Whats 06 primera like

kerryted

Hi there just wondering what the 06 i.6 petrol primera like, had 3 older primera up to 02 and they were all great cars changed to 05 focus 1.4 because herself liked them and its a heep of ****e, problems every week with it just wondering has any one any experience with these good or bad thanks.

woody33

I had two Mk1 1.6 Primeras and liked them, maybe a little thirsty. I've heard from a commercial traveller that the newer shape 1.6s are underpowered.

bazz26

That model Primera wasn't a particularly good car. Didn't drive as well as the first generation and not exactly reliable either. They eat window regulators and gearboxes have been known to be weak on them too. They were pretty much coming to the end of their run by 2006 and outclased by most of the opposition.

A Ford Mondeo or Mazda 6 of similar vintage can be bought for similar money and both are light years ahead of the Primera.

Idbatterim

there was a thread about a week back about a guy looking to sell his 2005 1.6L Primera... or at least he was looking to change to something more efficient at the time...

Blazer

Bought one new in 2005 (1.6L) and at the time it was streets ahead of the Mondeo due to accessories etc.
In the 6 years I had it (about 110k miles on the clock) I had one issue..wheel bearing which cost me about €180 to replace (something to with the hub and bearing being all one unit).
Now it was a bit heavy on petrol as it's a heavy car and the 1.6 is a bit underpowered at 115hp (0-100km in 11 secs) but
a) not one engine problem with it in the entire 6 years
b) very comfortable

kerryted

Thanks guys for reply s looking at primeras on done deal they are very reasonably priced like 4 k for 06 tested the lot, seems to have a lot of extras and all that, not too gone on the shape but we would get over that not too bothered about power wise as is family car , now to off load this focus on some poor ****er.

Bigus

Unusual to hear a focus giving problems, what went wrong with it .? Diesel or petrol ?

kerryted

Bigus wrote: »

Unusual to hear a focus giving problems, what went wrong with it .? Diesel or petrol ?

2005 1.4 petrol,160,000 km first the cat went, than power steering hose, they were the big things, than a few small thing like petrol lid falling off all common faults on the ford focus , all in the last 6 months hopefully it might stop there, nice car to drive and fairly alright on juice.

Hal1

Horrible tirsty bitches that love chewing gearboxes.

colm_mcm

Those 2 things could happen to any Car.

kerryted

Hal1 wrote: »

Horrible tirsty bitches that love chewing gearboxes.

any 1.6 petrol is thirsty some are more thirsty than others , its the gearbox thing i am worried about anyway of knowing that the gearbox is dodgy or do they just go suddenly.

The Pontiac

bazz26 wrote: »

A Ford Mondeo or Mazda 6 of similar vintage can be bought for similar money and both are light years ahead of the Primera.

Both of those cars would be my choice too. Shouldn't be much, if any, difference in price to the Primera.

Always thought that model Primera was ugly and the interior, just weird.

bazz26

€4k would buy this also, long NCT too.


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3734032

Wicklowandy

All previous shape primeras were great fine handling cars...

That shape is a laguna in an ugly dress, and it actually handles worse than one.