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Zed 44
256 posts
25 months
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Shame you dismissed the Mondeo and can't go to 2.0. The 2.0TDci is probably the best secondhand car on the road. 
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jimbobsimmonds
1,373 posts
34 months
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Volvo V40/70 diesels....
V40 might be a lil cramped mind (focus size). Hell, even the S60 or S70 would be big enough for most...
Cheap to insure too....
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Billy_rfc
553 posts
124 months
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Autotrader has over 1k cars listed in Scotland for under 2 grand. Am sure you can find something:-)
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SamPet
319 posts
65 months
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DubZeus
1,077 posts
87 months
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Id suggest a Skoda octavia estate 110 tdi, they go for miles, we had a taxi in my old work with 480,000 so they should be reliable & they are big too.
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fivetenben
254 posts
39 months
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Citroen C5 Estate? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3765749.htmI seem to remember Jerry Moffatt had one on an old climbing film ('No comment', I think), and got 4 or 5 bouldering mats in the boot just fine. And if it's good enough for Jerry...  And dammit I suddenly want to go back to Albarracin after reading your plans!
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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broke my shoulder.... f  k not sure this trip is a go ahead :@ Am still looking at all your suggestions though, as some of the smaller one's will be great for day trips and the like 
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omgus
4,842 posts
44 months
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chongwong said: broke my shoulder.... f k not sure this trip is a go ahead :@ Am still looking at all your suggestions though, as some of the smaller one's will be great for day trips and the like I was going to ask how you did it, but having seen what you want the car for i reckon you probably fell off something.
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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omgus said: I was going to ask how you did it, but having seen what you want the car for i reckon you probably fell off something. kind of, but wholly more embarrassing, I got drunk and fell off a chair and smacked my shoulder off a table  It gets worse... this happened 3 weeks ago, I didn't realise it was broken, so i thought it would fix itself, got bored of waiting, tried climbing... pain happened, went to hospital, and then was told that I'm an idiot and had broken it
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Bill
26,375 posts
124 months
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Ouch. Good work on the UBI though.
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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Bill said: Ouch. Good work on the UBI though. Unbalanced idiot?
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Bill
26,375 posts
124 months
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 Unexplained Beer Injury.
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Sim89
1,341 posts
76 months
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Passat TDI Estate. A4/A6 TDI Avant.
320d touring if they can be had for less than the desired amount.
We did around 3000 miles around Europe last year with a 200k miles T reg passat. Booted it everywhere, fully loaded with 5 us and kit. Didn't lift the bonnet.
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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Sim89 said: Passat TDI Estate. A4/A6 TDI Avant.
320d touring if they can be had for less than the desired amount.
We did around 3000 miles around Europe last year with a 200k miles T reg passat. Booted it everywhere, fully loaded with 5 us and kit. Didn't lift the bonnet. Cheers I'm fairly sure that somebody has mentioned selling me an a4 earlier in the thread, may see if he's still up for it
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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so, the shoulder is on the mend, and therefore the search is back on, i've spotted this in the classifieds and i'm just wondering if anybody has any experience of relatively high mileage vauxhall diesels http://beta.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...yes, it's not exciting,yes it's a diesel, and yes i'd rather have something more amusing, but this will also be serving as a stopgap untill i'm finished uni and can afford some 'broombroom banter'
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OpulentBob
3,074 posts
49 months
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I took a 180k mile Cavalier TD on a 3k mile wandering journey around northern Spain, southern France, and northern Italy, in the height of summer. It was 5-up all the time, and all through France was doing 90+.
It killed it. 3 days after getting home it left me stranded on the A14 with a blown HG. But, it was a 180k mile Cavalier. It behaved admirably over there, and I'm not surprised it died, having given it the full Ayrton on the valley roads.
I'd say you'll be fine. Go for it and enjoy. Get a roofbox. Your passengers won't appreciate having bags on/under legs for thousands of miles.
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vit4
3,071 posts
39 months
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Vectra is definitely a good call, bloody massive. Although I would be looking at the Mondeo first, IMO. As a few posters have mentioned, they really are bloody brilliant second-hand buys Hope the shoulder sorts out in time 
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wombat172a
1,355 posts
52 months
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chongwong said: Also can't be more than 15 years old as i need breakdown cover in Europe  Why not? Get ADAC cover and it's 85 euros for the year, when my 25 year old TVR broke down at the ring 2 years ago, they recovered it to Devon with no additional charge. Works in the UK too so no need for expensive AA cover
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chongwong
Original Poster
589 posts
16 months
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wombat172a said: Why not? Get ADAC cover and it's 85 euros for the year, when my 25 year old TVR broke down at the ring 2 years ago, they recovered it to Devon with no additional charge. Works in the UK too so no need for expensive AA cover I'm getting insurance with the eurotunnel tickets as part of my personal insurance they don't want old cars apparently
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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