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[andysuds]

Hi folks i hope this is the right section,traded my 04 zetec s mondeo 130 in on tuesday for a 55 plate 2.2 d4d t spirit and am going to

pick it up tomorrow, whats the general thoughts of the avensis overall by you guys who own them.

cheers Andy

[bristolmotorspeedway]

Hi folks i hope this is the right section,traded my 04 zetec s mondeo 130 in on tuesday for a 55 plate 2.2 d4d t spirit and am going to

pick it up tomorrow, whats the general thoughts of the avensis overall by you guys who own them.

cheers Andy

I bought my 2.2 D4D T3-X new in September 2006 and I'm very pleased so far. Only criticism is that the stereo should be better on a car costing this much. Apart from that I am delighted, regular 50+mpg over almost 34k miles. It is an exceptionally easy to drive and refined car, although the engine is getting noisier and more 'diesel sounding' with age, albeit only below 2k revs. Handling could be better, I'm still not used to the understeer after all this time (used to have a nice, pointy, Mondeo).

Had a 10 mile run in one of the new mk 4 Mondeos recently as a passenger and it seemed very crude after the Avensis - constantly aware it was a diesel and cheap interior plastics. In all honesty I really think that the Avensis is in a different league to the similarly priced competition.