Seat Leon/A3/Golf range with low-ish powered diesel - loads available ex-lease at auctions for buttons. The vast majority get serviced on time and you can soon rule out any turds at auction just by looking round them and ignoring the scruffy ones.
Go for a manual if your route isn't too congested - less to go wrong and if it costs you a clutch during your ownership it won't break the bank.
Learn to drive it in a way that reduces wear and tear and you'll have lower repair bills as a result.
The old PD 1.9 will go on for 200k miles with relative ease and the only nightmare scenario is an injector failing which will cost you a leg, unless VW group are still paying out for any repairs needed as they were last year?
The later 2.0 CR diesel is much nicer than the PD but it's also much newer. If you really want that one then the best home for it is an Octavia vRS.
I'd be tempted to buy at 3 years old and aim to keep it for 3 years or less at those kind of miles.
Take out roadside assistance with homestart etc so you're never left in the lurch and a warranty if you can get one at that annual mileage.
If you can live with rent-a-shed interiors then go for something French (PSA, not Renault) or Ford and run it till it dies, then buy another. A million taxi drivers can't be wrong.......
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