Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDI

Firstly , let me apologise. Please don't expect a technical review from me, this is written from a mum's point of view and not of Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear. I am a bit of a closet Ford fan. I have owned an escort popular, an XR3, a cabriolet, and a Sierra 2.0 Ghia. When the children came along it was to expand our car capacity so we bought our first Galaxy. I owned my 1997 Galaxy since almost new and even though it had only reached 50,000 on the clock, we thought it was time to trade up and change to a diesel engine. I wasn't expecting to get a brand new car but by chance we did. It was at ... more

We purchased a 2nd hand 2005 Ford Galaxy TDI from a used car supermarket. In comparison to other models of this class, the Galaxy is head and shoulders above the rest. Why did we chose the Galaxy? Well, put simply - you get a lot more for your money. Yes the other rivals like Zafira and Sharan are also 7 seaters, a little bit cheaper and so on but in my opinion you get what you pay for - and the Galaxy is perfect proof of this. Practically speaking - there are no close rivals. The 7 seat arrangement, is not simply 'just' 7 seats. They are seats of an equal build quality to all other seats in ... more

The story behind the car ………………………… or why I bought it I'm not going into details of Henry Ford and how he earn't all his millions. I'm also not going into detail of all the mechanics of the vehicle. I haven't a clue how to change an oil filter or what the ins and outs of a breaking system should be . I'm just going to review my new baby, my silver Tdi, manual gear box 2005 model and get down to the nitty gritty of what makes this car so good for mums and kids. Sorry lads no techie stuff here, I'll leave that to Top Gear Magazine! I have owned my P reg Galaxy since new and even though it has ... more

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I have to say i love my galaxy! i have only been driving for 7 months and learned in a little clio, so moving on to this massive car made a few marks in my pants i can tell ya! Before i passed my test my husband drove the car for near on two years and loved it, but now its my baby. I dont know anything technical about cars, but these are my views on it. It is an absolutly lovely car, with seven seats i can take my three children out as well as my sister and two nieces and still squeeze the pram in. Once all the seats are in though you dont have much boot space, but i can cope with that. A big ... more