NEW everyday car? Opinions welcome

[sparkie1401]

Hello all

t'other day Guin informed me that he wanted a newer/different everyday car, a diesel is prefered as when im home im doing quite a lot of mileage to and from the Mrs's house

the 2 favourites are

2006/07 mondeo ST TDCi hatch only

2007/08 Megane Sport DCi 175


slim outsiders are Honda accord S 2004/5 or mk5 astra sri TD 150

megane is my favourite, and please proper opinions not just its french an crap i get some people dont like them but ive had a few an never had a bad one

cheers
x

[Novasport]

Honda Accord

[mowgli]

my money is on the mondeo....renaults have strange things that go wrong on them, a lot

[sparkie1401]

cheers mogli, never had a bed one yet though, currently running my old mans Laguna MK2 1800 16v and totally abused it for 16 months and shes fine bar a service new brakes all round replacing originals on 70k and a broken rear spring

[turbojolt]

Them 150 td astras go like the clappers for what they are lol my birds dad swears by his mondeo never let him down and he does some serious mileage in it aswell

[Pistol Pete]

Honda accord.

[Mazz]

french crap..

I'd vote the mondeo too tbh

[paul080803]

Avoid the astra, well any 1.9cdti 150 as the gearboxes are dodgy and the inlet manifolds.
Accord is bullet proof, defo get my vote - worked for Honda for 3 years
Mondeo, well it is a Ford so enough said!
Megane, dci 175 are good when they work but as already said way too many things go wrong on them and always expensive. I also worked for Renault for 2.5 years.

[thespannerman]

if its electrical and not engine related it will break on a megane!!especially window regs..£170 ish each

never known a gearbox on a z19dt/dth but egr/manifold problems are common.depends how its driven and milage in my opinion..

then again welcome to the new age of motoring.....if its got wheels and an egine expect a light to come on on the instrument cluster!lol

arnt mondeos diesels prone to chewing the ring gear up??or is that a different engine??

accord gets my vote!lol

[hogman]

BMW 1 series diesel - far superior!

[Will F]

Mondeo all the way for me - ST is well specc'd too

[maddogdaz666]

I'd go for the mondeo st tdci, my dads got a 2.2 tdci and it does 50mpg even when te cruise control is set at 90 mph, and it's 155psi so there's tonnes of grunt, nice specced cars too. And I'm not a ford man.