The Eastern Europeans living in this country seem to be so savvy when it comes to picking bargain cars. Mostly old diesels. You can often see them driving VW Audi 1.9 Tdi Pds and BMW 5 series diesels dating back to the early 2000 s. When I look at other drivers who have the same Audi A 4 B5 as me they tend to be non UK born. In fact I am often stopped by them and asked if I want to sell. They seem to be cherry picking the best , mostly German cars which have been foolishly discarded by us and speaking to them they are very aware of the potential problems awaiting the owners of the newer cars.

Some of them seem to be the ones that neglect servicing as well, the times I have seen these cars that smoke to high heaven makes you think they are only interested how the car looks, the fact it pours out black/blue smoke is never sorted out.

The Eastern Europeans living in this country seem to be so savvy when it comes to picking bargain cars. Mostly old diesels. You can often see them driving VW Audi 1.9 Tdi Pds and BMW 5 series diesels dating back to the early 2000 s. When I look at other drivers who have the same Audi A 4 B5 as me they tend to be non UK born. In fact I am often stopped by them and asked if I want to sell. They seem to be cherry picking the best , mostly German cars which have been foolishly discarded by us and speaking to them they are very aware of the potential problems awaiting the owners of the newer cars.

It should be noted that the old pre-DPF diesels are NOT affected by the new MOT rules regarding 'any visible smoke'.

The new rules are specifically put in to place to stop people removing/'gutting' DPFs on cars where the DPF is supposed to be present.