markwoods39 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ary they any good ? I am thinking of buying one on an 07 plate 45.000 miles on the clock.I am a courier and only need an estate car now delivering Aircraft parts all over Europe. when do they need the cambelt change ? or are they chain ?. I just need a good reilable car so is this one going to serve me well. Thanks in advance. p.s I know nothing about cars lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Welcome to the forum. The estate is Reliable load carrier. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnis Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 The 1.6tdci is a nice engine. I have it in a hatch, with 68,000 on the clock. It does have the dreaded dpf, which needs changing at 10yrs or so, I'm not entirely sure. Its fairly economical, and I get 50mpg on average, including a combination of 10-mile motorway trips, 10-mile a-road trips when the m25 is busy and quite a few short, 1-2 mile town driving trips. Short journeys kill the mpg, as on the m'way etc I'll be getting 60+ mpg, albeit with fairly economical driving. I only got mine in June, so can't really comment on reliability. Only suggestion would be to upgrade spec level - I assume you will spend a lot of time in your car as a courier, so you may want to consider more gadgets. I looked in a LX and am so glad I went for the Ghia - air con, automatic wipers/headlights etc... I found the LX to be quite basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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