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(Message started by: Daniel on Jun 11^th, 2012, 9:06pm)

Title: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 11^th, 2012, 9:06pm

Hi all
As some of you know we have a 24v that is used for dropping my dad off at work then the running round (shopping ect) before picking him up we are noticeing the petrol costs :o :)
So I am Hopefully going to start a new job soon and i am going to buy the 24v from my mom and dad for the shows (My first Car ;D) and with the cash they are going to buy a smaller cheap estate, well thats the plan anyway. It would be perfect if we could get a scorpio 2.5 diesel BUT my mom would be driving and she is not good with manuals ;D she passed in a manual but because we have only had Granadas and Scorpios (all autos) she has sort of lost her touch :D I know finding a Scorpio Auto Diesel would be VERY hard so we are looking for a reliable diesel estate Auto. Any suggestions. Ive said Escort? Focus? trying to keep it Ford ;D Only for runnig around so nothing special. NOT MONDEOS PLEASE SORRY IF YOUVE GOT ONE BUT I REALLY DONT LIKE THEM.
Thanks all
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by adam on Jun 12^th, 2012, 4:11am

Dan one on Autotrader. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201223475021608/sort/default

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 12^th, 2012, 8:36am

Ahh ;D Now whats the chances of that. I will let them know and we will see. ;D
Thanks mate
Dan

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 12^th, 2012, 12:52pm

:( Thanks for finding it for me mate but that ones outo of our budget and it does look too good for work. Dont really mind on condition as long as it aint falling apart :) Keep a look out please guys any type of car but Scorpio ideally.
Thanks Anyway Mate
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Matt on Jun 12^th, 2012, 1:32pm

dan have a look st shooshineymans post hes got 2 to flog

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by PJDavis on Jun 12^th, 2012, 1:45pm

Especially for you Dan, rust-free as well! :o

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-ESTATE-1969-/270996373199?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f18a47ecf#ht_887wt_1185

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 12^th, 2012, 2:43pm

Cortina estate? dont see many of them round now do ya! but wouldnt want to use it for work id clean it up and use for shows. ;D Matt thanks i might pm him and see how much he wants/what he has got.
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by gozz on Jun 12^th, 2012, 8:23pm

on 06/12/12 at 13:45:36, PJDavis wrote:

Especially for you Dan, rust-free as well! :o

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-ESTATE-1969-/270996373199?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f18a47ecf#ht_887wt_1185

Blimey PJ,that looks a nasty old beast :o,I see it has the usual rot cover panels atop the suspension struts !!

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by PJDavis on Jun 12^th, 2012, 9:40pm

Think it would DRIVE back? ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 14^th, 2012, 3:59am

Daniel, why would you want a Diesel ?......The 2.3 isn't much less fuel efficient than the 2.5 diesel & if you take into consideration the cost of fuel (petrol is cheaper) & the increased servicing costs & problems associated with turbo diesel engines, then owning a petrol car will probably cost you the same or probably less in the long run ;)

I'm a licensed taxi driver (home counties) & always stick to petrol cars. I once owned a Mondeo turbo diesel & although it was great on fuel, when it went wrong (which was quite often) it cost fortunes to fix....new turbo, 2 fuel pumps in 3 years, new injectors etc ::)

Some other cabbies that I work with ask me why I refuse to replace my old gas guzzling 2.3 Scorpio 'behemoth' with something more economical.
My reply....Just because a car is good on fuel, doesn't mean to say it's cheap to maintain ;)

My 2.3 now has 252,000 miles on the clock & is still going strong & last year (covered another 25,000 miles) cost me less than £200 in parts to maintain :)

Daniel, if your interested, my other 2.3 Ultima estate will be going on Autotrader soon. 96K miles, full service history, fully loaded with reverse sensors & tow bar. MOT till 03/04/13 & tax till 31/03/13. Only faults are the sunroof is jammed shut (stops water ingress ;)) & airbag light flashes on occasionally, but goes out when you give the dash a good slap ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by gozz on Jun 14^th, 2012, 9:20am

You are in the wrong job JC,you should have been a salesman ! ;D However you are 100% correct in what you say,as you know I am a long time (now retired) limousine operator and haulier,and have of course been staggered by the cost of small diesel repairs,if an injector pump,turbo or particularly modern injectors go pop you are forced to replace them from suppliers who have you by the nuts ::) As well as fuel system components the general cost of everything diesel is always much higher than petrol.
I kept one 2.3 Coleman Milne Scorpio limo which I had converted to autogas,it cost me £1500 which when the sums are done doesn't take long to recoup,in the meantime the engine oil doesn't get dirty and the exhaust is much sweeter.The car does 20mpg on gas at 68p,and 26mpg on petrol currently at £1.34.
So there you are Dan,consider that,but make sure the car you buy is a goodun 8)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 14^th, 2012, 9:37am

Jonnycab you have just sumed up what i have been thinking for years and i dont like diesels anyway.
Thanks Mate
Dan ;D

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Jonnycab on Jun 21^st, 2012, 2:56am

Just to add.....It has recently been proved in some laboratory somewhere ::), that exposure to diesel fumes causes cancer.....I'm not suprised !! It stinks !! :P

If you ever sat inside Victoria bus station 20 years ago, waiting for the your particular Green Line coach, then you'll know what I mean when I say that if you suffered from asthma, then you'd probably be dead by the time the bus arrived......The bus fumes in that place would have blackened air & pollen filters in minutes & probably given your lungs a lovely (30 years worth of smoking) black inner lining within the hour :-/

Car manufacturers now seem to turning away from diesel & more toward petrol again. Ford have a new Focus & Fiesta that have a very small 1.0L petrol engine & large turbo that is capable of doing nigh on 70 mpg.

I think we can safely say that the 'bell has tolled' for the diesel engine as far as passenger vehicles are concerned & that it will most likely go back to becoming just an agricultural/hard working vehicle engine ;)

Title: Re: Suggestions for Cheap Estate Auto?
Post by Daniel on Jun 21^st, 2012, 9:01am

;D ;D ;D Great news! Not about the dangers of it :o but the way people are turning away from it ;D I did read about the 1.0L engine ford are doing in performance ford mag sounds good if it means diesels die (apart from the few scorps ;)) or get back on the farm or whatever.
Dan ;D