Newbie with a question

[markni]

Hi there,

Complete newbie question from Northern Ireland.

I've just spotted a 2.4 Galant GDi elegance in the autotrader for sale near me and I was hoping you folks could help me?

Was there a 2.4? I can find info on the 2.5 V6 but nothing on a 2.4 and if anyone has owned one, what are they like to drive?

Thank you,

Marl

[Axeboy]

Yup 2.4 GDi, im sure its a 4 pot...

Ive heard that the v6 is the better engine, however ive never driven the 2.4 GDi.

I'd imagine its a nice enough engine though, and even better if the price is right.

[markni]

It's a 2002 with 61,000 on it, going for £2,850. The price caught my eye :) Think I'm going to have a look at it!

[Axeboy]

Sounds good to me...

:)

[Axeboy]

Looks like an Auto to me....

It says its manual, but looks to have the tiptronic gearstick...

However, the car looks stunning.

[Paul Beazer]

The 2.4GDI is ok, but not particularly economical, abou the same as the V6, but less power. Only a 4 cyliner too. Designed to run with better quality jap fuel as a result it loses quite a bit of power running them on uk fuel.
The concensus around these parts is go for the V6, smoother, faster and sounds better too, easier for spares also!
Do a seach and you should be able to dig a few threads about it.

[markni]

I noticed the gearstick myself so I rang the dealer and it turns out that the car is mauve so those pictures are not of the actual car :( I've done a bit of searching through the forum and as Paul said the general concensus is the V6 is the way to go. the mpg shouldn't really matter I don't do that many miles thankfully :)

Thanks for the help folks!

[bradc]

If you don't do many miles then grab a VR-4! The V6 is definately a better engine over the 2.4gdi, the killer is that the gdi fuel pumps are very high pressure and if they do fail you are up for a lot of $$$. Their requirement of 98/99 octane doesn't help either.

[Lillywotsername]

As no one else has said it........../Welcome