Your opinions or advice please

Looking at getting a 110 crew cab in the region of 13k
Do I go td5 or tdci.
I've read so many reports on both that I don't know what way to turn!!!
I drove one of each today, td5 seemed more grunty ( chipped) but the tdci seemed more refined
Hmmmmm.......

I'd be tempted to go TD5 that has a particularly good service history.

Reasoning? I would believe all the teething problems from the production line will have been sorted out whereas the TDCI may still throw stuff up and will be more expensive to repair.

What ever you get, make sure its been looked after, then continue to look after it

The tdci has 33k on the clock and has a galv chassis.
Just been reading up on the pit falls of this regarding sva, vic checks etc....
I don't want to have the motor taken from me.

If you can get a late model TD5 in good nick that would probably be the best bet. Looking at Ebay and Autotrader it looks like the good TD5s are going for higher prices than TDCIs so they're clearly considered to be quite collectable. Having been around for a few more years there are a greater variety of modification and tuning options for the TD5 too.