20-01-2014, 08:20 PM
Try and get a facelift model they look so much nicer.
The leather is nice, the dark grey looks nice just a pity they don't come with heated seats.
Mine is the 2.4jtd 20 valve and has bundles of torque.
Look out for rumbling from the drive train under acceleration, normaly the inner cv joints are worn, had this on mine and it turned out there was no grease in the drivers side joint.
Filled it with grease and all has being fine now for 12k.
As for the brakes I don't find them that bad, give them a good clean up, grease the sliders etc change the fluid and they are fine ( though I have also fitted braided lines to mine )
Drove mine to Spain last year ,did 2500 mikes in ten days, used less than three tanks of fuel an that's fully laden and with the ac on full time.
Front wishbones are prone to making a noise and are a right pain to change but fit good parts and they last a while, also make sure if doing the uppers that you remove the bushes and coat them in red rubber grease
The leather is nice, the dark grey looks nice just a pity they don't come with heated seats.
Mine is the 2.4jtd 20 valve and has bundles of torque.
Look out for rumbling from the drive train under acceleration, normaly the inner cv joints are worn, had this on mine and it turned out there was no grease in the drivers side joint.
Filled it with grease and all has being fine now for 12k.
As for the brakes I don't find them that bad, give them a good clean up, grease the sliders etc change the fluid and they are fine ( though I have also fitted braided lines to mine )
Drove mine to Spain last year ,did 2500 mikes in ten days, used less than three tanks of fuel an that's fully laden and with the ac on full time.
Front wishbones are prone to making a noise and are a right pain to change but fit good parts and they last a while, also make sure if doing the uppers that you remove the bushes and coat them in red rubber grease