The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at This/O/T [Vol XI]
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Next problem, please!
CampDavid said:
To me the Ford Mondeo is the fish and chips of the motor industry. It does the job, fills you up and, if you find a good one, a damn site better than most restaurants (restaurants in this case being premium offerings)
My sister has a previous generation mondeo, a diesel one complete with the sceptre of potential diesel bork. She has the mechanical knowledge and sympathy of a potato (she still can't check oil and water) yet in 4 years has had one minor problem and apart from servicing it's cost her nothing to run, has a huge boot and is as comfy or well equipped as cars that would have cost twice as much to run.
V8mate said:
RicksAlfas said:
S3_Graham said:
Chaps, I've been tasked at work with replacing our engineering vehicle.
It's a Volvo V70 D5 AWD. Work have said can be new / leased or bought outright nearly new.
Which would be cheaper / better deal.
Replacement must be diesel, must be estate, bluetooth and xenons are highly desirable.
I've spec'd a new 320d m-sport @ £33k. A4 is £32k, C class is £32k, Vovle is 28k + options, Octavia VRS is £25k.
You can get an old shape (E91?) 320d kitted out with 5k miles for £25k
The V70 is a fair bit bigger than a 320 or A4. Might be a problem if you are filling it to the roof with "engineering stuff".It's a Volvo V70 D5 AWD. Work have said can be new / leased or bought outright nearly new.
Which would be cheaper / better deal.
Replacement must be diesel, must be estate, bluetooth and xenons are highly desirable.
I've spec'd a new 320d m-sport @ £33k. A4 is £32k, C class is £32k, Vovle is 28k + options, Octavia VRS is £25k.
You can get an old shape (E91?) 320d kitted out with 5k miles for £25k
Also, is the AWD bit important? A 320 MSport with low ground clearance and RWD might not be ideal replacement.
What about an Octavia Scout?
Otherwise there is a large choice of year old ones on Autotrader.
Alternatively there's always a Mondeo on offer as a lease deal somewhere, might be worth checking out with this bunch as to what they would charge for the estate version.
http://www.evanshalshawleasing.com/display_offers/...
hadenough! said:
That is the one, I had a feeling it would just slip in to the expensive tax bracket and had been reading about the leakage issues with the sunroof drain pipes so will check that thoroughly. I think they've had it for a while and it disappeared from autotrader a while ago only to appear again earlier this week.
Spoke to them earlier this week and they mentioned something about a height adjustment warning coming up and it being in BMW to sort it.
When I spoke to them again yesterday they said Sytners had given it a full ins 2 and replaced a control module which sounds to me like it could be boot leakage related but I could be barking up the wrong tree.
Off to Spain for the weekend but will try and get to have a poke around it on Monday afternoon when I get back.
I'me waiting to pick one of these up, mines an auto and without the sunroof. Same age and miles from a BMW dealer and gave similar money with a years warranty. I cannot wait Spoke to them earlier this week and they mentioned something about a height adjustment warning coming up and it being in BMW to sort it.
When I spoke to them again yesterday they said Sytners had given it a full ins 2 and replaced a control module which sounds to me like it could be boot leakage related but I could be barking up the wrong tree.
Off to Spain for the weekend but will try and get to have a poke around it on Monday afternoon when I get back.
Chrisw666 said:
I'd rather build a time machine, pop on a dress and dash back to the Top of the Pops studio circa 1972. What are you thinking?
CampDavid said:
Chrisw666 said:
OOOOOOOHJustayellowbadge said:
Chrisw666 said:
I'd rather build a time machine, pop on a dress and dash back to the Top of the Pops studio circa 1972. What are you thinking?
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