MantaGTE85 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Thanks for the memory! I think I remember owning a copy of that Car Choice magazine. Didn't the cover feature a 4 year old XJ40 up for £7995, or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 It's this one, April 1993, only got a handful of these and not seen the XJ40 one but they had an XJ-S on the front of the January 1994 issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Nice. It was so long ago, I think I had the May 1993 issue, that came with the Cheap Fast Cars supplement that I read to death. The problem pages (Sticky Fingers?) were a fun read. Also, I can't believe how quickly all these cars depreciated compared to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I can't make out the mileage reading where it shows the Mondeo's dials on the top of page 15, but I'm trying to work out if Car Choice borrowed K23FMC for test BEFORE or AFTER Autocar used it for driving 12,000 miles to Japan and back in one week. Sorry, l'm nuts like that. I've just found out it's also a 1.6 not a 1.8. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Assume this being for sale is well known by aficionados of this thread egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 hours ago, egg said: I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93! Indeed. The mk2(b) Chasseur was a nice looking car with its GLS alloys and rear spoiler. I would have chosen the Sapphire version in Tasman Blue. Also, for about 3 months after the Mondeo came out, Ford dealers were still trying to shift unsold examples of the Azura edition. They were something like 9 grand each. Petrol versions were also running Pintos. And with compulsory cat converters post-J-reg, the performance on these would have been very interesting. I know my old CVH-engined pre-facelift K reg Escort 1.4 LX certainly was! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 hours ago, egg said: I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93! More-than-slighty used Cortina Mk V would have been the shiter's choice in '93, I think! Yoss, eddyramrod and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 hours ago, egg said: I think us shiters would all take a slightly used Sierra Chasseur pintosaurus special (some late ones did have a pinto, I forget) over a new Mondeo in 93! I spotted a rather immaculate Sierra 4x4 on a K plate locally on Friday in the giffer queue for the local tip, not seen it around before, it was mint. When that 4x4 was new I was, indeed, shite motoring in a 1978 2.0 GL Cortina estate (gold paint, everything else was brown) £400 plus a new battery and a clutch - ran that for a year and it never went wrong - never did find out why the bellhousing was cracked? Flogged it for what I paid for it - happy days. mk2_craig, MantaGTE85, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/19/2023 at 12:03 PM, MantaGTE85 said: I can't make out the mileage reading where it shows the Mondeo's dials on the top of page 15, but I'm trying to work out if Car Choice borrowed K23FMC for test BEFORE or AFTER Autocar used it for driving 12,000 miles to Japan and back in one week. Sorry, l'm nuts like that. I've just found out it's also a 1.6 not a 1.8. It's such a small picture in the article that even a close up isn't really readable unfortunately. Looks like either it's in the hundreds or 30k but wouldn't have thought a test car would have 30k on it even after a 12k trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/17/2023 at 5:33 PM, Missy Charm said: Certain Mark Ones with bigger engines had a truly freakish exhaust arrangement with two silencer boxes at the rear of the car. The exhaust pipe fed the one on the nearside, which was connected to the one on the offside by means of a transverse link pipe. The offside silencer box then fed the tailpipe, which allowed exit of the exhaust gases. I had trouble with the exhaust on my old Mondeo, so got to see underneath once! Said arrangement was in place under there. God knows why, it must be one of the oddest exhaust pipe designs fitted to a production car. The car in the photo has a broken exhaust hanger, which is allowing the flow reverse and silencer feed box to hang beneath the bumper. The 1.6 and 1.8 had an exhaust that exited on the different side to the 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregZX Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/8/2023 at 11:44 PM, warren t claim said: I'm pretty sure most Y (and 51 plate) Mk2s were V6 models flogged off cheap to the police. Don't think I've ever seen a Y or 51 reg MK2 in the wild. Only Y and 51 MK3s. I love late registered cars though like the T plate ZX that does exist somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 21 minutes ago, GregZX said: Don't think I've ever seen a Y or 51 reg MK2 in the wild. Only Y and 51 MK3s. I love late registered cars though like the T plate ZX that does exist somewhere. I had a Y plate Mk2 LX diesel. GregZX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Mine is 30 this week, well it was built in Genk 30 years ago this week. Have a pic from Dungeness in 2017. Popsicle, BL Bloke, neil1971 and 15 others 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWhite Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 My GLX was registered 30 years ago on Sunday (26/03/1993) neil1971, LightBulbFun, MantaGTE85 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 L-reg Mk1 saloon seen at the traffic lights at half 10 last night - was a bit surprised as I imagined most of them would be giffer/enthusiast owned! And then when pondering it today, same spot, a T-reg silver saloon mk2. Clearly the traffic lights at Barnet Church are some sort of spawn portal for early Mondeos. egg, LightBulbFun, RoadworkUK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeT Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Sad end for this one. bunglebus, catsinthewelder, warren t claim and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Good grief, I wondered if it was the stolen base for a moment there (given this is Hampshire and car was stolen from Winchester), but this has body coloured bumpers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, egg said: Good grief, I wondered if it was the stolen base for a moment there (given this is Hampshire and car was stolen from Winchester), but this has body coloured bumpers came here to post about this one/check if it was the stolen car, however you have embedded the Facebook links rather then upload the pictures directly to Autoshite, so I cant see them anymore, however, glad to hear it does not sound like the same car, but still poor Mondeo! On 06/03/2023 at 15:57, egg said: From Facebook: Unfortunately my beautiful mk1 Mondeo was stolen from a car park in Winchester at some point over the last few days. The only evidence left in situ was broken glass on both sides of the parking space, suggesting that the lovely individuals smashed both front windows. I’ve done all I can with Police and the car park owner thinks there is a good chance of CCTV footage, so fingers crossed. I dont think people quite realise facebook image links expire! so when pinching images off facebook please make sure to upload them directly to the forum, tbh I just do this for all images regardless of where they are from, you never know when the external link/sever you pinched them from will go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 The guy with the stolen Mondeo has been on to the police this morning after I posted this on Facebook and tagged him, doesn't appear to be his (as has a sunroof), but if this is another stolen Mondeo may be the same culprit(s), given similar location. I mean who is using a legit Mondeo MK1 as a 'getaway' car in 2023?! AnnoyingPentium and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 The 1.8 couldn’t catch a cold these days. 🤣 Were the police following on foot? Eyersey1234, RoverFolkUs, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Another one gone. Datsuncog, MantaGTE85, AnnoyingPentium and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 That's sad. Colour-coded bumpers came in on February 1994 so this is one of the very last black-top bumper ones. It would have made a good candidate for a marathon paint correction/detailing project, which would've made it good again. Interior looked alright for its mileage, just dirty but at least it was complete and original. Joey spud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 New K-reg alert via Facebook, May 93 LX (1.6) KWhite, AnnoyingPentium, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 never rely on the internet, pic is old and car scrapped, sad face. AnnoyingPentium and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Just in case I get hit by a routemaster tomorrow, here is the list of MOT'd K reg cars last time I updated (it's been a while, I don't have much energy for DVLA bashing!), list of non MOT'd cars is about another 46. 779 NMK has been scrapped. BTW, the FoI request last year said there were 35 taxed K reg Mondeos - so this is a pretty good list! LightBulbFun, AnnoyingPentium, adw1977 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, MantaGTE85 said: That's sad. Colour-coded bumpers came in on February 1994 so this is one of the very last black-top bumper ones. It would have made a good candidate for a marathon paint correction/detailing project, which would've made it good again. Interior looked alright for its mileage, just dirty but at least it was complete and original. It looks like it would want a load of work, better off weighing it in or racing it and taking the good bits off to save a better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaGTE85 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 16/02/2021 at 15:50, greengartside said: K143 NYJ has been called to rest. Now at E3 Autos at Glastonbury. This couldn't have been scrapped. It's showing as still on SORN, so it must still exist. Eyersey1234 and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 It may well have not had the certificate of destruction issued in which case it would still be on SORN. A few breakers yards still do this. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Paul Walton's touring car replica has been stolen - it's based on a base.... edit: being recovered, phew. Dumped not far away. RobT, High Jetter, bunglebus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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