leon mk3 184 tdi. what's it like to live with ?

hi smeghead and welcome.
ive had a 16 plate golf and currently drive the tdi 184 on a 17 plate.
all I can say is that i wish i had looked at the leon before I had the golf.
the leon looks better and overall it was a much better package and a lot cheaper.i have a lot more kit as standard on the leon compared to the golf gt.
don't get me wrong the golf had some very nice touches inside and in places you can tell but in areas where it doesn't matter. the seat imho is a cracking motor and is miles ahead in quality to my previous cars like ford etc!! and I'm not being biast because I own a leon.im forever getting comments on how good the led lights look.i just say to people it has the Spanish flair with german enginnering(I calls mine the FRD)as it uses the gtd engine lol!!!
I'm getting better mpg on my leon(47.7mpg) than I was on my golf tsi 150(38.6mpg) and its quicker too lol!!!

I drive a 184 st dsg and regularly get over 54mpg on a run - drops off quite a bit round town. Its plenty quick enough - the dsg also sets it off as welll

You have to consider a few things before buying a diesel over a petrol. Firstly, the FR 184 is some £2000 more than the FR 180 petrol and diesel is the more expensive fuel although the price gap is much narrower now than some years ago - on average, it’s only about 2.5p per litre more as opposed to around 8 - 10 pence some years ago. The main thing to consider though is the mileage and type of driving you’re going to do. If you’re doing a lot of motorway miles, then diesel is best. If, however, you’re doing shorter journeys and more town driving then petrol is better. Diesels, even with their DPFs, are more polluting with higher NOx emissions. Further, if you do lots of town driving with a modern diesel, you’ll end up knackering the DPF. I know a few people who have suffered from this and their replacement costs, if regeneration fails, are the thick end of £800 - £1000. My wife changed jobs a while ago which meant more shorter journeys and more town driving so we bought her an Ibiza FR 1.4 150 ACT petrol to replace her FR TDi 143. Cracking little car which does over 55mpg on a run and no DPF woes around town. I recently had a Golf GTD as a hire car and aside from the massive performance difference between it and my Golf R, I was unimpressed with its mpg in comparison and found the narrow performance band a pain - it really had to be worked in comparison as the R has a massively wide power band. Either way, hope you find the right car for you!


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the 184 is a good car. Good performance plus 50mpg.

are you doing enough miles to justify the diesel?

Also the Golf might hold onto it's value better. Something to consider.

Brill Car & the 184Tdi is as easy to live with as any other afaik
had mine for nearly 3 years now. long term ave of 54mpg after 20,000miles
aslong as it stays @ £20 roadtax its going nowhere.

Almost had my fr184tdi a year and love it, big jump from my 2010 Ibiza fr 143 2.0 tdi.
I can be a bit of a hard driver but still get 42mpg, most I've had is 62mpg.
Time for a remap soon, with people getting 210-230 bhp, 450-500nm, would definitely surprise a few people .

A month ago I swapped an Astra GTC 165 diesel for my FR 184 diesel and the difference is staggering. I love it!

The engine is amazingly flexible (into 6th at 45) and I’m getting an indicated 54mpg (actual 52).

I have to use diesel as my commute is 160 miles a day and I love the torquey nature of the engine.

The car is fairly well screwed together and very well equipped (I managed to find a used one with a winter pack).

I can’t really fault it so far and I’ve done 3500 miles in a month.


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