cars cost more to buy for the same performance and more to service, even when they're running fine. Its the reason why so many people ARE having problems after having the emissions fix, its just the fix has brought those problems forward a year or so.
Of course, depending upon which diesel car was chosen and the decisions of politicians, your newly paid-for second-hand car may not be welcome in many towns in cities in just a few years time - this is very important for those who think they can 'get around' the 'unreliable diesel' issue by buying a car whose engine was a previous generation one that isn't affected by dieselgate.
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