phil_lihp Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 That is lovely, I know Mondeos are cheap but that's a huge amount of car for £400! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 That looks pretty nice Mr_B, a lot of motor for £400. Can't see anything it doesn't have in fact, are those cruise buttons on the wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Don't know, I have a feeling it might have cruise, but I haven't found/tried it yet. Concerning the Mk3's, they are a most appealing car I must say. My mate has an ST220, the engine in it popped a week after he got it and he managed to find a second hand engine with a certified 5000 miles on, so boshed that in. It sounds beautiful and he runs it on LPG, on which he gets 28mpg so its a pretty cheap way to get about. It sounds to me like the ideal transport solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Pit Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 To verify the Mondeo MKs:MKI 1993-1996MKII 1996-2000MKIII 2000-2007MKIV 2007-currentthe MKV will be along next year The future- MKV available in 2013 I've always liked the Mondeo I had a MKI LX TD from 2004-2005 (that had a blue dashboard) and that was a good car my father also had a petrol MKI LX from 2003-2010. They are a reliable car and the MKI's are very rust resistant. I don't think they have the council estate image, that would go to the BMW 3 series they have become very much the chavs mode of transport. I still see afew MKII's earning a living on the cab ranks (normally the oldest cars still in service) also a late MKI on a P reg is still mini cabbing here, until I saw it I had thought the last of the MKI's had gone a couple of years back, I remember travelling about 3/4 years ago in a MKI Mondeo taxi around an L reg that was a petrol! Check out this MKI Mondeo taxi that reached a million miles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me ... e-18443992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingJesus Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Cracking buy Mr B - I'm literally green with literally literal envy ! Should be the CC controls on the wheel, and the little stalk down by your left knee will be the audio controls - my old one had the CD control panel under the stereo. Does the little strip LCD under the centre air vents work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Mk1s are definitely more rust resistant than the Mk1.5s/2s, often seem better built all round in fact. Ford must have cheapened some of the paint process in 96 for sure. The Mk5 will be delayed until 2014, now Ford have decided to shut down Genk and move production to Valencia. ...or so last weeks Autocar said. They are already on sale in North America as the Fusion: http://www.ford.com/cars/fusion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 To verify the Mondeo MKs:MKI 1993-1996MKII 1996-2000MKIII 2000-2007MKIV 2007-currentthe MKV will be along next year Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 The Mk1s certainly seem far less offensive and actually better built than following models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazo Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 BUMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I've just become part owner of a Mondeo Mk1 1.8 Verona. Looks bloody good for the money we paid (£195) only done 48000 miles, 12 month ticket. Already had one of our neighbours asking about it so hopefully might be able to make a little profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter9000uk Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Mr Bol, those are cruise control buttons on the steering wheel btw. Does it have electric seats too? Mine is an estate version with the same spec as that but with added Ford mudflaps, well 3 as one is missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Got this Mondeo on the road at the weekend. Its fookin brilliant, cruise control works, remote locking works, juddery wipers fixed, basically everything bar the drivers heated seat seems to work. Got some new Alpine speakers to go in but the daft twats at the car hi-fi shop have not sent the wiring connectors so theyre not in yet. Sails along almost silent at 70mph. Only getting 30mpg though on my 100-mile steady motorway trip which i was hoping to beat, but you can't have everything I suppose! I will just have to offset the cost of the fuel against the fact that the car cost fook all, and is great. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 To be honest I'd have thought 30mpg isn't bad going for a V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Got this Mondeo on the road at the weekend. Its fookin brilliant,.......Only getting 30mpg Sounds like a perfectly calibrated specimen, Mr B. Fatha Earl never got more than 28.5 (properly calculated) out of his ultra-late P reg MK1 Ghia X, with the Doctor Strangelovematic gearbox (OVERDRIVE!!!1). That's incidentally the exact same drinking rate as his 540 does. Triffic car. His mate had his off him and later scrappaged it in for a Hyundai Atoz or something else execrable, the ridiculous bellend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I was stuggling to get over 25mpg in my old ST24 so 30 is good going, mind you i have a heavy right foot which doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeah i can't really knock it, its a 2.5V6 with an autobox FFS, what did I expect? 30mpg is perfectly reasonable really, i was just hoping that I might coax a bit more out of a steady 100-mile round trip. Anyway i'm still a big fan and suddenly the commute seems a lot more appealing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan84 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I'm only getting low 20's from my Sierra DOHC auto so 30 sounds pretty good; I think the 1.8 Zetecs were only about 35 mpg running about doing local in town trips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Drove my Mondeo 550 miles in one hit yesterday: Never even bothered opening the bonnet before setting off, thats how much faith I have in this car. Cruise set at 75mph for most of the journey, the car was absolutely faultless and i have managed to coax a genuine 32.4mpg out of the last tankful. It is a real pleasure to drive on the motorways, its mega quiet inside and the body seems mega well isolated from the road, it properly glides along. The auto box and the cruise control sometimes have a sort of robot wars-style battle on long uphills but that's about the worst of it and I think its probably pretty normal. Anyway, its fuggin amazing all round for £400. I love it!!! Ms_Bol is a big fan as well, I think she is gonna adopt it as a replacement for her Mk4 Astra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 It's great to have a car that you have faith in, especially one thats comfy and long legged. I really miss having a super-comfy barge to tool around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 love my black zetec and my mate loves his red v6 ghia ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 The 4x4 had a different floorpan and the boot floor had 2 big reinforcing bits in it near the suspension turrets. I'd love a 4x4 mondeo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 the red one cost him £350 bar the alloys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 There was a chappie at Mallory today with a BTCC replica V6. Not sure where I stand on making a replica but at least he'd done it properly and made an actual racing car with a rollcage and decent engine, and it was on the track not parked outside Tesco in a disabled bay.The V6 sounded amazing, that an a massively-turbo'ed Escort Cosworth were the two nicest noises of the day. It wasn't hugely quick but it was battling well with a R5GTT and a championship-winning Saxo so not too lardy. Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 this one... http://mondeoevolution.co.uk/index.php? ... 3#msg45553 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That forum is one of the childish ones that doesn't let you view topics without being a member, what was it a link to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The OP said "Banger".... FOR SAYL ON EEEBYhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/built-mondeo- ... 2c6b361e8e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I meant to say I know where there's a brand new rear Mk2 bumper that's been painted but never fitted to car that's about to get chopped up and sent to the bin. If anyone wants it let me know and I'll save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 BUMP, this mondeo has been in my custody for a year now, done about 12,000 miles in it! Its behaved perfectly but today failed the test on front wishbones, broken coil spring, u/s ARB links at the back, a tyre and some welding (urgh). Looking at the pics in this thread its not quite as smart as it was a year ago but its only been washed a couple of times so thats hardly surprising. Anyway I'm not chucking it away so will get stuck into it when i'm back off hols. rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 If you're doing the front wishbones Mr. B, buy some new wishbone bolts, theyre only a couple of quid, but you cant get 2 of them out as they hit the subframe. Simply slit the heads off with a grinder and then fit the new bolts the other way round - there's enough room for the nut and it saves loads of hassle chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Good stuff, seems to have been a mega reliable old steed for you. What needs welding on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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