Diesel Runarounds - insurance?!

[Coyoteboy]

Christ on a bike, getting quoted higher than the premium on the modified GT4 for a ~2000 1.8TD mondeo estate?!

So I need to re-think either the vehicle or the insurance company! Any ideas for cavernous (would consider small vans) super-high mpg diesels that go fairly cheaply and dont cost a lot to insure??

[paul_gt4]

306 d turbo or hdi or xsara's are easy insured and do 50miles on a whiff of diesel

[bazza2541]

306 XRDT is even cheaper to insure than the D-Turbo and has the same oily bits, but is 5 door only.

[Coyoteboy]

306 had been on my list but I was a tad worried about its boot volume (with seats down) - wanna get bikes in there without stripping (them) completely. Originallyu was looking at escrot vans but felt that 400 motorway miles a week might be a bit noisy and harsh in one. Anyone any experience of the 306 with luggage?

[paul_gt4]

nope but i have experience with 306 blowing engines i haven't dine 300miles in mines yet and blown 2 engines (2nd one complete head gasket failure, 1st one completely cooked it coming back from scotland)

[bazza2541]

306 comes in estate form to.

Ebay is your friend.

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[paul_gt4]

some pretty good prices there only main problem with the HDI is water pumps and with all french cars electrics

[Coyoteboy]

Hmm the 306 is good old pug1.9 D based IIRC? They go forever, more or less?

The water pumps fail early on the the HDi or are they just a "make sure you swap it when you're mean to" part?

[bazza2541]

nope but i have experience with 306 blowing engines i haven't dine 300miles in mines yet and blown 2 engines (2nd one complete head gasket failure, 1st one completely cooked it coming back from scotland)

Yeah, Like its the cheese eating surrender monkeys fault that you can't drive.

[silverspeed]

theirs a nice audi in 4 sale section.....

[ChrisW]

nope but i have experience with 306 blowing engines i haven't dine 300miles in mines yet and blown 2 engines (2nd one complete head gasket failure, 1st one completely cooked it coming back from scotland)

Yeah, Like its the cheese eating surrender monkeys fault that you can't drive.

 

[Coyoteboy]

Never had a problem with surrender monkey machines, other than keyless timing sprockets :S

Silverspeed - stick a decimal point in there and I'll buy it

[Redbeast]

mazda 626, nissan primera, both worthless ont he second hand market, but big, reliable, actually quite chuckable.  decent economy too for a large car. 

[Coyoteboy]

Hmm some curve balls there redbeast - will check them out.

Noticed the Astra 1.7DTi has great reviews, 850 litres of luggage space (massive!) and the owners club claim mpg returns on average of ~54ish, more on long runs. That sounds ace!

[paul_gt4]

nope but i have experience with 306 blowing engines i haven't dine 300miles in mines yet and blown 2 engines (2nd one complete head gasket failure, 1st one completely cooked it coming back from scotland)

Yeah, Like its the cheese eating surrender monkeys fault that you can't drive.

yeah yeah and how many engines have you replaced recently, trooper and that nice thing twice mmmmmmm and a gt four as well, say no more