Id have gone for a HDI 406, or a Mondeo TDCI, but they are twice the price as my trusty new steed, oh, and strangely enough, they wanted over £150 - £200 more to insure me on LX versions of the above diesels, compared to an SRI 2.0 16v Vectra!!

So, I now have an additional Grand in the bank (think how much fuel that buys...if anyone has worked it out...about 9,400 miles of fuel. circa £0.839 per litre, and 36 mpg. That is an awful lot of fuel to be going at instead of me paying £2k for a diesel. (assuming you paid £1k for the car, which I did)

Oh, ad apart from a new thermo stat, and some new rear pads she has seen me right for over a month and a half, and circa 3250 miles.