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NickR

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Needs to comfortably carry 4 adults, be in decent mechanical order, have MOT and a towbar would be a bonus.

Dont mind if its petrol or diesel, towbar would be a bonus. Ideally a comfy cruiser.

Budget in and around £1500.
 

NI_Volvo_Nut

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One I have been looking after the last few years, timing belt at 180k, FSH, needs MOT in July but should pass without too much issue. Has towbar and 7 seat kit.
 

domo gti

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Id maybe sell my mk5 Golf Estate 1.9TDI.
I was going to use it as my daily driver but could be tempted to sell it and just keep my polo.
 

willswheels

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Silver 2001 BMW 528i Sport, Auto, Black Leather, 122k, MOT until December, driving perfectly. No towbar fitted but E39 towbars are cheap. Has HIDs and wiring in place for subwoofer. £1750
 

Boksic

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One I have been looking after the last few years, timing belt at 180k, FSH, needs MOT in July but should pass without too much issue. Has towbar and 7 seat kit.

Half looking out for something to have sitting about to do the odd bit of towing, maybe 1.5-2 tonne plus the trailer. Do these d5s tow well? Does it make much difference manual/auto? Cheers 👍
 

big_pete

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My Dad's 5 series is still there haven't had two mins to advertise it. Been sitting at work since its MOT in dry storage. Tow bar etc on it
 

NickR

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My Dad's 5 series is still there haven't had two mins to advertise it. Been sitting at work since its MOT in dry storage. Tow bar etc on it
I'll see if I still have the pictures and details on it.
 

dub

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Please view this ad:

2004 Ford Focus LX 1.6 estate (petrol),
 

Coog

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Half looking out for something to have sitting about to do the odd bit of towing, maybe 1.5-2 tonne plus the trailer. Do these d5s tow well? Does it make much difference manual/auto? Cheers 👍

1800kg apparently so would need to be a very light braked trailer. There was an image of one on here towing a fairly heavy car on a transporter. It may have felt fine but it was almost certainly illegal unfortunately. For those sorts of weights plus a trailer you're really into 4x4 territory.
 

NI_Volvo_Nut

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Half looking out for something to have sitting about to do the odd bit of towing, maybe 1.5-2 tonne plus the trailer. Do these d5s tow well? Does it make much difference manual/auto? Cheers 👍
Manual is easier on fuel, other than that both will happily do the job. Know a guy regularly uses his for stock cars (towing them - not competing lol)
 

Steviegsi

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Needs to comfortably carry 4 adults, be in decent mechanical order, have MOT and a towbar would be a bonus.

Dont mind if its petrol or diesel, towbar would be a bonus. Ideally a comfy cruiser.

Budget in and around £1500.


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I'm looking about £900 for this.

2000 e280 v6 petrol auto. Mot'd til September, Black heated leather, CD changer etc. Original Amg 18s, 132k miles, full history up to 112k ish. Original owner up until the start of the year, who then sold it to the fella I bought it from in mid March. I've put around 2k miles on it and it hasn't missed a beat on my fast A road commute. 204 bhp so goes rightly. Really comfortable bus for running around in. No tow bar though. Can drop the price considerably without the wheels if interested.
 

NickR

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I'm looking about £900 for this.

2000 e280 v6 petrol auto. Mot'd til September, Black heated leather, CD changer etc. Original Amg 18s, 132k miles, full history up to 112k ish. Original owner up until the start of the year, who then sold it to the fella I bought it from in mid March. I've put around 2k miles on it and it hasn't missed a beat on my fast A road commute. 204 bhp so goes rightly. Really comfortable bus for running around in. No tow bar though. Can drop the price considerably without the wheels if interested.
That could be the ticket. Anymore pictures of it to show the other half as she will be using it as much as me?
 

Steviegsi

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That could be the ticket. Anymore pictures of it to show the other half as she will be using it as much as me?


Yeah no worries. Fire me your number across and I'll Watts app you... My phone pics are too big to upload. 07801231657 is mine.
 
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