Thread: What about this as a daily driver

Way to expensive with that big dent down the side.

Probably need to upgrade to bluetooth

Cant remember fuel use but probably around 10l/100

Wow thats a bit cheeky....over priced.... lists all thats been done to it but fails to mention the hard hit on the r/h side

Cheers guys. Didn't notice the damage on the right hand side. Good spotting.
Next.

Originally Posted by thai_tiger

Wow thats a bit cheeky....over priced.... lists all thats been done to it but fails to mention the hard hit on the r/h side

The other right, perhaps??

Interior is ordinary at best, and what's with the paint on the bonnet?

Have you checked the Marketplace on this site?

Originally Posted by Tins

..... and what's with the paint on the bonnet?

my guess is a vinyl wrap with a low sheen finish.
I'm thinking to do same to my D1 .. the glare when driving into a low sun ... drives me mad!

Most likely clear coat has peeled, as many do so vinyl is an easy quick option.
I'm thinking of doing only my central flat area .. don't like the entire flat sheen look.

For the OP .. yeah, TD5 can be made reliable if it hasn't already.
I used mine for a good 6 months as my daily(until brother wanted it back!)

IIRC I did about 13K klms in those 6 months, zero issues .. other than the ones that came with the car, which I slowly sorted over time.

Fuel, with a good tune I reckon should get under 10l/100.
Before I got a tune, and with a very silly roof rack arrangement that knocks fuel use badly .. I was getting about 12-13 in most highway driving.
Once the tune got uploaded, the fuel use both in city and highway improved considerably.. settling at about 11/100 on the highway.
I reckon ..... minus the huge rack with shovel, hi-lift, some plastic tubes for sand flag, and spare sinning in the twin tube rack design .. it could get as little as about 9/100.

On my tdi D1, I have a flat roof rack which I fit when I need. Light Aluminium, so easy for my to remove myself too.
With and without, and being a flat single rail type(with mesh) I see about 1km/lt difference between off and on(sorry I personally use km/lt for fuel usage) ..

If you get a standard tune TD5 .. can't help re fuel consumption, as the TD5 I had(which is/was/is brothers) had a TRS tune already in it. I then changed the auto ECU, which drove a bit better, but then had the tune tweaked to make it more usable again(cruise control issues).
This second tune/tweak bumped the fuel consumption lower than before.

With the D2 prices .. D2a is a lot more expensive than non D2a .. and there's not many D2a around by comparison.