fiestaturbo1984

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anybody have one of these or driven one on a regular basis? im after a family size car after xmas and initially was going to go down the 1.9 cdti route but tbh, running cost isnt a major issue im just after something fairly new with no reliability issues. did consider an st220 but tbh for my budget they only seem to be really high mileage etc

Big G

The Police use em so they cant be that bad.

fiestaturbo1984

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thats what i thought, got my eye on an ex police one in fact, thought it would have a good service history even though a bit of a hard life

R4N SS

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go for it - i have an ex police astra 1.7 CDTI and it was lo mileage and one owner from new.

done plenty of miles in it and have only had to deal with a broken inner cv joint and regular servicing.

CosworthGuy

My mates dad's got a 3.2 v6 elite auto. Very quick car, Very good for motorway top speeds but shocking on fuel and i MEAN SHOCKING if you give it some. Very fun car and handles well for a big car. suppose they would be good with an lpg conversion

fiestaturbo1984

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well i have a 60 mile round trip for work, and around 55 of that is on the m3 so would be mostly on motorway any.

this is the car, i have emailed with a view to going to have a look, would be ideal for the motorway lol

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1384071.htm

turbolee

looks a tidy car for the money my brother had a 2.6 vectra was a nice car heavy on fuel tho

m4tt274

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do plenty of checks when u go and look at it. if its ex police it will have been serviced well and anything that has broken will have been replaced. but the car will have been smashed over speed bumps, mounted curbs, ragged about all day maybe even crashed so i would check all the mounts and bushes and joints etc.

jammerrs

as m4tt274said i reckon

just do plenty of checks but anything that needed servising will have been done, and used vauxhall parts so it should be all good

dakar

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Agreed have seen some of these ex cop cars and some of them are as rough as a badgers arse underneath,i personally would be wary of an ex dibble motor.

fiestaturbo1984

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think il just make sure i dont have any kind of goggles on. i know it wont have had an easy life, but thats why its the price it is

Glenn_

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Why dont you just buy a ST220.

pete mcrash

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bloke at work has one......loves it but it's pants on fuel.....(if that matters)

silver

I have the 3.2 gsi and it is pretty good value compared to the ST220.

On the motorway I can get 38mpg, but my overall average is about 25mpg with the way that I drive it.

Glenn_

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Will these come into the high tax bracket like the st220 might be.

pete mcrash

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.........well my pal aint a "fast" driver and he only gets about 19avg........the fookin cossy's better......

longdog

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Had one for a long weekend once, was good fun. Fast, but the ride was quite harsh.

silver

No, they are Ł210 a year due to emissions.

DanW@FastFord

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That's a LOT of car for the cash!