Had two ST220's over the last few of years but gettin fed up with fuel bill. The missus use's it monday to friday and only does 100 miles if that at the costof £40 sittin in traffic/short journeys.

St tdci is an obvious replacement but what do other makers offer in that price range?? Only ever been a ford man apart from my pug hdi.

Needs to be powerfull, decent mpg, and good all round spec.

Cheers, Jim.

 

seat leon fr

 

Audi avant 130 tdi se in red/maroon metalic 95k fash 2 owner 6 speed 46 mpg urban 53 plate £4995



cheers danny

 

Ive just sold my Leon 2004 96k miles 1.9tdi se in silver FSH 2 owners over 50mpg (remapped by MSD ) for £3200, thats the differance you get more car for your money with the SEAT equivilant than with any other VAG brand

 

The 130 6 speed is better!!!just sold one of them too great cars but not an audi!!


cheers danny

 

the leon fr is an awesome car, and a stupid amount of car for the money. a mate of mine had one, 150bhp standard, and the neck end 300nm torque iirc. they look the part aswel, look like the leon cupra r

 

it is/was a 130 pd 6 speed pal lol, just like a volkswagen pmsl, and far superior to the audi equivilant for the toys and the handling

 

yes nice car..like the seats and that one does look the part too,i had my 130 up to 188 hp and 322lb ft,stiil did 44 mpg and flew!!


cheers danny

 

same as mine was then..fuck you sold that cheap!!!


cheers danny

 

I just got what I wanted for it to be honest, I bought it for the right price 4 years ago, spent nothing on it (other than routine) so just passed on a great car when it came for us to change, a guy from kent came up to lancashire and took it away darrn sarf !

 

Theres no toys on the se that my audis havnt got and more and although the seat se handled marginally better than my audi se it doesnt handle as well as my 2006 sline 2.0tdi..
That s line avant iv got is awesome round the twistys it also has more hp and 352 lb ft on my map...


cheers danny

 

was that a remapped 130 on the rollers?

I had mine done when i bought it, never bother with the rollers though, always wondered what torque it had, as it pulled like a train - even with a 5 meter caravan on the back

 

Cars up your way are about a grand cheaper and makes it worth the travel mate..that would of made £4.5 k down here!!
I payed 3.5 k for the 53 plate one i just sold only a few months back..



cheers danny

 

the later platform that Golf 5 was used for Audi s-line and for 2006 model on Leon is far superior to the early models in putting the power down and keeping it there - even more so in the wet !!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_(E46)

 

Yeah my mates got the new fr seat leon after he sold me the se...like you say same as the new golf and has that same 2.0 my aydi has..his in for the re map next week,should do more than my s line too as his is 175 std,thats if theres anything else they have to support more power than the audi like intercoolers etc..


cheers danny

 

im not a bmw man but the 335d m sport coupe i did for a friend was awesome bit of kit,340 hp and 550lb ft after the re map!!!!


cheers danny

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2193174.htm

 

Yes mate downloaded the map from dimsport same as msd use so probably the same map mate,as you say pull anything...
The tdi re maps are awesome,mad to drive anything else on the road imo..


cheers danny

 

Nice car that well worth the pennys,can put the same map me and markk had on that to and then it will really fly!!


cheers danny

 

e320 cdi mercedes, fast, good on fuel and comfy as anything, and you get a mercedes to park on the drive, i had always been a ford person, but bought an AMG as a run around and that was me converted, still love fords for playing with, but for all round use daily and service from time to time, the merc is damn good, thats why so many are taxis is so many parts of the world, get one with a good spec and your laughing

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...75nb?logcode=p

 

You may JUST squeeze in an e60 530d,proper nice cars!!!

The vw and variants (seat,Audi,skoda) are also excellent.

 

octavia vrs, not sure what price the diesel ones are coming in at just now.

 

Loved my 130 Bora

Just sold my 150 Leon Fr 2/3 weeks ago, Excellent car, far better looking than a mrk4 golf imo and much more for your money. 130 engine is a nicer drive than the 150 though