Tell me about D5's

[Gunscrossed]

OK, so I've started a new job and now potentially doing 600 miles a week so naturally I'm thinking of getting an oil burner.

What should I look for when viewing D5's? Are they any good?

Cheers

[graemewelch]

watch out for dmf ratteling and if uou test drive one drive it hard

[volvokid]

Best bring a code reader. I test drove one that was in miles better condition than mine but it had an egr fault.

[cherry1809]

Had my V70 163 a month or two now and can't fault it tbh.
Not really up on the problems apart from the usual DMF, DIM etc.
Taking it easy (ish ) I'm getting 300 mile to £40 @ £1.409 though, which is a lot better than the 120-130 I was getting from the R

[JamesT5]

D5 = Poor Man's T5.

[expolicev70t5]

Bit of a senior moment going on here? repeating

[Gunscrossed]

D5 = Poor Man's T5.

I know but needs must, currently using the Mrs's Fiat 500 twin air!

[M-R-P]

I know but needs must, currently using the Mrs's Fiat 500 twin air!

Buy a second one and have yourself an expensive pair of roller skates

[Gunscrossed]

Buy a second one and have yourself an expensive pair of roller skates

I've actually got a 1.2 as well but my daughter uses it for Uni. :-)

[cherry1809]

Bit of a senior moment going on here? repeating

Aah, the beauty of trying to edit with a mobile whilst sat on the crapper. Lol

[Redbrick]

D5 = Poor Man's T5.

Why drive a T5 as a daily, sat in queues munching VPower, when you can have a D5 for that mundane work and have a T5 for the weekends.

[M-R-P]

Why drive a T5 as a daily, sat in queues munching VPower, when you can have a D5 for that mundane work and have a T5 for the weekends.

That's exactly why we have a starlet auto.
The T5 was using about 70 quid a week and now it only has Vpower, it would be a lot worse. The starlet takes 20 quid a week

[graemewelch]

Why drive a T5 as a daily, sat in queues munching VPower, when you can have a D5 for that mundane work and have a T5 for the weekends.

same here. 307 hdi for weekdays. cant afford to feed the volvo at the minute. 27mpg vrs 47 mpg is a no brainer.

[Gunscrossed]

Why drive a T5 as a daily, sat in queues munching VPower, when you can have a D5 for that mundane work and have a T5 for the weekends.

My thoughts exactly, I still have a Porsche Boxster in the garage, a 250bhp Saab 9-5 and a series 2a Landy!

[M-R-P]

That's just being greedy!

[Gunscrossed]

That's just being greedy!

I do need to reorganise the fleet! The Saab and Porsche should really go! The Landy costs me virtually nothing to own.

[JamesT5]

I've actually got a 1.2 as well but my daughter uses it for Uni. :-)

I feel sorry for you having to clean out all the empty coke cans and sweet wrappers from the footwell....

[Gunscrossed]

I feel sorry for you having to clean out all the empty coke cans and sweet wrappers from the footwell....

I very rarely get to use it, but yes, less than a year old and a tip!

[JamesT5]

I very rarely get to use it, but yes, less than a year old and a tip!

I bet it's got one of those gel air fresheners that smell like Birds Custard hanging from the rear view mirror as well....?

[Gunscrossed]

I bet it's got one of those gel air fresheners that smell like Birds Custard hanging from the rear view mirror as well....?

I'm pretty sure it has, couldn't distinguish the smell though, sort of custard/maccy d's and farts?