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I had a 1.9Tdi A4 estate, one of the best cars I have had!! 50ish to the Gallon, went like stink(AFN Engine code, 110 hp), If I could afford another (Mortgage!!!) I would buy one NOW! My mate has a TDCI Mondeo, I was suprised at how well it went, even though its an Ex Taxi with 336,000 miles, but If it were up to me, it would be anpther A4, a Passat, Mk4 Golf.... or an Octavia?
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2003 Honda Accord Wagon
1963 Buick Riviera x1 1/2
1964 Cortina Estate
1932 Ford Tudor sedan
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The Missus
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1968 Triumph 1300
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BMW is a good call (I still hate all Ford diesels) but how about a Skoda Octavia? VW/Audi build quality yet no premium tax = cheapy cheap cheap. They're nice to drive, it's a lovely engine and they're spacious. A million minicab drivers can't be wrong!
Actually, we occasionally get access to the Car Mechanics project Octavia. It's ex Taxi and has clocked up over 201,000 miles and apart from a knackered driver's seat, it's a very nice drive.
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I had the use of a 2001 Mondeo TDDI (yeah, not the TDCI) and it was pretty darn good. Mate paid £2250 for it and it never really went wrong, there's a couple of niggly faults like the turbo-intercooler hose that splits, but most of them will have the redesigned parts on by now. £2500 should get you a 52-ish plate in good nick which will be the TDCI, there's not much to choose from power-wise but the CI is quieter and a bit torquier.
In general it's just honest motoring, they're not the best cars out there but they handle well for a biggy and you'll always be able to sell it later.
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Yuck! Ford CAN NOT do diesels. Horrible things. Incorrect. Seconded, My Saff TD has 750 miles short of 300K on the clock, granted it's had one head gasket change but that's pretty damn good, will still take my abuse daily and return 55+mpg! I've heard of many covering half a million miles. I had a mondeo TD which was pretty good too Back on subject, Old Merc Estate FTW! I pass a garage daily that sells large old salloons BMW's Mercs, Jags etc, he's always got a tempting merc estate or two on there! |
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I know its dull as ditchwater, but if you want a reliable family estate get a 406 - was the best out of all the estates i looked at. 2.1 td engine is fab, if a curse word to work on.
don't rust, and they are cheap
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been going through a similar thought process myself done a lot of research and there is only one real answer...
Honda Accord 2.2cdti tourer i was looking at a 90k one with full servive history full spec sat nav in dash etc 3 and a half years old was up for 5500 and the fella would take 5, so you should be able to find one a couple of years older for 3k...
I spoke to loads of mechanics ( as i am in the trade and know quite a few) also went round a few honda garages and asked the mechs what they thought, no-one had a bad word to say about them and there are no problems that are specific to these cars almost every problem i heard about was an isolated case and usually down to owner error, (one got driven 4 junctions on the M4 with the oil pressure light on and survived)
I've had a 406 HDi estate and whilst it was reliable (it only had 70k on the clock so it should have been) it was dull flimsy and random things kept breaking (climate control leccy windows and some other bits) i would not waste my money on one (i made a grand on mine but i got lucky)
I don't rate the common rail ford ctdi engines the old TD ones were cracking but the new lot are a bag of curse word and eat fuel pumps and dual mass flywheels for breakfast.
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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v6pop
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Have you ever thought of a V40 Volvo? I was looking for a replacement for the wifes car and a mate got a V40,never ever thought of looking at one,but had a look and a drive of his and I was hooked....cant get the wife out of ours now,she luvs it!! They come in different engine sizes(petrol) up to 200bhp(T4 model) I went for the low pressure turbo 2 litre petrol(160bhp),tons of low end grunt!! MPG varies from 28 to 45 depending on terrain. Deisel power not sure on mpg but should be about average for its class. Volvo is owned by Ford and the build quality on my 1998 model is solid,no rust and a very strong engine.......worth a thought?      |
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Shortcut
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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I might be wrong, but is that not a Vectra in a posh Swedish frock? Not necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't want to pay a premium just for a badge...
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Shortcut
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I might be wrong, but is that not a Vectra in a posh Swedish frock? Not necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't want to pay a premium just for a badge... It's the old model Vectra too, isn't it? hadn't thought of that. Looks smart though. I do secretly like the modeo estate looks though. |
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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v6pop
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I might be wrong, but is that not a Vectra in a posh Swedish frock? Not necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't want to pay a premium just for a badge... It's the old model Vectra too, isn't it? hadn't thought of that. Looks smart though. I do secretly like the modeo estate looks though. Thats a SAAB. |
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I know. I was just commenting on the Mondeo.
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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9-5's are safe and comfy but otherwise distinctly average.....,
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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I don't like new saabs much but the vectra thing wears thing - 9-5 uses a stretched epsilon floorpan used on lots of GM stuff, thats as far as it goes. Any failings aren't down to vectra bits! Mainly that it's an ancient design, things have moved on. It's an OK car, bland, but a lot of car for your money!
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'98 e36 316i lux
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I don't like new saabs much but the vectra thing wears thing - 9-5 uses a stretched epsilon floorpan used on lots of GM stuff, thats as far as it goes. Any failings aren't down to vectra bits! Mainly that it's an ancient design, things have moved on. It's an OK car, bland, but a lot of car for your money! I didn't know that - I stand corrected! I thought that it was all Vectra mechanicals under the skin. My bad.  |
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Yuck! Ford CAN NOT do diesels. Horrible things. Tripe i'm afraid. Yeah the tddi is agricultural and slow but it gets the job done. The TDCi is a whole other world though. Thoroughly modern, torquey and a pleasure to drive. With a simple off the shelf remap it also hauls some ass in gears. Ran a 'fiddled about with' tdci for a while and it was absolutely faultless, and in 4 years of having my focus and racking up 70k plus it has not missed a beat, like not once. They also handle pretty well  I'd have to say focus. |
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1992 Micra K10
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Shortcut
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To get us back from Devon we hired a Fiesta TDCi. I must say it was quite nice although it used 22.5 litres of fuel to do 220 miles home (45ish mpg) so not as much as I expected. It was Mway pretty much the whole way and we stuck to 70 pretty much. Must have been all the Xmas food we ate!! When we bough the Goof back in 1676 it was three years old, we paid £10K for it. Second hand cars sure have fallen in price since then from my looking so far!! £3000 buys quite a lot of car now! Anyway thanks for the input which seems to have cured by Laguna itch. And to retrofy it lets have some more retro estates for a while. Naturally I'm now pressing the wife for a 505 familie  |
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Mondeo TDCi without a doubt. I had one and it did 123k faultless miles, handling was superb, was comfy even in LX spec, and has plenty space in the boot.
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