For Sale - My dad's Mondeo - £450

[Station]

FOR SALE

Ford Mondeo TDCI DAD GHIA X

 

It runs fine, I have driven it a few times, if something went wrong on it, he would usually leave it for six months and then get me to fix it, usually with a scrap yard replacement (front springs), or new service items from ebay. It starts OK, but there is a heavy squeal from the aux belt. This is because the tensioner spring thing has seized - I've ordered a new tensioner and belt off ebay and will fit them prior to sale. It doesn't have DMF, I've a feeling it was done within the last xx,000 miles as it has done just over 200,000 miles. I think it had an MOT recently. I bought DAD road tax at xmas, so it'll have 'drive me home' tax.

He swapped the alloy wheels for 15" steel wheels and I got some Mondeo wheel trims. I'm not sure why, but I think buying 17" tyres was getting expensive, not that he has done a huge amount of miles in it anyway.

 

Here is the only photo I have of it, and a google streetview one at that:

 

 

I'm not afraid of offers, will pass them on if anyone's interested. It's a Mondeo, I've probably gone overboard on the description.

[Bren]

It could be worse - it could be a diesel vectra.

[Station]

Pa is now getting £150 from a garage tomorrow for this! I just spent 120 quid on tensioner and belts, argh! There's nothing wrong with it ffs.

[omegod]

Pa is now getting £150 from a garage tomorrow for this! I just spent 120 quid on tensioner and belts, argh! There's nothing wrong with it ffs.

Whoa where is the car located??

[omegod]

Whoa where is the car located??

 

PM'd you my number station, If this is on Merseyside/Wirral ( as I suspect for some reason,possibly wrongly) give me a bell I'll give it a good home tomorrow 

[wuvvum]

TDCi Mondeos do seem to be a rather awkward car to sell on.  I should know, I've got two of the fucking things.

[omegod]

TDCi Mondeos do seem to be a rather awkward car to sell on.  I should know, I've got two of the fucking things.

 

It's the death rattle of the flywheel or smoky injectors that give people the frighteners, both up to £600 each to sortt properly

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It's the death rattle of the flywheel or smoky injectors that give people the frighteners, both up to £600 each to sortt properly

 

Not with our friends Messrs. Swan & Vestas and their 'one strike and you're toast' problem solving kit it ain't.

[Station]

It's going at 12.

[Tamworthbay]

It's the death rattle of the flywheel or smoky injectors that give people the frighteners, both up to £600 each to sortt properly

my mate had both of those go in the last two years, a new turbo needed plus both rear suspension arms needing swapping out and a rear caliper. It all happened bit by bit and ended up costing him over £1500 on an 04 plate that is probably worth £200 as it has hyper mileage and a dodgy paint job after seagull crap killed the lacquer. It would have been scrapped if it was mine.

[Cavcraft]

It's going at 12.

Pictures of it towed away to be weighed in, please.

[Pillock]

*checks watch*

 

*takes off hat in respect, hums the funeral march"

[Bren]

I slagged my diesel vectra to death on here, however they never seem to shit themselves on the scale of a diesel mondeo - the automotive equivalent of a lemming.

[Bren]

Anyway, no funeral pictures like that focus?

[Cavcraft]

I slagged my diesel vectra to death on here, however they never seem to shit themselves on the scale of a diesel mondeo - the automotive equivalent of a lemming.

 

My Vauxhall loving neighbour caved in a bought a Mondeo TDCi. I mentioned he's previously slated them saying they were shit but this 'is a good one/not worried about the DMF/it'll be alright.'  Which it was.

 

For about 6 weeks when the starter motor played and, surprise, surprise, was full of metal filings. Then the DMF gave up the ghost, and he sold it for about a third of what he paid for it.

You can/could score quite late TDCis for silly cheap money, but it's because they're fucking awful.

[omegod]

My Vauxhall loving neighbour caved in a bought a Mondeo TDCi. I mentioned he's previously slated them saying they were shit but this 'is a good one/not worried about the DMF/it'll be alright.'  Which it was.

 

For about 6 weeks when the starter motor played and, surprise, surprise, was full of metal filings. Then the DMF gave up the ghost, and he sold it for about a third of what he paid for it.

You can/could score quite late TDCis for silly cheap money, but it's because they're fucking awful.

They break quite well though ! I would have had this but obviously it wasn't to be

[Station]

Yeah, it's gone.

[twosmoke300]

Let's not also forget that they are a complete twat to work on . This is because they used a transit engine which seems to be the size of a v8 and needed Vaseline and a shoe horn to get it in a car . The alt belt tensioner is a particular bastard design . I hate them