Recommend me

[JamesMio]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

I had a 2005 ford mondeo for 3 years - 2.0 tdci, 130bhp, 500 motorway mile or 450ish mixed miles to a £50 tank of diesel. AirCon, heated seats, heated mirrors, cheap on insurance, biggest maintenance bill in 3 years was a rear bearing or hub (can't remember which) - a pattern part was about £200 + vat.

Apart from that it sailed through MOT's (One mot was £90 all in - that was the mot test, 2 new front tyres, and a load of rear bulbs all replaced by the dealership).

Really comfy, did europe trips 3 times without any drama, would definitely recommend as you get ALOT of car for little money

I had one of them, great cars indeed. I'd certainly have another one, put it that way.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

Paul, ahh never knew that, dad had the 3l v6 st220 and the recaro seats and intearior and touch screen radio sat nav were very nice untill my mum got car jacked in it.....

the zetec s 1.9 diesel is very nice as well if you get the leather trim and 18" alloys

I would have loved the petrol one if I could afford the fuel & insurance etc. but the diesel was the more viable option. If there wasn't a reasonably common issue with the injectors on the st diesel then they'd be a fantastic car for the money

focus old shape for that money.

Have found a few Mondeos I'm going to look at once I've called up and interrogated the sellers. Decided I don't really need a diesel because my mileage isn't that high, so have lined up some 2.0L Zetec and Ghia post 2003 facelift models. I've been steered away from the earlier pre-2003 models cos they eat throttle butterflies which wreck the engine.

You get a lot of car for very little money with the Mondeo.

[Paul the 6th]

certainly do mate, I absolutely loved mine all day comfy as well