fooby
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Forgive me if this has been covered, but I can't find anything that states whether the 300 TDI has a DMF or SMF. I'm strongly considering buying one. I currently drive a Subaru Outback 2.5 Petrol. I was going to sell it for a small van and convert it to sleep in. I've done it before on a Citroen Nemo, wonderfully fun in the Highlands in mid winter, even though it was tiny!
Budget is around £1500 - £2000. After some searching around a fair bit, I keep hitting the inevitable dilemma of modern high mileage diesels. DMF failures (among other expensive parts such as injectors and turbos on the way out). I also didn't like the idea of sacrificing the Subaru's brilliant ability to go almost anywhere. Car camping always involved some form of rough snow covered single track in the highlands or boulder covered fire road in Kielder.
I thought the big tall 4x4's would be too expensive to run and insure, but I was pleasantly surprised by the Discovery. I don't like the look of the TD5 (too much electronically to go wrong and out of my price range for a half decent one). I like the idea of a simple to work on, cheap on parts car that's comfy on long trips and can be converted into a half decent sleeper. As long as I can return over 30MPG on long trips, I'm fine with economy. The Outback returns about 37 on big trips.
So, do 300 TDI's have DMF's? What about over similarly ludicrously expensive things that go wrong? (Not counting rust).
Budget is around £1500 - £2000. After some searching around a fair bit, I keep hitting the inevitable dilemma of modern high mileage diesels. DMF failures (among other expensive parts such as injectors and turbos on the way out). I also didn't like the idea of sacrificing the Subaru's brilliant ability to go almost anywhere. Car camping always involved some form of rough snow covered single track in the highlands or boulder covered fire road in Kielder.
I thought the big tall 4x4's would be too expensive to run and insure, but I was pleasantly surprised by the Discovery. I don't like the look of the TD5 (too much electronically to go wrong and out of my price range for a half decent one). I like the idea of a simple to work on, cheap on parts car that's comfy on long trips and can be converted into a half decent sleeper. As long as I can return over 30MPG on long trips, I'm fine with economy. The Outback returns about 37 on big trips.
So, do 300 TDI's have DMF's? What about over similarly ludicrously expensive things that go wrong? (Not counting rust).
