Having a look at cars, just found an x type jag estate that’s the same price as most other estates of the same year, milage.
£1,400
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Don’t know about the more modern ones, but my brother-in-law’s older jag incurs truly eye-watering maintenance costs. It seems to need lots of regular work and everything’s expensive, even in Stockport, where he lives.
VB
The X-type was a re-bodied Mondeo. I have had a few jags, and yes, they can run up some costs. But the X-type shouldn’t.
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You may as well get a mondeo. It’ll be cheaper to get bits and it’s basically the same car
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That sounds like good news. My, er, un-re-bodied Mondeo is cheap to keep on the road.
VB
I wouldn’t buy one, but was surprised how cheap it is
2.2 diesel with 116,000 miles
Any car of that age can be anything from a nightmare to blissfully trouble-free, depending on a mixture of maintenance, driving habits of previous owners, and how well built it was in the first place.
One thing I’ve noticed is that Mundane-o’s of that era seem to rust out early and fast, but I’ve not personally seen a rusty X-type.
Such a fucking lottery buying used cars…
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I wouldn’t bother with the FWD diesel, but the 4WD 2.5 and 3.0L V6 petrol X-types were nice, and are now bargains.
Had a 2.0D Saloon as a company car a good few years ago. Nice to drive, nice inside no leg room in the back.
Like Paul’s says it’s a lottery, if it has any service history might be worth a punt.
And of course economical to run (say ex-Bentley owners and no body else).
Don’t buy luxury cars if you can’t afford fuel!
Focus estates …nuff said
Ps. I know fuck all about cars and the two I’ve had never cost more that a salty butter smother on toast a day.
Each one more than five years old, lasted the double of that
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Have considered a nice RX-8?
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He did say that he needed a new shed.
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Are Brown Volvos no longer A Thing?
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Was offered a v70 a few weeks ago.
Trying keep the running cost as low as possible
Fed up paying £300 tax a year.
Found an astra ecoflex locally, but need to find out if ecoflex engines are any good
The 1.3 would be nice, but like everything, reviews are mixed
Tempted to go for this.
Has new mot and looks tidy
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