Author Topic: Wanted: Diesel Vehicle (Read 3312 times)

Cunning Plan · « **on:** September 01, 2009, 10:26:15 am »

Looking for a diesel dailey driver. Something big would be preferred but it can't be some yank monster diesel cummings - the key here is saving money on fuel!

So, anyone know of a 4x4, estate, pickup etc for sale?

art b · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2009, 11:45:05 am »

i just got a nice audi a6 avant,tdi,auto,audi fsh, on egay..

98 /130k ., drives like a new un, full mot new "head" and cambelt gaskets etc,bose stereo...

and it does 46 mpg on a run... cost £1400

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2009, 11:57:18 am »

Quoting: art b

i just got a nice audi a6 avant,tdi,auto,audi fsh, on egay..
98 /130k ., drives like a new un, full mot new "head" and cambelt gaskets etc,bose stereo...

and it does 46 mpg on a run... cost £1400

Pictures please? Not that I don't believe you, just to have a look really..

Fieldy · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2009, 01:30:17 pm »

Quoting: art b

98 /130k ., drives like a new un, full mot new "head" and cambelt gaskets etc,bose stereo...

I woulda bought that 3 weeks ago without thinking about it

Good luck with the sale

EDGE · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2009, 06:42:32 pm »

Quoting: Fieldy

I woulda bought that 3 weeks ago without thinking about it

Good luck with the sale

Fieldy · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2009, 01:06:07 pm »

Quoting: EDGE

Dude, I now have a wife, a child, 2 dogs and soon, maybe, another addition to my family.... So i needed a family wagon.... I was looking at the Audis, but I bought a double cab pick-up instead

Fieldy · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2009, 01:06:19 pm »

sorry - O.T.....

EDGE · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2009, 03:36:05 pm »

Quoting: Fieldy

Dude, I now have a wife, a child, 2 dogs and soon, maybe, another addition to my family....

it wasnt that i was getting it... it was you

'good luck with the sale'

what sale... nothings for sale.....

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2009, 08:37:47 pm »

Quoting: EDGE

what sale... nothings for sale.....

I was getting confused too Fieldy

Fieldy · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2009, 10:33:47 pm »

oh, now re-read after a couple of whiskeys....

scarily it makes more sense now....

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2009, 11:43:12 pm »

if you can find a decent one for sensible money, the Mercedes E300 turbodiesel is awesome - mercedes have the diesel engine pretty much sussed, as do VAG dont even consider a yank oil burner, they are nasty.

my brother has the 97 (round head light) estate, its done 180,000 miles, has cost £50 in 3 years in repairs, and runs and drives like a new car.

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2009, 06:33:59 am »

Quoting: philoldsmobile

if you can find a decent one for sensible money, the Mercedes E300 turbodiesel is awesome - mercedes have the diesel engine pretty much sussed, as do VAG dont even consider a yank oil burner, they are nasty.

my brother has the 97 (round head light) estate, its done 180,000 miles, has cost £50 in 3 years in repairs, and runs and drives like a new car.

Yep, I knew VAG have the best diesel engines out there which eventually find their way into other cars...

I was mainly looking at:

Ford Mondeo Estate
Ford Galaxy
VW Sharran
~~Ford Maverick~~ (just a Nissan - now scratched off as fuel economy is pants)..
VW Passat..

Really I want a 4x4

Roadkill · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2009, 07:34:06 am »

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Ford Galaxy

My old guv'nor had one of those and the economy as frightening - seriously.

The thing went through juice like there was a hole in the tank !

What's wrong with your current Mondy ?

Andy · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2009, 08:12:18 am »

How much have you got? The high miler mk3 mondy estates are pretty good. If you're not looking for anything special the lx is pretty much sussed. The 1.8 has plenty of poke at 115bhp, the guy next door to us at work runs a plumbers merchant and uses his as a van as the back folds completely flat. I'm looking for the more sportier Zetec-s diesel estate.

art b · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2009, 12:28:43 pm »

modys are a good bet, as their price drops as they come off of fleets...

Author Topic: Wanted: Diesel Vehicle (Read 3312 times)

Roadkill

Andy