Which Engine (kinda new car thread but not :P )

[Toms306]

Tom I know this argument is never going to go anywhere but I'm Still going to say my bit.

Newer cars ARE NOT more reliable. I know you have an issue where you need something you
Can have faith in and that's fair enough but how many HDis do you see on here that have had to go on the back of a recovery lorry? How many break down? Barely any because its a solid reliable engine. Fair enough people like Jonny are having issues but that's because of chronic boost. Obviously the more power you try and get out of a engine, the less reliable it can become.

Newer cars break down just as much. Problem is though we are moving away from the times of being able to fix your own car. Take dum dums coupe for example. It's got a dpf fault and needs that liquid topping up (I can't remember the name of it now). That's a dealer job as most of the process needs to be done on PP.
say for example the CD player packs in on the mondeo you buy (likely. There crap). You can't just go and buy a new one and fit it. You have to have the old one unpaired and new one paired before it will work which again, is done with dealer software.
I was comfortable owning my 6 because I knew that even if the head gasket went or the belt snapped, yes it would be an inconvenience but I could have it fixed in a weekend for not a lot of money. Other thing is, have you seen the price of a belt renewal on a mondeo? Some of the newer ones don't use chains. They use a oil bath belt. Your looking at the best part of 800 from a dealer to do the job.
Remember Tom. It's ok you being given the money to buy a newer car but considering how much money you don't have, what are you going to do when it breaks down or something goes wrong?
If my Kia broke down outside of warranty, I'd be looking at £80 a hour labour. That's considered cheap for dealer work. The garage my old man used to work at charged £125 a hour and that was back in 2007!

The HDi engine is shite as it gets older - currently I've got a f*cked turbo (due to age/milage), a snapped cat pipe (again, rust takes time to form), a dodgy MAF (age related again), oil leak from turbo return (as the clip weakens over time), injector/TPS fault (either a dirty injector which happens over time, or a TPS which wears out over time) and a knackered clutch and cable (again, time related and abuse related). ALL of those things are age related! Why didnt they happend 5 years ago? Because the car was newer. Everything gets less reliable over time, not just cars, everything in the world deteriorates. And dont forget its not just the engine failing that could cause the car to be undriveable.

I've seen quite a few HDis broken tbh, just 'hanging on' with several faults that could cause a breakdown at any point. Granted you dont often see them on recovery trucks, but thats more due to the fact people dont really care about them and will drive them home if at all possile, risking further damage where owners of expensive cars would rather get it looked at (example, clutch cable snaps, we'd probs just crunch the gears home as the snchros are f*cked these days anyway, with a newer car youd be calling the recovery straight away!), either that or 306 owners are too tight to pay for AA lol.

And you're right, more power (mods) reduce reliability, as does thrashing a really slow car because its so slow........so buy one as standard thats quick enough to start with should theoretically last longer than cars that I've modded...

You're thinking of too newer mondeo, thhe shape Bailes has, the older ones use the better system of cam chain, and you can swap stereos (I done it on my Dads last month lol).

Not being to afford to afford to fix a newer car is the reason I kept putting it off.......but my Nan said that she'd rather see me get a new car and if it did go wrong she'd pay. Whilst I dont like the idea of it, I'd be stupid to turn it down.

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I'm hoping to get an hdi when I get back for something pretty reliable!

I've one here you can buy....the pinacle of reliability....

Honestly, you might aswell stick with an XUD.