'93 Mondy thread - K reg base 4 sale (not mine)

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With full credit to Paul Harbord on Facebook - here are the 2022 numbers for MK2's left by the way...

•  At least 2144 cars taxed and on the road (there were only 526 mk1's!)
• LX is most common with 458 variants left taxed
• Verona TD is the rarest with 1 taxed, Aspen and Aspen TD have 2 each taxed
• There were 204 Zetec/S's, 192 ST24's, 181 ST200's, 193 Ghia's, 312 Ghia X's taxed
• There were only 97 Diesel engined cars taxed.

[Popsicle]

On 12/04/2024 at 03:47, warren t claim said:

There's got to be an interesting story behind this.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/2000-ford-mondeo-1.8-lx-td-5dr-11500-miles-estate-diesel-mondeo-classic-with/1473877788

Oh wow, I've done hundreds of deliveries down to the Airbus/GKN site at Filton over the years and seen this many times outside one of the stores.

I'd believe the advert story to be true, it very rarely seemed to move and often looked a bit unloved, but it always looked straight and tidy underneath the dirt. I mentioned to the lads in the stores to give me a shout if they ever found out it was being let go, that went well for me! To be fair I've not worked since November last year so it would be a bit unfair to moan at them.

 

[warren t claim]

22 minutes ago, egg said:

With full credit to Paul Harbord on Facebook - here are the 2022 numbers for MK2's left by the way...

•  At least 2144 cars taxed and on the road (there were only 526 mk1's!)
• LX is most common with 458 variants left taxed
• Verona TD is the rarest with 1 taxed, Aspen and Aspen TD have 2 each taxed
• There were 204 Zetec/S's, 192 ST24's, 181 ST200's, 193 Ghia's, 312 Ghia X's taxed
• There were only 97 Diesel engined cars taxed.

I very much doubt that either of those Aspen diesels were mine

The Verona TD surprises me because I didn't think that they were sold in TD variant. I'm sure that if they were I'd either have seen one advertised, bid on one at a salvage auction or known another driver who had one.

[KWhite]

May 1993 1.6 LX seen on X/Twitter that was spotted by Jude Currie.  Last MOT expired December 2008

[warren t claim]

2 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

Oh wow, I've done hundreds of deliveries down to the Airbus/GKN site at Filton over the years and seen this many times outside one of the stores.

I'd believe the advert story to be true, it very rarely seemed to move and often looked a bit unloved, but it always looked straight and tidy underneath the dirt. I mentioned to the lads in the stores to give me a shout if they ever found out it was being let go, that went well for me! To be fair I've not worked since November last year so it would be a bit unfair to moan at them.

 

There may be a logical reason for this low mileage. The original owner may have had a company policy for vehicles that extended to on site vehicles that insisted on diesel, estate, ABS, Ford etc. I heard of a similar policy insisted on by a NHS trust that rented a Megane Scenic for six months and returned it with less than 50 miles on the clock.

[warren t claim]

1 minute ago, KWhite said:

May 1993 1.6 LX seen on X/Twitter that was spotted by Jude Currie.  Last MOT expired December 2008

That looks saveable.

[warren t claim]

36 minutes ago, egg said:

With full credit to Paul Harbord on Facebook - here are the 2022 numbers for MK2's left by the way...

•  At least 2144 cars taxed and on the road (there were only 526 mk1's!)
• LX is most common with 458 variants left taxed
• Verona TD is the rarest with 1 taxed, Aspen and Aspen TD have 2 each taxed
• There were 204 Zetec/S's, 192 ST24's, 181 ST200's, 193 Ghia's, 312 Ghia X's taxed
• There were only 97 Diesel engined cars taxed.

A light metallic blue Zetec with the Escort GTI alloy wheels was on my want list to get plated and keep for myself. The problem was at the time they were the most sought-after model. IIRC, the Zetec specific grille cost something like £180 compared to £35 for the normal grille.

[warren t claim]

3 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

A light metallic blue Zetec with the Escort GTI alloy wheels was on my want list to get plated and keep for myself. The problem was at the time they were the most sought-after model. IIRC, the Zetec specific grille cost something like £180 compared to £35 for the normal grille.

Although over the years my fleet has included Aspen, LX, GLX, Si and Ghia models there are a few gaps that are triggering off my OCD. The fact that I've never owned a V6 isn't really that surprising due to my use case. After all, no sane driver would ever consider renting a V6 from me to do 50,000 mostly urban miles a year.

I never owned a Ghia X TD either. There's a logical reason for this though. If I wanted a Mondeo with leather seats I'd have just bought a set of hide seats from a salvage yard and fitted them to a lower spec car. Other than the leather trim the only bonus of having a Ghia X is having both sunroof and aircon as the Ghia X in TD spec didn't come with cruise control. 

The only saloons I owned were a couple of Aspens and one solitary GLX TD.

The biggest gap in my Mk1/2 CV is the fact that I've never owned, hired or rented out an estate. There's no logical reason for this as estate cars rent out easily. I've got nothing against estates. After all, I've had about half a dozen Mk4 estates, it's just that no estate appeared when I was Mondeo shopping.

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10 hours ago, KWhite said:

May 1993 1.6 LX seen on X/Twitter that was spotted by Jude Currie.  Last MOT expired December 2008

Excellent thanks, that was on greengartside's list, but not one I had confirmation existed in saveable condition - can you please send me a link to the tweet, ta?

[KWhite]

8 hours ago, egg said:

Excellent thanks, that was on greengartside's list, but not one I had confirmation existed in saveable condition - can you please send me a link to the tweet, ta?

Certainly! I didn't realise it was already on the list 

 

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11 minutes ago, KWhite said:

Certainly! I didn't realise it was already on the list 

 

I always appreciate a picture for my 'personal use'!!

[KWhite]

17 minutes ago, egg said:

I always appreciate a picture for my 'personal use'!!

Same as. I have a folder on my laptop dedicated for K Plate Mondeo's, because I'm cool...

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2 minutes ago, KWhite said:

Same as. I have a folder on my laptop dedicated for K Plate Mondeo's, because I'm cool...

Well, as there are more ST24 MK2s alone than K reg Mondeos - why not!? I'm sure history will remember us 😆

[warren t claim]

6 hours ago, egg said:

Well, as there are more ST24 MK2s alone than K reg Mondeos - why not!? I'm sure history will remember us 😆

We need to remember that the Mondeo was introduced halfway through the K plate year.