what car to buy with a 25/30k budget

Jaguar xf v8
Merc c63

 

Iv just bought an E92 335D mapped to 340bhp ...you don't need petrol when diesels go like this does. A quick dab of toe soon puts the chickens in check

And you'll still have 10k in your back pocket

 

Still the fuel of the devil though......

 

no but egr and dpf misery comes with dirty diesel

 

The mate who had an M535D touring (well, two actually) bought it so he could take the wife, two adult kids and two German Shepherds from Swindon to Scotland to visit family, while having something genuinely exciting to drive when he was using it on his own. It was as good on fuel being driven quickly as any petrol equivalent driven gently.

He replaced it with a diesel XF and now has an A5 3 litre diesel S-Line, he willingly admits the '11plate BMW was the nicest road car he's ever owned or is ever likely to own. He upgraded the first when the warranty ran out and sold the second for the same reason - although he never needed to make any significant claim. But BMW were very good whenever he found any kind of rattle, squeak etc at taking it in, giving him a nice loan car and giving the car back fully valeted. Which is handy with two GSDs.

The one thing I would say with the BMW is that you don't realise how good the anti-crash is on greasy roads until you try turning it all off and scare yourself lol

 

can be deleted and map tweaked as required

No EGR may mean slightly noisy engine but the upsides is improved MPG and power.
DPF does trap the soot and can be blocked if the engine is not run long enough at steady state to regenerate this catalyst (Ever seen a diesel car emit sudden plumes of smoke on the motorway )

 

I thought some of the newer egrs are also water cooled and a lot more complicated to delete bypass? I may be incorrect mind but I swear I read or was told that?

Problem with dpf delete is there going to tighten the law so it's not possible to do it anymore?

I have a mk6 golf gt tdi and was thinking of remap and dpf delete but the change in law proposed and new mot rules that may be coming is putting me off

 

Very difficult to remove any modern egr valve. Diesels are notorious for being incredibly expensive and unreliable. If I didn't work at a garage I wouldn't ever consider one. Some of the bills we have to hand to customers is frightening!

 

currently sorting an s-class out with such miseryes, no remap unfortuately i have to put it all back to factory

 

How old are diesels generally when they sart to become expensive, is it mainly low mileage cars at say 6 years or older? Only asking as I can only afford nicer cars once they are 6 or more years old and need reasons to never consider a diesel lol, genuinely interested though as 23 mpg is not great when you hear how 'good' modern diesels are.

Do they ever sound anywhere near as good as petrol 6 pots or more?

 

im old...i dont want any noise upsetting my drive to where ever i go n the country. my hearings fading so slience is golden!

6 cyl dervs a good sound. like a lorry!

40+ mpg...650 miles to a tank is what its all about with work / family life. wooshing along in a auto diesel, riding big glugs of torque and 8 speed autos that are never far away from the right gear to flatten the odd gti.

s4 would be my next choice but 300 to the tank would soon **** me off. when i had the gti and was travelling to a few sites in a day i was filling up daily. and when your on the m42 with the 50 mph signs on its better to be doing 50mpg than 25!

 

10 or younger maybe even a bit older but the modern super power /refinement stuff is epically expensive

 

After going to the london meet today im tempted to buy a cheapish get around. Say a mondeo. And use the funds to fully strip the golf a give it a fully rebuild.. with a nice engine build.

 

Spending on the golf will appreciate in the coming years were as the others will depreciate unless you buy very well

My a6 was 35k new 4&1/2 years old now and worth 12-15k if I'm lucky even with very low miles and FASH

But my misses likes driving it to the shops and schoollol

 

thought you wanted a decent family car?! **** letting my kids in a modeo

 

Definitely going to make my mk2 mint.. just thinking what to do to the engine

 

Fair point but it was just an example.

 

Sounds good to me.

Forget the Ford though. Get a Passat or Bora

 

I was thinking maybe a jetta but then again that would end up as another project. . Yeah maybe a passat

 

Foookin mondeo. Slap yourself boy.