From: AstraVanMan on 15 Jul 2006 08:26 "DervMan" <thedervman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I'm thinking of buying a 2 - 4 year old focus estate, 1.8 TDi > > > > Have you thought about a Mondeo - you'll probably get a newer one, with > > the more desireable TDCi engine, for the same kind of money. > > > > Of course, they're bloody huge in comparison, but, from behind the wheel > > they don't feel as big as they look. > > *shock horror* SteveH in Mondeo Recommendation Scandal... :p LOL! Just what I was thinking.... -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."
From: SteveH on 15 Jul 2006 09:03 AstraVanMan <peter(a)whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk> wrote: > "DervMan" <thedervman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> I'm thinking of buying a 2 - 4 year old focus estate, 1.8 TDi > > > > > > Have you thought about a Mondeo - you'll probably get a newer one, > with > > > the more desireable TDCi engine, for the same kind of money. > > > > > > Of course, they're bloody huge in comparison, but, from behind the > wheel > > > they don't feel as big as they look. > > > > *shock horror* SteveH in Mondeo Recommendation Scandal... :p > > LOL! Just what I was thinking.... Heh. Well, they're not shockingly bad these days, they're a long way from the bottom of the class, but they're also a fair way off the top of the class. However, they do go quite well in 130bhp form, and they're dirt cheap. -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Tim S Kemp on 15 Jul 2006 09:49 SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > Heh. Well, they're not shockingly bad these days, they're a long way > from the bottom of the class, but they're also a fair way off the top > of the class. The top and bottom being? -- non potete realmente essere una testa della benzina fino a che non abbiate condotto un Passat TDi
From: AstraVanMan on 15 Jul 2006 09:51 "Tim S Kemp" <news(a)timkemp.karoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Heh. Well, they're not shockingly bad these days, they're a long way > > from the bottom of the class, but they're also a fair way off the top > > of the class. > > The top and bottom being? Passat at the top and 156 at the bottom, surely? :-P -- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."
From: Dr Zoidberg on 15 Jul 2006 10:26
Tim S Kemp wrote: > SteveH <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote: > >> Heh. Well, they're not shockingly bad these days, they're a long way >> from the bottom of the class, but they're also a fair way off the top >> of the class. > > The top and bottom being? A 15 year old alfa of some description. Of course that could be either top or bottom depending on who you ask -- Alex Piece by piece the penguins have taken my sanity www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk |