That's what I was afraid of although I've got a B8 A4 TDI and only do about 8k but then that's probably double what she would do.

Shame cos it's a nice looking car and keeps the tax low. They do have a 60 plate 1.6 petrol but for 1k more but that's £150 tax. The £30 was appealing but then maybe the petrol would be more reliable....and quieter

I have done some research on that engine (which is fitted to a huge range of vehicles from Citroen, Peugeot and Ford) in the past regarding a small van. What I found is that while the engine can be very reliable, it very much depends on how well it has been serviced and maintained. Which is of course very difficult to find out when buying used.

Does not get away from the question of why you’d be looking at buying a diesel when covering such a small mileage?, that makes no sense at all, even if there wasn’t question marks over reliability!. And worrying about the extra £2.30 per week tax the 1.6 petrol would cost over the diesel also seems particularly short sighted given how much bigger the potential bills for fixing something on a diesel would be over a n/a petrol. But sticking with that 1.6 petrol, i was under the impression that engine was only available as an auto, which in the case of the mk7 Fiesta, would be the notoriously unreliable Powershift dual clutch automated manual. If that is the case, then it definitely needs to be avoided.

For the best reliability on a Fiesta mk7, you want the 1.25 or 1.4 petrol as mentioned. These were developed by Yamaha and are cracking engines with much better reliability than the 1.0 Ecoboost.

Just found another Titanium with the 1.4 petrol engine, 52k on a 2010. Looks nice and hopefully a good option