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  1. 24th January 2010, 10:39 PM #21
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    Peugeot is almost the only option for a diesel small/medium car for that price range.. Citroen (reliability?) and Holden Astra/Vectra also did diesel but aren't many around. May be able to find a MkIV VW Golf oil burner in that price bracket as well if you're lucky.

    If it was up to me I would go a Peugeot 406 or 306 diesel, best suits open road driving, good reliability and not boring to drive. Super frugal as well. Maybe do a bit of time looking around aussiefrogs.com if you want to research it more.
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  2. 24th January 2010, 10:40 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    May not be all that popular, but, Volvo's devalue savagely - you end up with a lot of second hand car for your money...
    your the 2nd person in as many days to suggest a volvo, im gonna check them out
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    Quote Originally Posted by B92 8NW View Post
    Lol Mick I got nailed by an Isuzu truck at every set of lights this morning on my way to work. Its made me cranky haha.

    You've been behind me on the open road too - Tdi + auto = bad spread of ratios and undeniably slow.

    Would it have happened in my ex 1HDT Toyo? No. Its time truth was spoken, Japanese is Lord.
    what you need to do is put a defender transfer case in the jigger . or make it manual
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  4. 24th January 2010, 10:42 PM #24
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    True. I'm keeping my Disco because its [now] an ideal, faultless vehicle. All they need is a bit more under the bonnet.

    But I'd rather spend another 4l/100km to have hill flattening torque
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    Quote Originally Posted by B92 8NW View Post
    True. I'm keeping my Disco because its [now] an ideal, faultless vehicle. All they need is a bit more under the bonnet.

    But I'd rather spend another 4l/100km to have hill flattening torque
    For starters remove the centre muffler . the turbo should spool up a little quicker . you could also up grade the intercooler or even get the turbo tweeked a little
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    Quote Originally Posted by jazzaD1 View Post
    your the 2nd person in as many days to suggest a volvo, im gonna check them out
    ok volvo's out! after a quick look on carsales.com.au they're not for me lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by jazzaD1 View Post
    ok volvo's out! after a quick look on carsales.com.au they're not for me lol
    yeah plus you need a white hat and a bobble head on the parcel shelf !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fusion View Post
    yeah plus you need a white hat and a bobble head on the parcel shelf !
    yeah, the liberty is winning so far i reckon, they tend to be cheaper interstate than in victoria, so now i need to suss out what needs to be done to transfer interstate rego to victorian plates
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  9. 25th January 2010, 01:04 AM #29
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    You can get a new Proton S16 for $11990 drive way.
    www.proton.com.au




    Id be looking else where though.
    Last edited by Zute; 25th January 2010 at 01:07 AM. Reason: because it keeps changing my link
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  10. 25th January 2010, 01:37 AM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zute View Post
    You can get a new Proton S16 for $11990 drive way.
    Home | Proton Cars Australia




    Id be looking else where though.
    lol i am gonna look elsewhere, but thanks anyway
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