07-02-2013, 11:41 PM
I think we'll just have to disagree on this
-it'll cost me less to insure a standard mondeo or vectra than the mapped, lowered HDi.
-Parts are cheap comparatively, but labour is still the same
-Parts aren't readily available, as a lot have stopped being made by Pug and finding say panels or turbos in good condition now is near impossible as there's less and less 306s about now. It's much easier to source ford parts (dont know about vaux parts).
-I can't do all the work, for a start I can't weld, and I'll also soon be losing space to fix cars so they'll have to be garaged anway. And the worst thing about old car fixing is that it takes twice as long due to all the rusty seized parts!!
-There's not so many sensors...but the ones they used are old tech now, another reason for lacking mpg and performance, plus they're the worst parts....never had sensor issues on two vags, but the HDi is full of them.
-50mpg isn't impressive given the lack of power....if it had 150bhp standard then yeah id agree.
-Every car has a forum these days lol.
Jamma clearly.likes his 6, but that doesn't mean rebuilding it was economical - although in his case it probably was after the expensive lpg conversion.
And you took the mod part the wrong way, I was trying to show how our different ideas will affect out car choice, but obviously it didn't cone across like that.
-it'll cost me less to insure a standard mondeo or vectra than the mapped, lowered HDi.
-Parts are cheap comparatively, but labour is still the same
-Parts aren't readily available, as a lot have stopped being made by Pug and finding say panels or turbos in good condition now is near impossible as there's less and less 306s about now. It's much easier to source ford parts (dont know about vaux parts).
-I can't do all the work, for a start I can't weld, and I'll also soon be losing space to fix cars so they'll have to be garaged anway. And the worst thing about old car fixing is that it takes twice as long due to all the rusty seized parts!!
-There's not so many sensors...but the ones they used are old tech now, another reason for lacking mpg and performance, plus they're the worst parts....never had sensor issues on two vags, but the HDi is full of them.
-50mpg isn't impressive given the lack of power....if it had 150bhp standard then yeah id agree.
-Every car has a forum these days lol.
Jamma clearly.likes his 6, but that doesn't mean rebuilding it was economical - although in his case it probably was after the expensive lpg conversion.
And you took the mod part the wrong way, I was trying to show how our different ideas will affect out car choice, but obviously it didn't cone across like that.