£8K car Volvo, Audi, Mondeo, Vectra ?

sconieroany

LandyAndy wrote: »

Not a bad idea.:T

Get some flares and a kipper tie too and pretend its the 1980's.;)

:rotfl::rotfl:

Very good, out of those latest ideas I'll look into the Honda Accord, I do appreciate none of the cars ticks all the boxes, but I would rather compromise on age or mileage and get a decent level of comfort/toys.

A friend has a V5 V70, looks nice enough, halls loads and gives super MPG or motorway runs, is well over 100K and has not gave him any bother.

Thanks for the thoughts so far.:beer:

somech

vectras are poo
audi a4 would prefer 2.0tdi rather than 1.9
mondeos drive great
volvo v70d5 has loads of grunt 80k is nothing
agree honda accord worth a look

sconieroany

somech wrote: »

vectras are poo
audi a4 would prefer 2.0tdi rather than 1.9
mondeos drive great
volvo v70d5 has loads of grunt 80k is nothing
agree honda accord worth a look

Thanks, nice summary, mondeo and V70 are in the lead !:beer:

doodlesmum

I have had two Mondeo"s and find then excellent cars Our present one is 3yr old Mondeo Diesel Estate drives smoothly and is good on fuel and has loads of leg room and space.

Doodlesmum.

sconieroany

doodlesmum wrote: »

I have had two Mondeo"s and find then excellent cars Our present one is 3yr old Mondeo Diesel Estate drives smoothly and is good on fuel and has loads of leg room and space.

Doodlesmum.

Any advice on which engine I should look out for, I don't want the weedy 1.6 petrol, are the 1.8 and 2.0 diesel's ok.

Lil306

Audi or VW personally

Only thing you gotta be aware of on those are the flaming limp mode problems

Other than that they are sound, my Passat has 160k miles on the clock with no signs of failure (still using original battery too)

doodlesmum

My current Mondeo is 2.0 TDCI engine and it drives with excellant performance i was amazed how quick it was for a diesel when i first brought it as i previously has an 806 which was diesel and a real plodder so this was pleasent surprise

My other Mondeo was 1.8 and that was a good engine but older car so my present one is the better of the two.

Doodlesmum.

sconieroany

Lil306 wrote: »

Audi or VW personally

Only thing you gotta be aware of on those are the flaming limp mode problems

Other than that they are sound, my Passat has 160k miles on the clock with no signs of failure (still using original battery too)

One thing I don't want, I'm sick of Turbo diesel issues with modern cars, whatever I buy, reliability is the no 1 yardstick, I find that when checking the honestjohn website, there are few diesels that seem trouble free from injector problems, I'm not wanting a bag of nails that will cost half the purchase price to repair.

The ford 2.0 sounds good, and I've not seen any reported problems with the engine.

somech

sconieroany wrote: »

One thing I don't want, I'm sick of Turbo diesel issues with modern cars, whatever I buy, reliability is the no 1 yardstick, I find that when checking the honestjohn website, there are few diesels that seem trouble free from injector problems, I'm not wanting a bag of nails that will cost half the purchase price to repair.

The ford 2.0 sounds good, and I've not seen any reported problems with the engine.

ahh pertol not diesel ford petrol engines are pretty bullet proof
also take an accord for a drive

Lil306

sconieroany wrote: »

One thing I don't want, I'm sick of Turbo diesel issues with modern cars, whatever I buy, reliability is the no 1 yardstick, I find that when checking the honestjohn website, there are few diesels that seem trouble free from injector problems, I'm not wanting a bag of nails that will cost half the purchase price to repair.

The ford 2.0 sounds good, and I've not seen any reported problems with the engine.

It's pick and mix with any car you get to be honest. Some cars have issues with engine management, brakes. VAGs are common with limp mode (this is more common in the old versions however) not the pump deuse ones

If you want a car that is reliable get a Jap. Hondas are THE most reliable, I had a Nissan Primera and the engine was bullet proof.

It had 210k on the clock before I got rid of it and never faltered once.