SWMBO, must be obeyed.

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I'm just a little puzzled about your having to work on your D2 "every weekend" Sully. In 220ks my D2 has only had what I call normal maintenance requirements vis...starter motor solenoid, alternator failure, fuel pump and fuel regulator. Most cars I've owned have had similar maintenance requirements as their mileage mounted up. I get my D2 td5 fully serviced every 10ks costs around $350 each service and I have absolutely no problems anywhere......I've just got back from a 5k trip on some of australias worst roads and grumbles grumbling happily away......no issues....nil.

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Well, we all know that not every car is the same and not everyone uses their cars for the same application.
I can't speak of the condition of your car and can't speak for what you might perceive to be acceptable maintenance.
This thing has had constant problems since I bought it, which I put down to poor maintenance from the previous owners.
The missus and I have decided that although the d2 is a lovely car to drive, it's not suited to us as a practical car for her to drive around in every day, is too expensive to run, is too expensive to maintain and presents reliability concerns.
We'd prefer a car that's backed by a dealer warranty, has low k's and is suited to city driving. We aren't going to do any serious off roading.
It's a no brainer really.

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Originally Posted by Discobaker

Sully is a perfectionist, it wouldn't be the first time he's been accused of looking for trouble rather than waiting till something actually went wrong :) lmao!

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Mat, you're not too far from wrong! I prefer to know that everything is functioning as it should be.
Found any nice blue ovals yet?

Haven't really been seriously looking matey, it's a great car & now I KNOW everything is in good running order as a result of my own maintenence, I'll just keep on with her till something pops up. I'm in no rush :)

A brief upate for you lot... Today I went with SWMBO to look at a 2002 Saab Linear SportEstate.

The experience was very underwhelming. I didn't even bother letting her have a drive.

Saab's are now off the list!

Well, the weekend consisted of looking at Saab's, Volvo's, Commodore's, Falcon's Territory's, Captiva's and several other random cars.

It's tiring stuff really.

After all of that, the Disco is still sitting in the driveway at the end of the day. Nothing else seems to really stack up compared to the D2.

I dare say that it will be sticking around for a bit longer!

The hunt is on again after breaking down on the way to hospital for the delivery of our new little girl (cute as a button!).

It's also developed a slow leak from the brake fluid reservoir. That combinded with the prospect of pulling the transfer case.... I'm getting really tired of this car. It's like tempting fate with every trip.

I think that we'll have to bite the bullet and spend a bit more and get something more reliable. We've narrowed down the hunt to an 07/08 VW Passat TDI DSG Wagon, 07/08 Holden Captiva diesel, Peugeot 407 HDI Touring...
I'm leaning towards the VW.

i vote VW

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Originally Posted by tangus89

i vote VW

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I second that

I had one as a company car. Nicest car I have driven. I used to do nearly 100,000ks a year in it. And they run on a nat **** of fuel

I have had pug 405's 406's and 407's , mondeo's and vectras and the passat is the best of them all with the feel of the drive and reliable, and the feel of the quality of the build of the car

I love them and really really miss my old passat in fact was the only real thing I miss from my old job, and leaving the Uk

I now have a flacon fg for work car. Can't even compair. The falcon is no where near being in the same league as the vw


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Good to know! While trolling through the forums,I'm finding it hard to find many faults with the VW.
Might be the way to go I think... And thy are pretty well priced for a relatively new diesel wagon.

they (VW's) are very successful in africa, somewhere were if you break down you have a chance of being mugged, or killed :eek:, much worse than breaking down here. so they must be good :p, citi golfs over there are like corollas over here.

Well, I drove the Passat and it was great, what a bloody nice car.
I've negotiated a reasonable change over price and if I find the finance terms satisfactory, there will be a nice shiny black Passat in my drive next week. It's got sunroof, leather, heated seats, sat nav, stacker, front and rear sensors and is near immaculate.
The only thing that didn't work was the cruise control, which I'll get them to fix. Cruising on the freeway at 100 in silence, ticking over 1800rpm and chewing 4.0l per hundred k's felt good.