What bargain barge

[Rotary Madness]

Right gents, seeing as ive become all sensible, and have a plan to work to, i can no longer afford to run fun and fast cars. So ive decided to switch to something slow, and diesel, what fun

Seeing as im going to be going slow, i might as well be comfortable, so a few requirments:

• Has to be diesel obviously
• Has to be auto, so i can atleast relax and be lazy
• Preferably RWD/4WD
• Have some sort of class/style. Seeing as im not going anywhere quickly, i might as well like the car
• Be reasonably reliable. I dont mind fixing stuff, just not all the time. Also, i hate doing bodywork, so nothing stupidly rusty
• Budget is ideally 1k, i can stretch to 1.5k if its lovely
• And a turbo would be nice, so i can get a cheeky remap

I dont mind stuff that needs work to get it running nicely, but i cant do bodywork, and im only above average with electrics.
So far all i can come up with is a old td 5 series, or some sort of w124 merc.


Anything ive missed?

[jayfish]

W124 seems to tick all those boxes, some came without A/C though

edit to add except the turbo ofc

Edited by jayfish on Tuesday 27th July 23:47

[Rotary Madness]

I can live without AC, but are any of them a TD, ive only seem to spotted NA ones unless im just blind?

[jayfish]

gah sorry, yes td's out there, was ignoring your diseasal requirement too, my bad

[TotalControl]

For 1.5k i feel finding an auto RWD diseasel will be a little hard. Did the E36 come in 320d flavour?

[sc4589]

TotalControl said:

For 1.5k i feel finding an auto RWD diseasel will be a little hard. Did the E36 come in 320d flavour?

It came as the 325td and 325tds... the tds was sort-of respectable, some to be found. There's one for sale on our weird little island, come to mention it.

This could be perfect!

[dudleybloke]

omega 2.5 td.

if you can find a good one.

[Rotary Madness]

See id like a petrol, i really would, however i live in yorkshire where its just hill after bloody hill This kind of negates the ability to cruise at a steady speed, which is why im struggling to crack 22mpg in the 328i right now.

Ive been looking at 535tds' and ive been trying to find a 325tds but they seem even more rare.

[LayZ]

A W124 like you want won't be cheap either, a 300D with A/C will command decent money still, probably 2k+ for a saloon and a lot more for an estate. With hilly driving with an auto a W124 diesel would be doing well to crack 30mpg. None of these old style diesel barges are that economical tbh, diesels were pretty crap til the late 90s.

Its a bit dull but I'd look for a Passat TDI with the AFN 110hp non-PD engine. 55mpg possible on a run with these and you can run veg oil.

Also maybe one of these:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1881357.htm

Tbh I'd forget the idea of an auto. Auto + economical + old just don't go together.

Edited by LayZ on Wednesday 28th July 09:28

[Tminus2mins]

Have you thought about LPG?

I'm sure you could find an already LPG'd Lexus LS

...seems to fit the bill!

[sc4589]

Rotary Madness said:

See id like a petrol, i really would, however i live in yorkshire where its just hill after bloody hill This kind of negates the ability to cruise at a steady speed, which is why im struggling to crack 22mpg in the 328i right now.

Ive been looking at 535tds' and ive been trying to find a 325tds but they seem even more rare.

I just found you one.

[jfbrin]

Audi A6 2.5 tdi?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-AUDI-A6-2-5-TDI-SILVER-...

Audi A4 1.9tdi?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-A4-TDI-110bhp-1999-5dr-...

Rover 75 CDT?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-75-CLUB-SE-2-0-TURBO-D...

Saab 9/3 tdi looks worthy!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/V-reg-SAAB-9-3-93-S-TID-Dies...

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 tdi?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-2-5-TURBO-DIE...

Plenty of choice around

p.s. sorry forgot about the preference for auto

Edited by jfbrin on Wednesday 28th July 20:31

[freakynessless]

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 tdi?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-2-5-TURBO-DIE...

Plenty of choice around

p.s. sorry forgot about the preference for auto

Edited by jfbrin on Wednesday 28th July 20:31

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that Omega looks very tidy. Defo has my vote, especially for that kind of money