Greetings All
Mrs Image and I like to have an old runabout for everyday use .... something that won't be wept over when the doors get dinged in Tesco car park or if it gets nicked while parked in some dodgy part of town, but is reliable and not too expensive to fix ... a workhorse.
To set the scene, we currently have a Rover 45 .... bought off a mate for £600 and given 3 years of reliable service ... was ideal as it is all the things we need ..... cheap, as it's deeply unfashionable, comfy, 2litre diesel so pulls well enough and surprisingly economical ... due to a bust rad hose overheating incident the engine now sounds very 'diesely' so it looks like it will need replacing soon (though still going strong like an old trouper).
My question ...... what would the assembled wisdom suggest as a possible replacement? .... something that fits the same criteria ... reliable, unfashionable, cheap but a reasonable day to day runabout.
I await suggestions 🙂
Cheers
K
Ps .... Mrs Image fancies a 2.2 diesel x-type jag estate (yep, I know it's a mondeo in a posh frock!) .... the manual seems the best bet and you can get a clean one with decent miles for a diesel and the possibly troublesome dual mass flywheel replaced for around £1.5k ... seems like a lot of car for the cash .... problem is, they were never a popular farmer's car up here and they mostly seem to be 400 miles south ... long way to go to look at an old car .... my personal choice would be a sub-£1k mid range saloon of some sort.
