Slippery_Weasel 460 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Ive got a ford focus estate 2.0 diesel. Cant fault it, I always have ran old cars, as I do high mileage and am too tight to loose money I dont need to! I paid 2.5k for it with 75K on the clock, have put about 60K on the clock, its rare that it drops below 50mpg, will happily cruise at faster motorway speeds and work on it seems reasonable, it also has plenty of boot space. Once its done a few more miles I'll swap it for the same again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,809 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 quiet understandable tilly ,if i owned a truck like that id be proud as fuk about it too,I think im going to see either a toyota avensis ,or a mondeo,ive spoken to a few mechanics and they reckon the passats are good until they go wrong ,then they cost a bomb to fix...reliability im told here is either mondeo or avensis... https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-avensis-d4d-estate/12406817 something similar to this I think... my bro had a avensis d4d and it was a lovely motor, very good on fuel, either the avensis or mondeo would probably serve you well, both proven motors, the choice is yours....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 The focus estate and Astra estate stand out to me, I know a few lads with these motors who do serious miles lamping, ferreting etc and they keep having these motors. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the monkey 337 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Avens is if the Asian taxi drivers use them they will be bombproof,we all know how tight they are 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 No no no no.... Dont anybody get a Mazda6, they are shite, i was talking bollocks earlier in the thred... deluded, thats it! Take it from me, steer well clear of them Mazda 6's... (Till i get mine!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 No no no no.... Dont anybody get a Mazda6, they are shite, i was talking bollocks earlier in the thred... deluded, thats it! Take it from me, steer well clear of them Mazda 6's... (Till i get mine!!) What sort of year and model you looking at Bosun? You heard much about their reliability and repair costs? I've looked at the Mazda 6 Estate myself, the 2.2 top spec, you got a lot of toys for your money. Leather, Sat Nav, Bluetooth you name it. And at 170 horses should have a bit of poke. I just haven't heard much about them, good or bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 The focus estate and Astra estate stand out to me, I know a few lads with these motors who do serious miles lamping, ferreting etc and they keep having these motors.All joking aside these estates are hard to beat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 201 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I was about an hour and a half from Vancouver tillylamp , way up in the hills beautiful part of the world, great people over in Canada. nice one mate...what was the name of where you was at.......we are going to try and head towards smithers or fort st john, the plan is, we are buying a travel trailer or motorhome and take off....sight seeing until we like the look of a place, then get a house half off the grid somewhere, IT was near a place called Surrey mate, about an hour and a half drive from the airport. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richc12 84 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Audi rs6 avant.... The nuts!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 201 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I was about an hour and a half from Vancouver tillylamp , way up in the hills beautiful part of the world, great people over in Canada.nice one mate...what was the name of where you was at.......we are going to try and head towards smithers or fort st john, the plan is, we are buying a travel trailer or motorhome and take off....sight seeing until we like the look of a place, then get a house half off the grid somewhere,IT was near a place called Surrey mate, about an hour and a half drive from the airport.It just came back to me the place we stayed was called Mission, great little spot up in the hills, if you get a chance give it a look. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greengrass 201 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I was about an hour and a half from Vancouver tillylamp , way up in the hills beautiful part of the world, great people over in Canada. nice one mate...what was the name of where you was at.......we are going to try and head towards smithers or fort st john, the plan is, we are buying a travel trailer or motorhome and take off....sight seeing until we like the look of a place, then get a house half off the grid somewhere, IT was near a place called Surrey mate, about an hour and a half drive from the airport. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,216 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Audi rs6 avant.... The nuts!!! how many have £70k to spend? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Audi rs6 avant.... The nuts!!! how many have £70k to spend? You can get a minter for £25k Wouldn't fancy fuelling the f****r though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Mazda are rust buckets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,180 Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 The Mazda ford and Citroen , Peugeot all used to run hdi Diesel engines or sometimes they run ford diesels the ford dura torques were shiny and bright, with common pump and injector faults, my Mrs has a focus cmax hdi engined and it's a beast loadsa torque to spare Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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