bubble1973 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Posted February 9, 2010 Hi all, i am about to buy a manual 04 plate galaxy ghia tdi and have a few questions. Is the privacy glass a removable film or is the glass tinted? I have to remove it as it will be used for a private hire vehicle. Also are these cars affected by the dual mass problem the mondeo tdci is? Any advice on any common faults on these cars would be greatly appreciated, ie the aux heater seems to be a major problem? Many thanks in advance. Quote
Mirez Posted February 9, 2010 Report Posted February 9, 2010 Hi all, i am about to buy a manual 04 plate galaxy ghia tdi and have a few questions. Is the privacy glass a removable film or is the glass tinted? I have to remove it as it will be used for a private hire vehicle. Also are these cars affected by the dual mass problem the mondeo tdci is? Any advice on any common faults on these cars would be greatly appreciated, ie the aux heater seems to be a major problem? Many thanks in advance. The glass is tinted, you'll have to swap the whole lot out for a vehicle without - is that the law for private hire cars then? There are a fair few around here that have the factory tinting fitted and are still used as PH vehicles, even a couple of merc's with tinting. The DMD issue isn't that common on the galaxy and seems to effect the 130 ones more then the 115's - by 03/53 a lot of the little things had been sorted, the aux heater is one of the biggest issues along with aircon failing. Quote
bubble1973 Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Posted February 9, 2010 Hi all, i am about to buy a manual 04 plate galaxy ghia tdi and have a few questions. Is the privacy glass a removable film or is the glass tinted? I have to remove it as it will be used for a private hire vehicle. Also are these cars affected by the dual mass problem the mondeo tdci is? Any advice on any common faults on these cars would be greatly appreciated, ie the aux heater seems to be a major problem? Many thanks in advance. The glass is tinted, you'll have to swap the whole lot out for a vehicle without - is that the law for private hire cars then? There are a fair few around here that have the factory tinting fitted and are still used as PH vehicles, even a couple of merc's with tinting. The DMD issue isn't that common on the galaxy and seems to effect the 130 ones more then the 115's - by 03/53 a lot of the little things had been sorted, the aux heater is one of the biggest issues along with aircon failing. Thanks for the quick reply. In our area it is a requirment to have clear glass unfortunatly, probably so drivers dont try and overload their vehicles by carrying more people than they should. Probably going to be expensive to change all the glass sp may be easier to try and find one without privacy glass. Quote
Mirez Posted February 9, 2010 Report Posted February 9, 2010 If you have to change the tailgate glass then it'll be expensive, if its just the door glass then it shouldn't be that expensive. You might want to look at Sharans instead, AFAIK the privacy glass was an option even on the top spec models. Quote
gregers Posted February 9, 2010 Report Posted February 9, 2010 either thator look on ebay for someone breaking a gal with clear glass. Quote
wackojackouk Posted February 17, 2010 Report Posted February 17, 2010 either thator look on ebay for someone breaking a gal with clear glass. Or you could look for a Sharan being broken :P Quote
gregers Posted February 17, 2010 Report Posted February 17, 2010 either thator look on ebay for someone breaking a gal with clear glass. Or you could look for a Sharan being broken :P or an alhambra :P ;) B) Quote
Scorpiorefugee Posted February 17, 2010 Report Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) Or you could look for a Sharan being broken :P Hasn't Seatkid got an Alhambra nearing the end of it's days? ;) :P B) Er, perhaps I shouldn't have said that. :P Edited February 17, 2010 by Scorpiorefugee Quote
gregers Posted February 18, 2010 Report Posted February 18, 2010 Hasn't Seatkid got an Alhambra nearing the end of it's days? :P ;) B) Er, perhaps I shouldn't have said that. :P CLASSIC......... :P YEP I THINK YOUR IN TROUBLE. Quote
Scorpiorefugee Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Hasn't Seatkid got an Alhambra nearing the end of it's days? :D :lol: :lol: Er, perhaps I shouldn't have said that. :( CLASSIC......... :lol: YEP I THINK YOUR IN TROUBLE. Yes. I think I could be on my way to Coventry soon. :huh: Eastbourne wouldn't be too bad but I doubt that's an option. ;) Sorry Seatkid. Didn't mean it. Honest! :D :( Quote
gregers Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Hasn't Seatkid got an Alhambra nearing the end of it's days? :D :lol: :lol: Er, perhaps I shouldn't have said that. :( CLASSIC......... :lol: YEP I THINK YOUR IN TROUBLE. Yes. I think I could be on my way to Coventry soon. :huh: Eastbourne wouldn't be too bad but I doubt that's an option. :( Sorry Seatkid. Didn't mean it. Honest! :D ;) right there scorpio theres enough old peeps in my neck of the woods without you adding to the problem ;) ;) Quote
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