Which X-Type
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drfrank

Original Poster:

785 posts

228 months

Sunday 4th July 2010
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Possibly considering a diesel X-type (? Estate) any views on them ? It would be an early model (2004 onwards).

Any comments greatly appreciated

Drfrank

adu

100 posts

218 months

Monday 5th July 2010
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We love our 05 x type estate, brilliant on fuel at 46 mpg around town, and she now has over 100k on the clock, thumbup the integrated sat nav/entertainment system is excellent winkand personally i would'nt buy an x type without this system, it also has the voice activated control system which is really good cool
on the downside, the engines are the ford lump which are a bit noisy, but no timing belts to worry about wink
all in all a good daily hack, definately recomend one, if you can stretch go for the 2.2 , not that the 2.0 is slugish or anything , just heard that the 2.2 a better engine

hope this helps >>andy
beer

drfrank

Original Poster:

785 posts

228 months

Tuesday 6th July 2010
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Thanks for the info

Sovereign

15 posts

191 months

Wednesday 7th July 2010
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Hi, I have been running a 2.0 d SE estate since Jan 08 (new then). 83,000 miles and only issue was the ECU needed reprogramming due to a fault on start up for about 10 seconds or so. This was easily fixed. Thoroughly recommend the car and will get another in due course, preferably the 2.2 with the 6 speed box.

Goochie

5,774 posts

245 months

Monday 12th July 2010
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I'm also considering an X, in particular the 2.2d.

Is there a good source (forum etc.) for buying tips and known faults etc?