Can anyone suggest a good 2nd hand car for my situation?

GunJack

Just a thought......

..as a backup plan have a look how many older (2003-upwards) Mondeo 2.0 TDCi are local to you on Autotrader.. around £600 should get you a decent motor, NO DPF!!!! and economical to run for your stated driving needs. Maybe even go look at a couple....

All I'm trying to say is you have options...fix your motor or buy another, either way under £1k, nowhere near the £6.5k you mention in the OP

davemorton

Sorry to jump on the side of your thread op, but this post possibly has the info I was looking for.

GunJack wrote: »

Just a thought......

..as a backup plan have a look how many older (2003-upwards) Mondeo 2.0 TDCi are local to you on Autotrader.. around £600 should get you a decent motor, NO DPF!!!! and economical to run for your stated driving needs. Maybe even go look at a couple....

All I'm trying to say is you have options...fix your motor or buy another, either way under £1k, nowhere near the £6.5k you mention in the OP

Im after a Mondeo estate, was going to get a petrol as only generally do 15 miles a day driving, and didnt want the hassle associated with a diesel and not doing many miles, but they are short on the ground compared to the diesels. so are you saying lots of short runs should not be a problem with the 2.0 TDCi engine?
TIA

GunJack

davemorton wrote: »

so are you saying lots of short runs should not be a problem with the 2.0 TDCi engine?
TIA

Mrs. G-J does around 5000 miles a year, all short runs. The current Mondeo is way better than the 2ltr petrol Vectra we had before a really nice man wrote it off for us... vectra 19-20mpg, diesel Mondeo 43-ish mpg on the same driving (except the odd time I take t to work just to give it a longer run). We've had it almost 4 years now, 03-plate, 160-odd k on the clock, and been a great motor