HTH.
Cheers, Pewe
my Peogeot 306 diesel has now done 220k miles and due for a change. Im looking for a replacement Diesel (40mpg+) possible estate for about £2-£3k
reasonable size as want to tow a car trailer minimum braked trailer 1300kg.
Ideas so far;
Mondeo
Laguna
vectra
even a volvo V70
any more, or recomendations?
ive been looking at auctions can get a 02 100-120k miles in this price range
passat tdi.
I have a Volvo 850 Petrol, I just wish it was a diesel. Bloody Excellent motor, except the 26mpg on petrol.
My mate gets 55 on a run and 47 locally on his Volvo diesel S60. Its chipped and goes like the wind, and does excellent mpg.
That one has the D5 Diesel engine... nice engine.
Downside is thay are expensive even when they are gettign on in age.
Just my 2d's worth.
I have an S60 D5. Awesome engine - 180bhp and stacks of torque.
I've had it for 4 years and never really missed a beat - it's had a bit of work recently but I put it down to 130,000 miles and they've
all been wear and tear items (suspension bushes, starter motor etc.).
Should be able to pick one up in your price range and if it's an SE model will be suitably loaded spec wise (I have the standard S and it has
everything I would ever want as it is).
SAAB 9-5 diesel - lots of goodies as standard and great value for money.
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe
Mondeo TDCI 130. over 98k no prob, tows 1800kg with ease. 45mpg towing 1200 kg.
I had a Nissan Primera 2.2 Diesel which I was very happy with. Only got rid of it as it had some warranty work done on it and the Nissan Dealer made a
right mess of it (they had it for two weeks instead of one and then it went back five times to put right things they'd messed up when they did
the work. Final straw was when I came to change the front brake pads a month later and found out they'd re-used the hub nut split pins, one of
which was broken and the other had fallen out completely 
At that point I felt I didn't know what else could be lurking and couldn't trust
the car again, so I traded it in for a Ford Focus 1.8TDCI).
a transit
cheep to run and loads of room .
I've got an Accord diesel - 2006 2.2 - which is excellent generally, though it tows 1000kg odd of tiger and trailer with no problem the mpg does
drop to about 35 towing.
So I'm pondering a Skoda.
Rover 75 CDTi Tourer towing capacity 1600kg braked
And the Renault DCi Diesels carry major money pit warnings, turbos fails. at anything over 80,000 miles which is bad enough but it self destructs
and the debris tries to exit via the cylinders. ---- the causes is a lubrication problem Renault stretched the service interval and didn't
specify a fully synthetic oil. Usually EGR valve occur problems first and is sign that big trouble is on the way. Problem dosen't seem to
occur if fully synthetic oil has been used since new and/or oil has been changed every 5,000 miles.
This problem applies equally to Nissans with Renault Diesels. Much less of a problem on the little 1.5DCi than the bigger 1.9 and 2.1 engines.
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Originally posted by Myke 2463
Mondeo TDCI 130. over 98k no prob, tows 1800kg with ease. 45mpg towing 1200 kg.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
And the Renault DCi Diesels carry major money pit warnings, turbos fails. at anything over 80,000 miles which is bad enough but it self destructs and the debris tries to exit via the cylinders. ---- the causes is a lubrication problem Renault stretched the service interval and didn't specify a fully synthetic oil. Usually EGR valve occur problems first and is sign that big trouble is on the way. Problem dosen't seem to occur if fully synthetic oil has been used since new and/or oil has been changed every 5,000 miles.
This problem applies equally to Nissans with Renault Diesels. Much less of a problem on the little 1.5DCi than the bigger 1.9 and 2.1 engines.