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Ford Galaxy LX in generalNewest Review: ... mpv's I recommend the Galaxy as a good all round vehicle. For the money Ford give you quite a good bundle and the ... more More Ford card
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by angusreid - written on 09/04/01 (Very useful, 355 readings)
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The Ford Galaxy is probably the best known and most sold People carrier in the UK. This comes as no suprise, for as comfort, reliability, and sheer value for money, in my opinion, there is none better. First introduced to the shores of Britain in 1995/6, the Galaxy has kept its original features, but changed its shape slightly to go with the times. The model range consists of Petrol up to 2.8 litre engines and starting from 2.0 litre...And diesel 1.9 tdi, which is the best buy but are as rare as rocking horse poo!!!! I have decided to tell you about the 2 litre, as that was the first one in the catagory, and other than performance, the interior is ...
by mocsari - written on 17/12/00 (Very useful, 336 readings)
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Not so much an opinion, more a long and sorry tale of woe... Purchasing a Galaxy back in '96 was hardly a snap decision, as we've test driven and looked at all the other people movers available. It took 4 months for our eagerly anticipated shiny new Galaxy to arrive only to find that the garage hadn't even done a proper inspection on it - it was covered with chips and scuffmarks! We took up their offer of taking this Galaxy while another, hopefully unblemished model, was shipped over, which sounded like quite a good deal in the circumstances, but soon we started having problems: the bumpers started falling off (repeatedly), the driver’s door ...
by smellyjelly - written on 02/08/00 (Very useful, 378 readings)
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I have had a galaxy turbodiesel auto for 22 months now, it was bought brand new and serviced by a main dealer garage. In this time it has done over 100000 miles, it has had to have 3 new gearboxes, not one under warranty, I only received one year warranty. My cars brake servo failed and I had to pay for it myself until ford realised that there was a safety problem here, they refunded my money only when threatened with court action. They still have not sorted out the problem because my car is on its 4th brake servo now. The air conditioning smell and has had many faults. The car is currently off the road requiring a new wiring loom for the gearbox, maybe a weeks wait. On ...
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