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Originally Posted by Mark_h

I always fancied a VW corado They had one with a supercharger and a turbo (G60 or something like that). Went in one once. It was mental. New Sciroccos are quite nice but probably too expensive for you for a while.

Are Jap imports still about? FTO/GTO mitsubishis etc?

No, the G60 was just supercharged, not turbo charged as well.

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

volvo v70 d5… facelift since it has no wipers on the headlights (mines a 2002 with headlight wipers)..

£85 to fill with diesel, 750 motorway miles, 625 real life miles, fast, comfy, heated leather seats, road trips to europe no problem, loads of room for engine & bike bits……….. or a mattress if you're into that

lot of car for the money. If you're not commuting, go for a modern petrol hot hatch. If you're thinking of adventures then a diesel tdi 2-2.5 litre is your boy

Nearly bought one of those V70 d5s, comfy as hell, lovely to drive, but crap turning circle. I could have lived with that, and the one I looked at was fully loaded, even had seven seats, but it was a 56 plate facelift model.
Looking further into it, the facelift ones that had 185bhp, 6 speed box, had major dpf issues. I wanted facelift spec, they did do these for about a year (54-05reg) but had the 163bhp, 5 speed non dpf (distinguished by chrome bumper trim but no door mirror indicators) but couldn't find one for love nor money. Earlier ones have fragile inter coolers and injectors can be a bit troublesome.

Avoid Mazda diesels for same dpf issues.