Pillock Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Love the early ones with the two tone bumpers.
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Fabulous. Could not be a better colour. Citrine. Sealtainn, Cavcraft, vulgalour and 1 other 4
egg Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks to Wuvvum for spotting it, and posting it on the ebay tat thread with a couple of hours to go.... trigger, chaseracer and Cavcraft 3
egg Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 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. spartacus, SiC, oldcars and 1 other 4
the judge Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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
Cavcraft Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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. oldcars, auldford, Magnificent Rustbucket and 5 others 8
sierraman Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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.
auldford Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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.
greengartside Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Did some research and found there was actually a base spec! This guy on Flickr has some amazing brochure scans BTW... https://www.flickr.com/photos/61090099@N04/22831540740/in/album-72157659836738631/ (1994 MY) Cavcraft and egg 2
Alexg Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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. Cavcraft and egg 2
sierraman Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Looks like an Aspen. I've got the 1995 brochure at home I'll have a look.
egg Posted February 5, 2016 Author Posted February 5, 2016 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.
sierraman Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 My 97 1.8LX didn't have ABS. Unlikely to have ABS in 1993.
sierraman Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 The power steering wouldn't have been optional. They all had PAS...
egg Posted February 5, 2016 Author Posted February 5, 2016 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!) Longbridge Apologist, Lacquer Peel, mat_the_cat and 4 others 7
rantingYoof Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 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. egg 1
egg Posted February 5, 2016 Author Posted February 5, 2016 Yeah, I'm going to have 10 bhp less than in a Fusion!
Pillock Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 There was indeed a base model, this is the March 1993 Brochure... 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. andrew e, R9UKE and egg 3
Pillock Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Weirdly, compared to the 1995 brochure that has no side strips, in 1993 they are present and correct....
chaseracer Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 (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 Eyersey1234, Joey spud, brownnova and 2 others 5
brownnova Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 (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!!
sierraman Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 I'd imagine most of the base spec would have been fleet specials.
egg Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 Pics. Issues and worries to follow! Lovely grandad smell about the interior. Joey spud, Cavcraft, Vince70 and 18 others 21
egg Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 More vulgalour, Conrad D. Conelrad, greengartside and 19 others 22
egg Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 Good bits: Ride quality is good, Pulls well enough considering engine sizeSeats are comfyLove the giffer-ness of itDealer 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 lightNo documentary evidence of timing belt change! Early niggles: Have to get those French looking yellow lights sorteddrivers wing mirror manual adjuster broken (can't adjust mirror to right height yet) michael t, vulgalour, EssDeeWon and 1 other 4
robinmasters Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 You should be able to punt that plate on to a middle-aged divorced lady for £££. Probably. egg, Fat_Pirate, Parky and 1 other 4
egg Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 Details, including £1.55 cashback, glued solid window winder, belts and leak... greengartside, rantingYoof, Christine and 7 others 10
R9UKE Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 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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