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Is that phone by Fisher Price? :-)

 

Pov spec Nokia. £20, and I have the cheapest possible monthly deal £5 a month with Virgin. Means I can afford luxury* cars.

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I had 2 of these,both were "chalky" blue after some weather. K and an L,both minge spec.

Made 500 quid on each within few days of having them in 90's.

Top bombing,worth every penny

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I reckon you've absolutely nailed it buying this, it's an ace looking car for a proper bargain price. In fact, I'll stick my neck out and say these are the best looking Mondeos they ever made.

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The base one from 1995 was the Aspen. You could get it only in 1.6 or the diesel. The speedo binnacle was different - no rev counter. Base in 1993 would have been the LX, afaik they didn't have a spec below this. Some European countries even got non colour bumpers.

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Cracking buy there fella!

 

I had an LX 1.8 diesel on an M-plate. It was a nice comfy barge for battering up and down the motorways of central Scotland.

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I threw a bid on this when I found it tucked in the parts section. My eBay app alerted me to it ending but I couldn't be arsed to have another go - lucky for both of us probably. 

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Cheers greengartside - nice brochure find. I don't reckon it has ABS then - Ford's vehicle lookup on the Etis system doesn't mention it.

 

Alex - I noticed there were 4-5 bidders in all.

 

The collection has just got a whole lot easier - seller can now drive the car to Faversham tomorrow - so I just have to nip a couple of stops up the train line to get it in the morning. Should just be at cost of petrol. Fingers crossed.

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Well he's texted that he's ready for the morning, I've sorted tax and insurance. Pics will follow by lunchtime all being well!

 

(weird innit - feeling the need to post pics of a 23 year old Mondeo on the internet to people you've never met!)

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I've posted this elsewhere I think, but when we went to RoI a loooong time ago in SnrYoof's Senator, it decided to break down, and our replacement vehicle was a (brand new at the time) 1.6 Mondeo saloon.

 

I thought it was an interesting change of scenery. SnrYoof wasn't able to get his head around a manual 'box or having 120hp less than he had the day before.

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There was indeed a base model, this is the March 1993 Brochure...

 

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Rev counter was LX and above

 

You also missed out on a sunroof, map pockets on the back of the seats, variable wipers and leccy windows. You get manual mirrors too, you pauper.

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(weird innit - feeling the need to post pics of a 23 year old Mondeo on the internet to people you've never met!)

 

Perfectly normal acceptable behaviour round these parts, believe me...

 

GLWTC  :)

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(weird innit - feeling the need to post pics of a 23 year old Mondeo on the internet to people you've never met!)

...Living the dream!!

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Good bits:

 

Ride quality is good, 

Pulls well enough considering engine size

Seats are comfy

Love the giffer-ness of it

Dealer stamps in the service book

 

Issues:

 

Oil leak - probably rocker cover gasket, bit of a smell of oil in the cabin - can see leak in the pic.

Steering a little vague around the straight ahead - a bit worrying as you increase speed, a bit of play in it. Also a bit heavy at low speeds. Tyre pressures checked so not that.

Constantly flickering on and off air bag light

No documentary evidence of timing belt change!

 

Early niggles:

 

Have to get those French looking yellow lights sorted

drivers wing mirror manual adjuster broken (can't adjust mirror to right height yet)

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That brings me right back to being a kid and the Mondeo being my favourite car EVAAA.

 

Fatha had a 1.6 LX and it had the same very 90s blue interior. I'm seriously jealous, well done!

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