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which engine do you have ?

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which engine do you have in your frontera ?

2.0 Petrol
12
18%
2.2 Petrol
8
12%
2.2 Diesel
8
12%
2.3 Diesel
7
10%
2.4 Petrol
10
15%
2.5 Diesel
4
6%
2.8 Diesel
13
19%
3.2 V6 Petrol
5
7%
 
Total votes : 67

Postby I Live For FOG on Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:11 pm

2.8 tdi its reliable its powerfull its cheap to run.

it does not suffer any of the challenges of the petrols or other diesels
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Postby Apache-Andy on Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:08 pm

3.2 V6 - most power there is. 'nuff said ;)

tried those wussy 2.8's but they kept dieing :D
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Postby Mawey on Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:35 pm

2.0i, landed on my feet, no problems, very clean and swaped for a £300.00 Vectra - Plus I've always wanted one :lol: :lol:
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Postby scudriderdude on Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:59 am

2.0 Petrol / LPG - dirt cheap to run, does everything i want it to, (If i feel I wanna go fast, I use Dee's 182 sport clio!)
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Postby lee thompson on Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:40 am

very happy with my 2.2petrol! :D
opel frontera lwb 16v 2.2 petrol...punctuation is important for example."i once helped my uncle jack off a horse"
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Postby lee thompson on Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:44 am

oops forgot to say why :oops: :oops: ! i bought it because its an opel and i have never seen another one? something different.
opel frontera lwb 16v 2.2 petrol...punctuation is important for example."i once helped my uncle jack off a horse"
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Postby brachunky on Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:55 am

I wanted a petrol as I was fed up with years of clatter clatter diesels :lol: as well as the fact that the gap in fuel pricing was that diesel was now more.
The 2.4 came along at the right price TBH and as a VX virgin, I did'nt have any idea of the pro's & cons of the different petrol engines :wink:
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Postby MSI64 on Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:05 pm

Bought a 2.0L because I saw it on Ebay and fell in love with it.

Sold my Fiat Brava for 750 quid and bought my Fronty for 500 quid and gave the wife the rest

250 brownie points for me then :D
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Postby J.I on Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:25 pm

The sig says it all :)
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Postby Tiddles on Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:14 pm

Got a 2.4i as that is what it came with.

Had a 2L petrol Discovery (never again :!: ) and got offerd a swap :D

Best diceshion I ever made :lol:
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Postby turbo on Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:14 pm

got or will have by Christmas a 2.4 lwb ,
i went for this as i wanted a 4x4 & i know the person selling it so i bought it :lol:
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Postby UGE on Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:24 pm

2.8 was looking for a Frontera B but got a frontera A for £1250 needs some work, so far had General Grabber AT2's fitted and a new exhaust but should be sorted soon
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Postby rangaKoo on Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:59 pm

Now it's a 2.8 but it started life as a 2.0, does that mean it's technically a 4.8? :D

The 2.0 just wasn't beefy enough and I wanted the reliability of a diesel so the conversion is still under way... almost finished though cept for the last few bits.
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Postby lizardking on Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:04 am

Bought my 2.8 after seeking advice from here and I'm loving it,regularly doing 4-500 mile round trips and I've got to say I'm happy so far :D
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Postby Big Dave on Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:23 pm

Bought a 2.0 sport in a bad state for way too much, knowing nothing about the frontera other than I loved the shape. When that died I new what I wanted, so I waited, and waited, and waited. After nearly seven months I found what I was looking for - a near perfect 2.8tdi sport for the right money.

Never looked back :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby fenwoman on Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:07 am

I went with the 2.5 diesel for the simple fact that I am used to diesels. Don't like petrol cars, too expensive to run, less reliable if I get caught in a flood going through Welney and I can't abide the smell of petrol. I needed a bigger engine than my previous car in order to pull a fully laden horse trailer but not so big that it would need refilling every few miles. I hope it does what I want it to do.
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Postby outergods on Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:34 pm

2.8. bought because i was sick of drowning petrol engines off road, and it was the onlt diesel lump in an A series sporty.

love it.

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Postby BillT on Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:34 pm

got my xreg 2.2 dti cheap, well at the time :D £6000 3 yrs ago, had it chipped up, and the torgue is fantastic, pulls my caravan all 26ft of it like a dream, no up and down the box. :D
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Postby yaki on Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:40 am

Wanted a Fronty, joined forum and everyone was banging on about how great the 2.8's are so went and bought one :D :D :D :D

Not dissappointed at all :D :D :D :D
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Postby alex on Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:42 pm

I used to tax a cra for 6 months and the reminder to re tax was a reminder to get another motor (OK so I lived with my folkes them days)
Was totting around in a 4.0 jag sov and kept seing the same marron Fronty LWB flying around the main Island in Rugely.
I started noticing more around me and all seemed to be keeping up with traffic better than the usual 4x4 makes and went sniffing aroung the local dealers.

Got me first LWB A 2.4 in metalic Blue. Loved it, kept it 12 months, gew up moved out got married and had a nipper (bloody busy 12months :oops: )

Had to have another and went 2.2 LWB blue again A, did the engine some misheif and swapped for an omega :cry: orrible.

Got rid of that for a 2.8 LWB grey

12months later a 3.2 LWB which I love and found a 2.8 shorty to play in.
Fronty no.4, pimp mobile Treg 3.2 LWB lifted 2.5"

Fronty no.5 2.8 swb hd coils +2" 31"machos.
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