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[Taxi_Driver]

Cars that have caught my eye at Manheims (Bristol ) auctions tomorrow.....

List is.....

Vectra SXI 1.8 dualfuel man 04 registered..36k miles.....guide about £5k......buggar its a saloon....i want an estate...next..

Volvo XC90 2.4 Estate diesel auto 04 reg....38k miles.....buggar its guide is 19k!! next...

Merc c220 2.2 estate diesel auto 03 reg....75k miles....guide is nearly £9k  

Signum.....2.2 diesel auto 03 reg....29k......price seems ok guide of 6k.....but its a hatchback....next...

Zafira....2.0 diesel auto 04 reg....63k.....guide of under 6k....promising  :-/

Merc c220 2.2 estate diesel auto 03 reg 86k.....guide is nearly £9k again  

And heres a different one i picked for Ron.....as i know he likes these  

Mondeo 2.0 estate diesel auto...04 reg....112k....guide of just over £3.5k   oh and its vat qualifying too.....no good to me as im not vat registered!

Well you might have guessed im going shopping for another car.....none of the cars above really fit the bill apart from the mercs.....maybe the Zafira....tho never driven one so dont know what they're like  :-/

[Marks DTM Calib]

Signum is about as close to an estate as you can get!

[tunnie]

Take a trip up here TD to Witney Auctions, get lots of ex plod motors there.

Nice '04 3.2 Estates in there  

Find one thats not been used on motorways (below 100k miles) LPG it up and away you go!  

[Jim]

I have a 55 plate signum 1.9cdti 150 bhp and it's a great load lugger the back seats fold flat into the floor and its massive, you can fit a large single mattress on the floor
But when your not load lugging the rear passenger have fantastic leg-room and it's a nice car to drive and it's good on fuel

[Jim]

Also my wife has a zafira 2.0 dti elegence which I quite enjoy driving, the high seating position is great for visiability

[Taxi_Driver]

Signum is about as close to an estate as you can get!

I need to go and view one really......vx call em hatchback.....as far as i can judge from pics.....their sorta in between a hatch and an estate.....more of vertical rear door like an estate but i get the feeling there not as long as normal estates.  :-/

[tunnie]

Signum is about as close to an estate as you can get!

I need to go and view one really......vx call em hatchback.....as far as i can judge from pics.....their sorta in between a hatch and an estate.....more of vertical rear door like an estate but i get the feeling there not as long as normal estates.  :-/

The Signum does seam to be aimed at the Taxi Market....

[Marks DTM Calib]

From memory....the load area on the signum is bigger than the merc....

[Taxi_Driver]

From memory....the load area on the signum is bigger than the merc....

Really.....worth a view then.....as long as my bitch can jump in the back.....and get comfy...

Vx dont seem to do the 2.2 diesel on em now......any reason you know of?

I seem to remember cam chains snapping on some vx diesels.....tho carnt remember the details

Dont suppose the 1.9 replaced the 2.2 coz they just fitted an intercooler to the 1.9 to give it more umphh.....or did the 2.2 have an intercooler as well?

You may remember im not a fan of diesels with intercoolers fitted.

[Marks DTM Calib]

In my opinion, every turbo charged engine should have an intercooler....because

a) When you compress a gas it raises the temp (Boyles law)
b) You want the loweest inlet temp you can get for max efficiency

The 1.9 effectively replaced the 2.2 (as used on the Omega)......no chain issues on the 2.2 though....not the diesel version...and the 1.9 is a good unit

I have always found the load space on the C class pretty poor.....the only car in the range with less is the A4.....

[Taxi_Driver]

In my opinion, every turbo charged engine should have an intercooler....because

a) When you compress a gas it raises the temp (Boyles law)
b) You want the loweest inlet temp you can get for max efficiency

The 1.9 effectively replaced the 2.2 (as used on the Omega)......no chain issues on the 2.2 though....not the diesel version...and the 1.9 is a good unit

I have always found the load space on the C class pretty poor.....the only car in the range with less is the A4.....

Thanks for the input... tho does the 2.2 diesel have an intercooler.....think the 2.5 lump (omega) does...but unsure of the 2.2....probably not as you carnt get an auto version.

I agree with a) and b) but this means the manu's inject more diesel to get more power....and hence use more diesel.....i think we've been here before  

The merc 2.2 doesnt havent an intercooler.....my old 2.2 used to average 43mpg.....thats probably 90% town work and 10% long runs.....i looked up the signam 1.9 diesel....its only about 40mpg extra urban...and less than 30mpg town driving....so i reckon 35mpg max is probably about right for the driving i do....