Hello, new to the forum prospective buyer. I can't find a current 'buyers guide' sort of writeup for buying a used RCZ in 2023 - apologies if I've missed an obvious forum post somewhere!
In about 6 months I'm changing job role to something that will see me doing frequent runs down to the west country. I've just got the one car at the moment which is the wife's daily driver as i rarely need it, but after the job change I'll need another car. Looking at cars that are reasonably frugal to run up and down the m5, cheap to insure, tax, and service, have practical boot space, are cheap to buy, and most importantly are as fun as a second car allows; the RCZ fits the bill somewhat. Note I don't need 100% reliability as in extremis I can short term veto the wife's claim to the other car as she works locally - it's a seat leon which is perfectly nice but I'd like something different from another VAG; so no scirocco or TT.
Assume a budget of about £7500 and interest in a 200hp petrol (Bristol ULEZ), where's the money best spent? Is a higher mileage face-lift better than a low mileage older model? Could a high mileage dirt cheap older model be worth an engine refurb?! I've mostly been concerned about engine problems but are there other reasonably expected maintenance expenditures like clutch or suspension I should be factoring in?
Apologies again if I'm asking already answered questions. These cars just seem to be going anomalously cheap in the current market.
In about 6 months I'm changing job role to something that will see me doing frequent runs down to the west country. I've just got the one car at the moment which is the wife's daily driver as i rarely need it, but after the job change I'll need another car. Looking at cars that are reasonably frugal to run up and down the m5, cheap to insure, tax, and service, have practical boot space, are cheap to buy, and most importantly are as fun as a second car allows; the RCZ fits the bill somewhat. Note I don't need 100% reliability as in extremis I can short term veto the wife's claim to the other car as she works locally - it's a seat leon which is perfectly nice but I'd like something different from another VAG; so no scirocco or TT.
Assume a budget of about £7500 and interest in a 200hp petrol (Bristol ULEZ), where's the money best spent? Is a higher mileage face-lift better than a low mileage older model? Could a high mileage dirt cheap older model be worth an engine refurb?! I've mostly been concerned about engine problems but are there other reasonably expected maintenance expenditures like clutch or suspension I should be factoring in?
Apologies again if I'm asking already answered questions. These cars just seem to be going anomalously cheap in the current market.
