Hey! I’m 30 years old, passed my test 5 years ago and got my first car today ( used to live in London ). Anyway, your channel has been so helpful for me, and used so many of your tips when picking a car out. Thanks so much man
I’d defo retail that for £3995 with the hope of getting between £3500-3900. It cleaned up really well and had a great spec. I reckon it would be gone in a few weeks. You’ve done as much as anyone should expect a used car dealer to do for that price: full MOT with no advisories, service including gearbox service (which I’ve never heard of a used car dealer EVER doing that voluntarily!) and dents repaired were possible. That should make somebody a really nice runaround. Let’s us know the outcome 👍🏻
Exactly my point too. I think he puts himself in the same position as a buyer, what would he expect out of the car, which its very very rare to find in people as most are selling cars and hiding soo much from you.
Looks smart and tidy, good colour as well. I think it's well worth a place on the forecourt, new test and service. Not going to hang around for long at a realistic price. Nice one Matt.
I've spent around 15 years around the SEAT brand as an admin of an owners club, I've had two MK2 Leon's as well. That car is a MK2 Facelift model, it has a few "rare" extras on it such as the armrest and the door sill guards with "SEAT Sport" on them. In today's market worth 3k all day long with all the maintenance done. My old 2010 MK2 Cupra R had a dent on the door in that sport and the local guy managed to get it out.
Love this car, the colour on this one is also really nice. I have one from the same year, 2010. It's a 1.4TSI manual and it's running smoothly as ever. Bought it 3 years ago with 146.000km on the clock. Today it has 234.000km on the clock. I love driving this thing as you can see and living in the Netherlands we took it for a trip to Germany and France quite often. Serviced every 15.000km and it pays me back every time I'm taking it for a drive. The only complaint I would have is the interior of this generation has a lot of hard plastics. But other than that, loving it!
i liked the design of this era of Seat Leon too, quite stylish and a bit different from most of the Euro boxes! Great transformation inside and out, that grey colour looks very smart and suits the car. I would be tempted to retail it although I know it could come back to bite you particularly in the first few months.
Hi Matt, a conundrum! As you have reservations over the gearbox from my point of view I would trade it. It could be fine but, this is your livelihood. Otherwise another good looking car you've saved for someone with the right mindset to take on. Keep up the good work.
Used to pick these up a few years ago for 1 or 2 grand,mainly the TSI petrol and they sell on quite well.There isn't a specific gearbox service on the dry clutch 7 speed DSG though they use mineral oil,changed mine about 80k.I would retail it and ebay could source you a DSG or mechatronics for about a grand if the worse comes to the worse,the VW 1.6 is quite a dull engine but should do 50 MPG easily enough.£2495 could be your car of the week LOL.
I bought one like this 2 years ago. Same color, same wheels, similar spec (copa edition) with heated seats, navigation etc., but 2011 model with 2.0 TDi 103kw engine and manual gearbox. Had 177 000 km (about 110 000 miles) when I bought it, now it has almost 210 000 km (130 000 miles) and runs well so far with no problems at all. It really is a good looking car and you don't see many of them around here in Czechia where I live.
Lovely cars, i owned a 2006 2 litre pdi 6 speed, had it for 8 and a half years. The only fault in that time was a misplaced top strut mount replaced under warranty. Still on the original brake discs pads and even the battery when i sold it at a still low 60k miles. Happy new year.
That 7 speed DSG has a dry clutch. Thus the clutch wear doesn’t contaminate the oil. It doesn’t need a service any more than any manual gearbox and in my experience they’re fairly reliable. The thing to watch out for is the clutch, because it’s right at the torque limit with the 1.6 tdi. I’d be careful if it’s a car with this drivetrain + a tow bar and/or a remap
@@khelgarironfist3301 As far as I know, anything with less than 250 NM of torque still uses the 7-Speed dry clutch DSG to this day. The gearbox is called "DQ200", if you wan't to google it.
I really enjoy these "I bought a cheap....." videos & always hold my breath that the outcome will be good! In this case, you've totally transformed the car & given that it's 12 yrs old, it looks great. These type of automatics are, I think, quite rare & given that I have at least 3 friends who couldn't pass their test in a manual but managed to do so in an automatic, there could be a market for this vehicle out there. Good luck with the Seat & thanks for the great videos which get better all the time!
I'm with you these DSG boxes can be the work of the devil but a neighbour's daughter has an Octavia 2008 owned from new with one. Her repairer tells her the gearbox will be the thing that kills it, but the last time I saw the car it was due to clock up 300,000 miles and still working!!!
Cheap little AUTOMATIC cars are always good sellers. My experience of these cars with the auto I'd retail it. Although the mileage is at the point where you could start getting gearbox faults. That said its not a sporty one so gearbox won't of been abused. You tend to see gearbox issues on the more sporty ones
Great video Matt, and made me view Seats in a whole new light. You’re right they are good looking. I wonder if this would make a nice raffle prize? If it breaks there’s not much downside for the winner, but I’m sure many people would enter the raffle for the prospect of a bargain as it is a lot of car.
Retail it Matt - you’ve gone through it properly and the gearbox drives well too; you’ve even done front & rear disks and pads! It will make a great car for someone needing an auto and should sell well. Can’t see the point of trading it when you’ve done (or paid for), all that work…
It's impressive how rust has become less and less of a concern in recent years. My cousin bought a 12 year old VW Golf III in 2008, and it was more rust than paint (not really, but it was very bad). Nowadays one can buy a 15 year old car and it's still in decent shape.
Great videos Matt keep it up. Those leons where a great car in their day. General rule of thumb on DSGs any of the lower powered cars will always use this the 7-speed dry gearbox. These are the ones that can be jerky and give issues. In fact they dont even have a service interval. VW will tell you they are sealed for life. The 6 speed wet clutch (which is what you would find in the 2.0 diesel) is a much more robust unit. They have a service interval of every 40k.
Yaa that's the trouble with the DQ200, I wonder if it's cuz it's dry clutch, that's the reason VW doesn't want the oil changed cuz essentially it's a manual box with dry clutches and a mechatronic computer unit to control it and I don't hear manual gearbox oils being changed often do u
Great video as always Matt :) Leon has scrubbed up well and nice colour too :) I used to have an A3 as a Company car with that same drive train (1.6 TDi & DQ 200 7 speed dry clutch DSG) It got driven fairly hard for 4 years / 100k and never has any issues with the box at all. I have same gearbox now in my Mk 3 Leon 1.8 Petrol and also fine but only 12k on that car so far. Its not the strongest DSG as someone already said and its torque limited to 250NM so only ever goes in the VAG cars with engines under 2 litres. From doing my own research I found 2 common failure points mentioned a lot, mechatronics unit failure & clutch packs wearing out, the latter of course will depend on how its been driven, i.e. letting car creep with foot half on brake will cause clutch wear on these gearboxes as they use a more traditional style clutch and not a torque converter, so maybe confirm costs with your gearbox people and weight it up from there based on worse case scenario....
I think you should trade it. Less hassle. Your mechanic and dent guys must be good friends because those prices seem quite reasonable compared to what I’m used to.
I had a 2017 Seat Leon 1.4 fr,it's one of the best cars I've ever had,it was a bit low to get into,but once in & seated it fit like a glove. It was pacey handle corners brilliantly & it was a great looking car,I'd rather have it compared too the Golf,it's got better ,looks & I'd say handling as well great motor.!
With proper servicing the DSG boxes are great. I’ve had several without problems. My current one is on 192k, but I change the DSG fluid and filter every 35-38k.
another top top video. Matt doesnt forget his bread and butter. So many channels start off with budget cars then move on to 10k plus cars. Matt has the occasional pricey car but doesnt ignore the cheap and cheerful motors. Brilliantly made, always love the thinking out loud. Gotta be worth 2750 at least
I've a 2017 golf with the same gearbox and it's on 80k with no previous servicing done on it and it's still running smooth and whenever I asked a VW specialist near me, they said they wouldn't bother servicing it but I'm hearing some people would advice on changing the gear oil
Would u consider getting it serviced and is Ur gearbox changing gears smoothly? In mines, u can feel it change down when slowing down on a hill but people say that's a dry clutch characteristic
@@rejoicerone3176 yeah it’s nice and smooth still, granted I commute 70-80 miles a day so using the 7th gear mostly. No need to worry about getting it serviced unless it starts to get really sluggish, Vw themselves say it’s a “sealed for life” box
@@mohammedkahaf2428 Which you shoulnd't believe, if the box gets sluggish servicing it might actually not help with it. My volvo from 2004 with geartronic also should be sealed for life but if you dont service the gearbox youre gonna end up with broken transmission sooner than later.
@@jaskajokunen3716 mines isn't sluggish, changes gear super fast, like u can feel the 1st to 2nd gearshift when car is cold but smoothes out when the gearbox and engine is warm
Great video as always, personally I wouldn't trust those VW/Audi group autos as far as I could throw them, along with the ford powershift boxes. Id trade it, make a tidy few hundred quid's profit and be done with it. If you sell it off the forecourt at that mileage something will break, gearbox or otherwise, and then you are the one who has to pay to fix it, just my opinion.
Another quality video Matt, the Seat looks great after all your efforts. If it were me I’d retail it at £2995. Can’t worry too much about ifs and buts. The auto box was working well before and now it’s had a service it should.....be fine. Keep up the good work👍
Looks pretty good, I'd retail it and tell the customer to watch the video so that they are forewarned! I do sometimes wonder with these neglected cars whether they can truly be turned around, or whether the years of neglect will still show through within a few months in some way. I think I'd sooner hunt around and find one that hasn't needed a load of catch up maintenance, if I was buying.
£3495 with a three month warranty Matt, think that’s as far as you can go with one that age.My mate had one be wary of a injector failure, Seat wanted£500 for the injector alone, put a can of cleaner through it and hopefully ok.
Great content as usual only thing I disagree with is budget tyres if your not doing performance speeds and the state of the current roads set of 4 budgets £170/200 fitted just replace again once down to 3mm or 2mm I buy budgets and get good wear out of them instead of a mid range but no issues on spending on full service every 10k
I put a set of 4x 175/65 R15 4 M+S THREE-A P306 on my car,it has good ratings and cost £160,it drives great. On my older car was Dunlop Street Response 2 - 175/65R14 82T and 4 of them cost the same.
Hi Matt, I'd say price it right at the upper end of market value to discourage the rif-raf who want a car for free and don't understand the word "used". Then, when you find someone who's reasonable and is considering it because they recognize value, you have room to negotiate. Good luck!
This is awesome, Leon’s are undoubtedly my favourite car, between brand and style ever since my dad had the Mk1 pd150 cupra, I even have a white mk2 myself. It’s great to see one restored to its former glory, cleaned up great!
My wife ran one of these for years. loved borrowing it and going for a blast in it. was the 2.0tdi 150bhp model that some young whipper snapper had remapped prior to us buying it. was quick car
Nice looked after car Matt.. probably on a tight budget so could only afford cheap tyres. one at a time.... been there .ha ha.. Always preferred the gen 1 shape.. Cupra of course..
Nice Golfs these, it should be easily retailed with today's market trends. What I never got with Seat is what exactly was/is VW group thinking; Skoda = 'cheap' VW (although they messed that up too), Audi = premium VW,.. Seat is supposed to be the 'youthful', in-between-VW and Skoda option but since they already overlap like 90%, is it worth holding up a whole car lineup just for the Spanish market...🙄
I have one of these. A 2012 1.4 TSI with a manual, similar mileage, and I had it from new. When I bought it, I wanted a manual turbo VW golf. A manual because of reliability concerns. The only option was the GTI and it was too much money. I must say, after that long, and that many miles, it still drives same as new, minus the carbon buildup on the valves I have yet to address, and shows itself as lack of power in low rpm.
I would retail, it is a Volkswagon and unlikely to cause problems in the short term at least. I always wonder why people opt for cheap tyres on their cars, it is a major visible sign saying I am a cheapskate in case you didn't know.
Been watching these videos for a bit and Im not an overly car person but there a good insight into what to look for etc. HOwever one thing always gets me, what is the dislike for non matching / non branded tyres?
I live in southern Spain so see a lot of these on the roads. I think SEAT is such an underrated brand. I bought a gen 3 Leon new in 2020 for just under 16,000€ with a 5 year guarantee and 5 years free servicing . It has the 1.5 litre petrol engine and a nice slick manual box and is a great car to drive. I've driven the gen 4 model too but didn't like it as much as mine so won't be trading mine in for the foreseeable future.
Hi matt, Looks like you've found a diamond in the rough there. Good price too. As I have only got an automatic licence here in the uk, the prices of automatic cars are currently astronomical as you know. Great work as always and happy new year!
13:00 I've also found out that a service book can be stamped by a local garage and still be fake myself unfortunately. Got stamps for dates in 2020, 2021 and 2022 for mileages that don't line up with the MOT history at all so that's something else to look out for.
Prefer the Altea XL which is based on the Leon, you can do some nice adaptions to these cars and the Altea using VCDS - enable needle sweep/test and fog lights on turning etc.
Hey Matt! You done a fab job spinning around The Sociedad Golf!! It looks fantastic after just over £500 spent on it. Watching your videos is an education for myself too!! Thanks.
I know what I’d do….sell it for as much as possible, especially now you’ve sorted most of its issues, I used to own a Vw specialist centre upto quite recently and trust me those boxes are garbage but they don’t usually go instantly they seem to deteriorate over time
This is a new manufacturer for me but it does look like quite a decent model. You certainly put some time and effort into producing these videos. You have earned your success. I enjoy the cheap cars as much as the expensive ones and I don't think I'm Robinson Crusoe as far as that is concerned. Please keep them coming.
Happy New Year, Matt! Great watch. RETAIL! This looks all right and you have - at your own admission - retailed worse than this. You said a few vid's back that the market is very buoyant for cheap cars right now. Go on .... do someone a good turn!
Hello Matt. 100% retail, this car deserves a forecourt spot for sure. Your reputation and honest videos, would surely ensure all buyers you are selling in good faith that the car is strong.... For the money this is a great car and with things as they are right now, if someone offered you 1000 cars in the same condition for the same initial trade in value with a little prep and financial outley..... you'd have a good start to the year and you'd sell a lot of these older, high mileage but still strong cars.... Mix these cars in with some newer higher valued stock and I'm sure you'd have a recipe for success. As always great video and assessment of cars.... Keep up the great work Matt and get this car on the forecourt 👍 Muchas Gracias y Feliz Ano Nuevo para usted!
Hi Matt ! Happy New Year 2023 ! Where do you find these amazing value for money cars (no irony mate ) ?! Gumtree by any chance ?! Seriously... Greetings from Romania !
I had an se copa 2010 with a stage 1 map on it and was a beautiful car and also had a pfl 2.0 bkd dsg and I beat on it daily and never ever had an dsg problem super strong gearbox and it had over 204k miles on it. Only serviced every 4000 miles. Mk2 have their issues (door locks leak water electrical issues there’s a list) but for a grand that’s a steel. No worth 4 maybe 3 tops when you can get an Fr for 3.5.
Hi Matt! You know a good car when you see one, follow your gut - it's a clean, desirable, decent spec automatic which bring a premium. Let them know about the DIY armrest, and retail it - after negotiations, it's a £3k car all day long!
Looks like a really good car and definitely worth the money, hopefully that slow start was due to a slightly flat battery and not the dreaded injectors issues that plagued the 1.6CR TDi
Consider doing a video on retailing used cars in England. Here in the US a used car is taxed on the total sale price, most states vary but 500 miles or 15 days is the minimum warranty some dealers give more and there are aftermarket warranty companies but their coverage only kicks in after the dealers warranty expires. You mention MOT while some states here have a safety inspection, some have emissions and some have both however with dealer plates we can test drive anything even if safety or emissions is expired. Now most states have basic requirements like good tires and working lights and speedometer some states really don't enforce it. Also discuss what shop labor rates are, it seems your shop labor is cheap here in the US labor is $100-150/hr
Hi Matt, this was my first car very similar mine was the 2012 SE Copa DSG 1.6 TDI. I done 35k miles im 18 months 😂 this video brought me right back. I Remember convincing my parents I need the top of the range one (apart from FR so I can have the xenon and rear LED lights) as it’ll be easy to see on country roads 😂 what a con but it worked! Many many many miles in this thing loved it. Unfortunately it got wrote off by a drunk driver (I still have a sore neck) NX12 VFU it was I miss it so much wonder where it is now 😀
What a great rescue and a decent little motor with loads of life left in it if the next owners take a little pride in it and service regularly. Only downside is that auto box so I won't be beating down your door to do a swap for my manual Golf 🤣 I'm sure which ever way you decide to move this on you're in the money 👍
Nice car but yeah I've had my issues with VW DSG boxes. By the way your Spanish is excellent, really good pronunciation. From the few words you spoke you sounded like a native.
Another great video! A great insight into your world. Not sure I'd like the stress and overheads myself mind but I'd love to drive all the cars you do. Hopefully you might do some follow up videos or UA-cam shorts of if and when you sold various cars. Keep up the good work! 👍
I bought the seat Leon ex demo car. It was the 1.2 tsi with the btcc body kit on. Great little car it was, always missed it! Dealer didn’t even know it was SEATS UK demo car, showed him it on their UA-cam channel
Hi Matt. Great video as always. Any chance of some follow up info on sales of these cars. What you end up selling them for etc... Your very open and honest but I understand if you want to keep that sort of info confidential.
I daily one of these. My dad bought it new, and it is on nearly 200K miles now. It's pretty battered now but you can set your watch by it, has the older 1.9TDI in it, cockroach car it is, probably never die. It has four odd, cheap tyres on it too, but it's always had oil changes in due time. Yours should do someone a turn hopefully.
Easily worth 3k. My mum has a 61 plate FR+ and doesn’t have heated seats. Unfortunately unknown to me she hasn’t serviced it in about 5 years done very little millage but I had no idea so I took the car and did a huge service myself. Shame really as she had the car from new and just didn’t care for maintenance. Also I think this one has adaptive bi xenons so that’s an awesome spec car you’ve got there!
Those dry clutch dsg can be reliable, id retail it but educate the purchaser on not sitting in traffic burning the clutch pack out, however I’m sure you know already what’s best.
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Looks mechanically sound, no rust, good spec, nice colour, and everything works. It's worth a spot on the forecourt 👍
Apart from 10:18
Also suffer serious injector problems
@@robloxfan4271 mine has 2 cup holders there, instead of arm rest, maybe whole thing is DIY and can be thrown out.
@@robloxfan4271armrest isn’t a factory item it’s been added after
Hey! I’m 30 years old, passed my test 5 years ago and got my first car today ( used to live in London ). Anyway, your channel has been so helpful for me, and used so many of your tips when picking a car out. Thanks so much man
Congrats! Drive safe
Hello from Bucharest, love your 'cheap car' series more than the 'expensives'! 🙂
Hi. I've never been to Romania. Glad you like them!
Ce faci?
@@HighPeakAutos you should go but not to Bucharest
@@shanginadildo what about Budapest.
@@Sam-gw5pl yeah Budapest is nice, I'd recommend a boat trip down the danube River.
I’d defo retail that for £3995 with the hope of getting between £3500-3900. It cleaned up really well and had a great spec. I reckon it would be gone in a few weeks. You’ve done as much as anyone should expect a used car dealer to do for that price: full MOT with no advisories, service including gearbox service (which I’ve never heard of a used car dealer EVER doing that voluntarily!) and dents repaired were possible. That should make somebody a really nice runaround. Let’s us know the outcome 👍🏻
Exactly my point too. I think he puts himself in the same position as a buyer, what would he expect out of the car, which its very very rare to find in people as most are selling cars and hiding soo much from you.
Hi Matt,
Great video as always returning longevity to a car that can easily be corrected through reasonable car maintenance. Cheers.
Thanks!
Looks smart and tidy, good colour as well. I think it's well worth a place on the forecourt, new test and service. Not going to hang around for long at a realistic price. Nice one Matt.
Totally agree
@@HighPeakAutos, so you’ve made up your mind; forecourt?
@@HighPeakAutos I'd still get the gearbox checked, then forecourt at £4,000. Winner.
@@break1722 find me one for that price and I’ll buy it
I've spent around 15 years around the SEAT brand as an admin of an owners club, I've had two MK2 Leon's as well. That car is a MK2 Facelift model, it has a few "rare" extras on it such as the armrest and the door sill guards with "SEAT Sport" on them. In today's market worth 3k all day long with all the maintenance done. My old 2010 MK2 Cupra R had a dent on the door in that sport and the local guy managed to get it out.
I reckon that's an aftermarket arm rest ?
@@jordangeoffrey nope it was a genuine part , £120 iirc
@@AndrewJB
Fair play, they're definitely missing them when they don't have them
@@jordangeoffrey yeh it's a must have on the MK2
You know anywhere I can get one? I've looked before but only found ebay specials would rather have oem if possible
Love this car, the colour on this one is also really nice. I have one from the same year, 2010. It's a 1.4TSI manual and it's running smoothly as ever. Bought it 3 years ago with 146.000km on the clock. Today it has 234.000km on the clock. I love driving this thing as you can see and living in the Netherlands we took it for a trip to Germany and France quite often. Serviced every 15.000km and it pays me back every time I'm taking it for a drive. The only complaint I would have is the interior of this generation has a lot of hard plastics. But other than that, loving it!
How funny. I sold my 2010 1.4 TSI manual leon 3 years ago with roughly 145000 km to a dealer that would export it. Is it imported?
i liked the design of this era of Seat Leon too, quite stylish and a bit different from most of the Euro boxes! Great transformation inside and out, that grey colour looks very smart and suits the car. I would be tempted to retail it although I know it could come back to bite you particularly in the first few months.
Happy New Year Matt, great videos every week, brilliant and honest reviews.
Glad you like them!
Hi Matt, a conundrum! As you have reservations over the gearbox from my point of view I would trade it. It could be fine but, this is your livelihood. Otherwise another good looking car you've saved for someone with the right mindset to take on. Keep up the good work.
My wife has a 61 1.6tdi and its such a good car - 155k miles and not rattles or squeaks - Happy New Year .
Pleased to hear it
Used to pick these up a few years ago for 1 or 2 grand,mainly the TSI petrol and they sell on quite well.There isn't a specific gearbox service on the dry clutch 7 speed DSG though they use mineral oil,changed mine about 80k.I would retail it and ebay could source you a DSG or mechatronics for about a grand if the worse comes to the worse,the VW 1.6 is quite a dull engine but should do 50 MPG easily enough.£2495 could be your car of the week LOL.
This generation of 1.6 diesel much sweeter than later generations of the engine. The 2.0 is more fun though
@@paultasker7788 ya my golf 2017 1.6tdi DSG is quite noisy actually, don't know if it's cuz it's DSG tho
Also, mine has done 80k so far too and the shift quality isn't the smoothest, did u change the oil in the mechatronics unit and the gearbox itself?
Don't SEAT say you need to replace the DSG oil change every 40k miles?
@@ToxCcc that's with the wet clutch gearboxes
I bought one like this 2 years ago. Same color, same wheels, similar spec (copa edition) with heated seats, navigation etc., but 2011 model with 2.0 TDi 103kw engine and manual gearbox.
Had 177 000 km (about 110 000 miles) when I bought it, now it has almost 210 000 km (130 000 miles) and runs well so far with no problems at all. It really is a good looking car and you don't see many of them around here in Czechia where I live.
Lovely cars, i owned a 2006 2 litre pdi 6 speed, had it for 8 and a half years. The only fault in that time was a misplaced top strut mount replaced under warranty. Still on the original brake discs pads and even the battery when i sold it at a still low 60k miles. Happy new year.
Hi Matt. love to see the cheaper end cars (affordable ones ). keep coming
That 7 speed DSG has a dry clutch. Thus the clutch wear doesn’t contaminate the oil. It doesn’t need a service any more than any manual gearbox and in my experience they’re fairly reliable. The thing to watch out for is the clutch, because it’s right at the torque limit with the 1.6 tdi. I’d be careful if it’s a car with this drivetrain + a tow bar and/or a remap
Is this the same DSG thet VW group use these days with 1.5 tsi? This engine also has a similar torque.
@@khelgarironfist3301 As far as I know, anything with less than 250 NM of torque still uses the 7-Speed dry clutch DSG to this day. The gearbox is called "DQ200", if you wan't to google it.
I really enjoy these "I bought a cheap....." videos & always hold my breath that the outcome will be good! In this case, you've totally transformed the car & given that it's 12 yrs old, it looks great. These type of automatics are, I think, quite rare & given that I have at least 3 friends who couldn't pass their test in a manual but managed to do so in an automatic, there could be a market for this vehicle out there. Good luck with the Seat & thanks for the great videos which get better all the time!
Nice one Matt. The cheapies are always the best videos! Hope this one goes well for you financially whatever you decide. All the best from Frankfurt.
Thanks!
I'm with you these DSG boxes can be the work of the devil but a neighbour's daughter has an Octavia 2008 owned from new with one. Her repairer tells her the gearbox will be the thing that kills it, but the last time I saw the car it was due to clock up 300,000 miles and still working!!!
What litre engine and petrol or diesel?
@@wakaflockaproject 2ltr diesel I think if not the 1.9 and its still going!!!
Cheap little AUTOMATIC cars are always good sellers. My experience of these cars with the auto I'd retail it. Although the mileage is at the point where you could start getting gearbox faults. That said its not a sporty one so gearbox won't of been abused. You tend to see gearbox issues on the more sporty ones
Automatic cars always command a premium as well as there’s fewer of them!
Great video Matt, and made me view Seats in a whole new light. You’re right they are good looking. I wonder if this would make a nice raffle prize? If it breaks there’s not much downside for the winner, but I’m sure many people would enter the raffle for the prospect of a bargain as it is a lot of car.
I'd buy a ticket! When my welder sees my twenty-three-year-old Fiesta coming in for its M.O.T. he hides!
@@stuarthall6631 🤣🤣
Retail it Matt - you’ve gone through it properly and the gearbox drives well too; you’ve even done front & rear disks and pads! It will make a great car for someone needing an auto and should sell well. Can’t see the point of trading it when you’ve done (or paid for), all that work…
I've been watching the Qashqai video over and over again! This video is so good, thanks for the good videos😀keep it up
Haha Thank you so much 😀
@@HighPeakAutos No problem :) Gonna keep watching the qashqai video because why not 🤣
It's impressive how rust has become less and less of a concern in recent years. My cousin bought a 12 year old VW Golf III in 2008, and it was more rust than paint (not really, but it was very bad). Nowadays one can buy a 15 year old car and it's still in decent shape.
Great spec for a Leon, I would be quite happy with that (that arm rest would be coming straight out though)
Great videos Matt keep it up. Those leons where a great car in their day. General rule of thumb on DSGs any of the lower powered cars will always use this the 7-speed dry gearbox. These are the ones that can be jerky and give issues. In fact they dont even have a service interval. VW will tell you they are sealed for life.
The 6 speed wet clutch (which is what you would find in the 2.0 diesel) is a much more robust unit. They have a service interval of every 40k.
Yaa that's the trouble with the DQ200, I wonder if it's cuz it's dry clutch, that's the reason VW doesn't want the oil changed cuz essentially it's a manual box with dry clutches and a mechatronic computer unit to control it and I don't hear manual gearbox oils being changed often do u
Great video as always Matt :) Leon has scrubbed up well and nice colour too :) I used to have an A3 as a Company car with that same drive train (1.6 TDi & DQ 200 7 speed dry clutch DSG) It got driven fairly hard for 4 years / 100k and never has any issues with the box at all. I have same gearbox now in my Mk 3 Leon 1.8 Petrol and also fine but only 12k on that car so far. Its not the strongest DSG as someone already said and its torque limited to 250NM so only ever goes in the VAG cars with engines under 2 litres. From doing my own research I found 2 common failure points mentioned a lot, mechatronics unit failure & clutch packs wearing out, the latter of course will depend on how its been driven, i.e. letting car creep with foot half on brake will cause clutch wear on these gearboxes as they use a more traditional style clutch and not a torque converter, so maybe confirm costs with your gearbox people and weight it up from there based on worse case scenario....
The vag cars over 2 litres do not use the gearbox for that reason don’t be scared to go for one
Love these videos , a full review , then the decisions. And “I’ll see you in a few days” Three weeks later 😮😮. Great format,Matt , keep em coming 👍
Its always the same story. Things drag on and I'm always busy :)
Only two unheard of tyre brands. Certainly an education every time I come here! That came together well, but I get your hesitation.
Doing this job opened my eyes too
I think you should trade it. Less hassle. Your mechanic and dent guys must be good friends because those prices seem quite reasonable compared to what I’m used to.
I had a 2017 Seat Leon 1.4 fr,it's one of the best cars I've ever had,it was a bit low to get into,but once in & seated it fit like a glove. It was pacey handle corners brilliantly & it was a great looking car,I'd rather have it compared too the Golf,it's got better ,looks & I'd say handling as well great motor.!
With proper servicing the DSG boxes are great. I’ve had several without problems. My current one is on 192k, but I change the DSG fluid and filter every 35-38k.
Do u have a DQ200 box?
Same I'm on 172k 2015 2 litre diesel mapped. I've always serviced it every 40k
another top top video. Matt doesnt forget his bread and butter. So many channels start off with budget cars then move on to 10k plus cars. Matt has the occasional pricey car but doesnt ignore the cheap and cheerful motors.
Brilliantly made, always love the thinking out loud. Gotta be worth 2750 at least
Thanks. I appreciate that!
Honestly, I enjoy these videos a lot more than the latest million dollar sports car that I’ll never own.
Love they way you go straight to the tyres. Cheap tyres often say a lot about the owner of a car.
I’ve got the same 7 speed DQ200 (dry clutch) DSG in my MK6 Golf and it’s mint at 130k miles now. I think there’s some good money in this Leon 👍🏻
I've a 2017 golf with the same gearbox and it's on 80k with no previous servicing done on it and it's still running smooth and whenever I asked a VW specialist near me, they said they wouldn't bother servicing it but I'm hearing some people would advice on changing the gear oil
Would u consider getting it serviced and is Ur gearbox changing gears smoothly? In mines, u can feel it change down when slowing down on a hill but people say that's a dry clutch characteristic
@@rejoicerone3176 yeah it’s nice and smooth still, granted I commute 70-80 miles a day so using the 7th gear mostly. No need to worry about getting it serviced unless it starts to get really sluggish, Vw themselves say it’s a “sealed for life” box
@@mohammedkahaf2428 Which you shoulnd't believe, if the box gets sluggish servicing it might actually not help with it. My volvo from 2004 with geartronic also should be sealed for life but if you dont service the gearbox youre gonna end up with broken transmission sooner than later.
@@jaskajokunen3716 mines isn't sluggish, changes gear super fast, like u can feel the 1st to 2nd gearshift when car is cold but smoothes out when the gearbox and engine is warm
Great video as always, personally I wouldn't trust those VW/Audi group autos as far as I could throw them, along with the ford powershift boxes. Id trade it, make a tidy few hundred quid's profit and be done with it. If you sell it off the forecourt at that mileage something will break, gearbox or otherwise, and then you are the one who has to pay to fix it, just my opinion.
Happy new year Matt thanks for the entertainment 🎉 cheers
No problem 👍 Happy New Year
I adore your cheap car purchase vids. Your professionalism and grounded intelligence is admirable. Very well done mate :)
Wow, thanks. Glad you like them!
Three weeks later.... in French.... another resurrected beauty.... tis is a cool.... 😍🤩🥰🙏.
Turns out the auto models are incredibly rare! Might be worth a go with a retail sale.
Didn't know they existed
I´m thrilled to bits with Matt´s spanish !
Gracias ☺️
Another quality video Matt, the Seat looks great after all your efforts. If it were me I’d retail it at £2995. Can’t worry too much about ifs and buts. The auto box was working well before and now it’s had a service it should.....be fine. Keep up the good work👍
I have the same year car with similar miles. had it since 36k and has never needed a new gearbox or clutch. Still going strong! LOVE the DSG
Looks pretty good, I'd retail it and tell the customer to watch the video so that they are forewarned! I do sometimes wonder with these neglected cars whether they can truly be turned around, or whether the years of neglect will still show through within a few months in some way. I think I'd sooner hunt around and find one that hasn't needed a load of catch up maintenance, if I was buying.
*Espero que esté bien 😉 buen video Matt como siempre. Saludos desde Murcia (un guiri viviendo en España)
Un saludo!
£3495 with a three month warranty Matt, think that’s as far as you can go with one that age.My mate had one be wary of a injector failure, Seat wanted£500 for the injector alone, put a can of cleaner through it and hopefully ok.
Great content as usual only thing I disagree with is budget tyres if your not doing performance speeds and the state of the current roads set of 4 budgets £170/200 fitted just replace again once down to 3mm or 2mm I buy budgets and get good wear out of them instead of a mid range but no issues on spending on full service every 10k
I put a set of 4x 175/65 R15 4 M+S THREE-A P306 on my car,it has good ratings and cost £160,it drives great. On my older car was Dunlop Street Response 2 - 175/65R14 82T and 4 of them cost the same.
nephew just bought one of these a 1.2 tsi auto dsg here in Bradford 2010 for £3795 yesterday.
Hi Matt, I'd say price it right at the upper end of market value to discourage the rif-raf who want a car for free and don't understand the word "used". Then, when you find someone who's reasonable and is considering it because they recognize value, you have room to negotiate. Good luck!
I,m pleased with my 2008 1.6 petrol manual Seat Leon Reference (basic model) - A very reliable car and cheap to run.
Good looking cars too
This is awesome, Leon’s are undoubtedly my favourite car, between brand and style ever since my dad had the Mk1 pd150 cupra, I even have a white mk2 myself. It’s great to see one restored to its former glory, cleaned up great!
My wife ran one of these for years. loved borrowing it and going for a blast in it. was the 2.0tdi 150bhp model that some young whipper snapper had remapped prior to us buying it. was quick car
I have a leon 1.6 TDI ecomotion and I love it, best car I ever had 99k on the clock only serviced and tyres, brakes since I owned it!
Nice looked after car Matt.. probably on a tight budget so could only afford cheap tyres. one at a time.... been there .ha ha.. Always preferred the gen 1 shape.. Cupra of course..
Nice Golfs these, it should be easily retailed with today's market trends.
What I never got with Seat is what exactly was/is VW group thinking; Skoda = 'cheap' VW (although they messed that up too), Audi = premium VW,.. Seat is supposed to be the 'youthful', in-between-VW and Skoda option but since they already overlap like 90%, is it worth holding up a whole car lineup just for the Spanish market...🙄
love All your videos about being a car dealer N the used cars you buy,all the best matt m8.
I have one of these. A 2012 1.4 TSI with a manual, similar mileage, and I had it from new.
When I bought it, I wanted a manual turbo VW golf. A manual because of reliability concerns. The only option was the GTI and it was too much money.
I must say, after that long, and that many miles, it still drives same as new, minus the carbon buildup on the valves I have yet to address, and shows itself as lack of power in low rpm.
Great video I have a 2007 1.6 platinum model with 126k. It's in great shape and always garaged
I would retail, it is a Volkswagon and unlikely to cause problems in the short term at least. I always wonder why people opt for cheap tyres on their cars, it is a major visible sign saying I am a cheapskate in case you didn't know.
Been watching these videos for a bit and Im not an overly car person but there a good insight into what to look for etc. HOwever one thing always gets me, what is the dislike for non matching / non branded tyres?
It's a bit of a bonus having all these cars bought from people who live right beside that car park.
I live in southern Spain so see a lot of these on the roads. I think SEAT is such an underrated brand. I bought a gen 3 Leon new in 2020 for just under 16,000€ with a 5 year guarantee and 5 years free servicing . It has the 1.5 litre petrol engine and a nice slick manual box and is a great car to drive. I've driven the gen 4 model too but didn't like it as much as mine so won't be trading mine in for the foreseeable future.
i seen this video by mistake and i knew i seen this car before untill i seen "high peak" like is exactly the area i live so gonna sub :)
Hi matt, Looks like you've found a diamond in the rough there. Good price too. As I have only got an automatic licence here in the uk, the prices of automatic cars are currently astronomical as you know. Great work as always and happy new year!
13:00 I've also found out that a service book can be stamped by a local garage and still be fake myself unfortunately. Got stamps for dates in 2020, 2021 and 2022 for mileages that don't line up with the MOT history at all so that's something else to look out for.
Decent start to the New Year Matt👍. Worth taking a chance on I think
Hi Matt
Did you replace or fix the arm rest ?? Great video as always. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Prefer the Altea XL which is based on the Leon, you can do some nice adaptions to these cars and the Altea using VCDS - enable needle sweep/test and fog lights on turning etc.
These are so addictive and I don't know why. I'm new to the channel and spent ages watching each one after the other!
Thank you! I appreciate it
@@HighPeakAutos No thank you they're great!
Hey Matt! You done a fab job spinning around The Sociedad Golf!! It looks fantastic after just over £500 spent on it. Watching your videos is an education for myself too!! Thanks.
Gracias
I know what I’d do….sell it for as much as possible, especially now you’ve sorted most of its issues, I used to own a Vw specialist centre upto quite recently and trust me those boxes are garbage but they don’t usually go instantly they seem to deteriorate over time
This is a new manufacturer for me but it does look like quite a decent model. You certainly put some time and effort into producing these videos. You have earned your success. I enjoy the cheap cars as much as the expensive ones and I don't think I'm Robinson Crusoe as far as that is concerned. Please keep them coming.
Great video as always.smart looking car.really enjoy these type of videos.well done matt
Happy New Year, Matt! Great watch. RETAIL! This looks all right and you have - at your own admission - retailed worse than this. You said a few vid's back that the market is very buoyant for cheap cars right now. Go on .... do someone a good turn!
Cheers! Happy new year!
Hello Matt.
100% retail, this car deserves a forecourt spot for sure. Your reputation and honest videos, would surely ensure all buyers you are selling in good faith that the car is strong....
For the money this is a great car and with things as they are right now, if someone offered you 1000 cars in the same condition for the same initial trade in value with a little prep and financial outley..... you'd have a good start to the year and you'd sell a lot of these older, high mileage but still strong cars.... Mix these cars in with some newer higher valued stock and I'm sure you'd have a recipe for success.
As always great video and assessment of cars....
Keep up the great work Matt and get this car on the forecourt 👍
Muchas Gracias y Feliz Ano Nuevo para usted!
Great story, everyone loves a cliff hanger! Good luck whatever you decide. I'd be bold and retail it. 👍👍
Hi Matt ! Happy New Year 2023 ! Where do you find these amazing value for money cars (no irony mate ) ?! Gumtree by any chance ?! Seriously... Greetings from Romania !
I had an se copa 2010 with a stage 1 map on it and was a beautiful car and also had a pfl 2.0 bkd dsg and I beat on it daily and never ever had an dsg problem super strong gearbox and it had over 204k miles on it. Only serviced every 4000 miles. Mk2 have their issues (door locks leak water electrical issues there’s a list) but for a grand that’s a steel. No worth 4 maybe 3 tops when you can get an Fr for 3.5.
7 speed DSG was very good nice overall car, EGR valve was it’s weak point I am on my second at 70000 miles
Honestly get exited whenever I see a new one of these videos posted 🤣 love them !
Hi Matt!
You know a good car when you see one, follow your gut - it's a clean, desirable, decent spec automatic which bring a premium. Let them know about the DIY armrest, and retail it - after negotiations, it's a £3k car all day long!
I think the MK1 was the prettiest, I loved my Cupra 180.
U ever seen a mk3
@@alanmarshall874 still not as pretty.
Hi Matt Great video I was attempting to buy seat Leon but the they keep on changing the shape I think the Skoda Octavia is still better as I got one
Looks like a really good car and definitely worth the money, hopefully that slow start was due to a slightly flat battery and not the dreaded injectors issues that plagued the 1.6CR TDi
Consider doing a video on retailing used cars in England. Here in the US a used car is taxed on the total sale price, most states vary but 500 miles or 15 days is the minimum warranty some dealers give more and there are aftermarket warranty companies but their coverage only kicks in after the dealers warranty expires.
You mention MOT while some states here have a safety inspection, some have emissions and some have both however with dealer plates we can test drive anything even if safety or emissions is expired.
Now most states have basic requirements like good tires and working lights and speedometer some states really don't enforce it.
Also discuss what shop labor rates are, it seems your shop labor is cheap here in the US labor is $100-150/hr
That car looks fantastic, I love these videos - glad you persevered despite the auto box .
Hi Matt, this was my first car very similar mine was the 2012 SE Copa DSG 1.6 TDI. I done 35k miles im 18 months 😂 this video brought me right back. I Remember convincing my parents I need the top of the range one (apart from FR so I can have the xenon and rear LED lights) as it’ll be easy to see on country roads 😂 what a con but it worked! Many many many miles in this thing loved it. Unfortunately it got wrote off by a drunk driver (I still have a sore neck) NX12 VFU it was I miss it so much wonder where it is now 😀
Did insurance pay you full price?
Result is superb, go with retail at a good price got a feeling luck will roll with you on this one
What a great rescue and a decent little motor with loads of life left in it if the next owners take a little pride in it and service regularly.
Only downside is that auto box so I won't be beating down your door to do a swap for my manual Golf 🤣
I'm sure which ever way you decide to move this on you're in the money 👍
Nice car but yeah I've had my issues with VW DSG boxes. By the way your Spanish is excellent, really good pronunciation. From the few words you spoke you sounded like a native.
Another great video! A great insight into your world. Not sure I'd like the stress and overheads myself mind but I'd love to drive all the cars you do. Hopefully you might do some follow up videos or UA-cam shorts of if and when you sold various cars. Keep up the good work! 👍
Hey caballero! love the Spanish drop's, keep them coming! Happy Kings Day! from Murcia!
I bought the seat Leon ex demo car. It was the 1.2 tsi with the btcc body kit on. Great little car it was, always missed it! Dealer didn’t even know it was SEATS UK demo car, showed him it on their UA-cam channel
Hi Matt. Great video as always. Any chance of some follow up info on sales of these cars. What you end up selling them for etc... Your very open and honest but I understand if you want to keep that sort of info confidential.
I daily one of these. My dad bought it new, and it is on nearly 200K miles now. It's pretty battered now but you can set your watch by it, has the older 1.9TDI in it, cockroach car it is, probably never die. It has four odd, cheap tyres on it too, but it's always had oil changes in due time. Yours should do someone a turn hopefully.
Easily worth 3k. My mum has a 61 plate FR+ and doesn’t have heated seats. Unfortunately unknown to me she hasn’t serviced it in about 5 years done very little millage but I had no idea so I took the car and did a huge service myself. Shame really as she had the car from new and just didn’t care for maintenance.
Also I think this one has adaptive bi xenons so that’s an awesome spec car you’ve got there!
Thats nice of you. Best way to keep it running properly
Matt, great honest video, happy new year, I'd forecourt it. love your videos
Those dry clutch dsg can be reliable, id retail it but educate the purchaser on not sitting in traffic burning the clutch pack out, however I’m sure you know already what’s best.
Totally agree with you about the golf boring
Happy new year Matt, great content! Trade it for 2 and a half . Some other dealer will jump at it.