Suggestions for reliable estate car

[Woodworks]

Havent read all the posts here but saw your edging strongly towards an ex police focus....I am a serving police officer and and drove the focuses every day......do NOT buy an ex police one!!For response driving they were so under powered and the gearing low down was rubbish they had to be treated like a gokart and were thrashed everywhere and when I say thrashed I really mean thrashed remember they didn't have to stick to any speed limits! Once they get to the point of being retired it is either as they are at that age or because they are spending way to much time in workshops being repaired and it is usually because they spend to much time in workshops!!

 

 

Shane I recommended the focus to you but my latest one is an ex Police one (sold to me as ex traffic wardens car by best mate ) I would not wholeheartedly recommend an ex Police model even thou I have not yet had any problems with it it just feels slacker than my old one that had done 40k more and 5 years older.

[adbat234]

Anything but a Vauxhall!

[youcallthatbig]

REALLY do not agree about Saab's high maintenance, have put 140000 miles( currently showing 166k) on our 95 tid vector estate over 7/12 years and the clutch is now showing signs that the DMF is going, some front discs, some bushes front and rear for last mot, and one set of electric window rollers is about all I can remember doing ,other than front tyres every 20k, still can get mid 40's mpg and its done in one of the most comfortable seats ever made.....

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

REALLY do not agree about Saab's high maintenance, have put 140000 miles( currently showing 166k) on our 95 tid vector estate over 7/12 years and the clutch is now showing signs that the DMF is going, some front discs, some bushes front and rear for last mot, and one set of electric window rollers is about all I can remember doing ,other than front tyres every 20k, still can get mid 40's mpg and its done in one of the most comfortable seats ever made.....

 

Is yours the 1.9, 2.2 or 3.0 TiD? I've got a DMF for the 3.0 TiD sitting gathering dust!

[youcallthatbig]

Is yours the 1.9, 2.2 or 3.0 TiD? I've got a DMF for the 3.0 TiD sitting gathering dust!

 

2.2..... not sure the 3.0lt fits, but I think I might check that.... as have been quoted a "smelling salts, WTF" price for replacement, BTW did you get my PM about the 7910?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

BTW did you get my PM about the 7910?

 

oh bugger! :blushing: pm box was full remind me

 

90% certain the 3.0 dmf doesn't fit a 2.2; got a 2.2 egr valve and other bits also gathering dust lol!

[youcallthatbig]

oh bugger! :blushing: pm box was full remind me

 

90% certain the 3.0 dmf doesn't fit a 2.2; got a 2.2 egr valve and other bits also gathering dust lol!

 

sounds like my old 153 dolmars..... that's why I would like to buy a new one....and then I can use my 36"GB bar again( or not as the case may be...)

I will resend pm