What sort of Mileage is it worthwhile getting a Diesel?

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:40

Berger said:
Interior looks like the one in my van, switches, indicator stalks, gearstick, pretty much all look lifted from there :-/

Shock horror

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:41

DannyW said:
glad you like it, i'd of gone for the 3 door myself and a high milage 1.6 tdci to remap it (regardless of milage per year) it's much better then the old gutless petrols

The new petrols are hardly any better, they're only gutless if you stay below 3.5k

Berger · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:41

Tom|Nbk said:
Shock horror

Er yeah, i kind of expected it to have a better interior than a van......

DannyW · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:42

which van?

Firestar_3x · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:43

Erm more like the van was based on stuff out of the car........

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:43

Berger said:
Er yeah, i kind of expected it to have a better interior than a van......

Depends, some of the Ford vans have fairly nice interior.

Berger · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:47

DannyW said:
which van?

New/recent transit range.

The ones ive driven havent had nice interiors, its all hard wash down plastics, perfectly suited to most van uses where they will get cruddy, but not "nice".

West · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:50

One thing I have noticed with the interior.. where the hell does the passenger side airbag come out of? theres no seperations along the top of the glovebox?

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:51

Berger said:
New/recent transit range.

The ones ive driven havent had nice interiors, its all hard wash down plastics, perfectly suited to most van uses where they will get cruddy, but not "nice".

Haven't Ford vans always had similar interior to the car models anyway :confused:

The term nice was meant to be used loosely.

DannyW · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:57

West said:
One thing I have noticed with the interior.. where the hell does the passenger side airbag come out of? theres no seperations along the top of the glovebox?

its got a weak spot built into the dash so the air bag can just explode out, downside is that if you prang it you will need a whole new dash board

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 21:59

DannyW said:
its got a weak spot built into the dash so the air bag can just explode out, downside is that if you prang it you will need a whole new dash board

Never knew that. The MK1's just have partition for the airbag.

West · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:00

DannyW said:
its got a weak spot built into the dash so the air bag can just explode out, downside is that if you prang it you will need a whole new dash board

Thought as much lol

Sone · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:04

West said:
Nope, not with my new job

car looks nice, but i don't understand this attitude

DannyW · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:07

Sone said:
car looks nice, but i don't understand this attitude

yeh regardless of income depreciation of a car really annoys me

Howard · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:10

Why is it called a Zetec Climate if it doesn't have climate control? That's as bad as the Focus MP3 that doesn't have an MP3 compatible stereo!

DannyW · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:12

climate has heated front screen, mirrors, and air con.

the focus mp3 did come with an mp3 player

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:13

howardcanning said:
Why is it called a Zetec Climate if it doesn't have climate control? That's as bad as the Focus MP3 that doesn't have an MP3 compatible stereo!

Climate Pack

Air Con
Heated Windscreen + Mirrors.

The stereo was actually MP3 compatible that was the whole reason.

DannyW · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:14

tom you fail, i just posted that

Tom|Nbk · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:15

DannyW said:
tom you fail, i just posted that

I tend to avoid reading your posts. It's not good for my health.

Howard · 13 Mar 2008 at 22:15

Oh, I thought some "MP3"s didn't, thanks ladies