'93 Mondy thread - sorting yellowing headlights (again)

[Floatylight]

Just popped up on Hubnut Fans fb group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961589207481678/permalink/2651674561806469/

[sierraman]

Blue interior for the win. Once went to look at a 1.6 with the beige interior that you never see these days, body was nautilus grey IIRC

[LightBulbFun]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/carsyoudontseeanymore/posts/3225862644401945/

 @Slowsilver or @quicksilver? has been papped  (also I hope @egg is alright I have noticed its been a while since iv seen a post but I see he last visited recently, so hopefully everything is alright still!)

 

[KWhite]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/autoshite/posts/10158598047281732/?comment_id=10158598564646732&reply_comment_id=10158598569461732&notif_id=1639077362193999&ref=notif&notif_t=group_comment_mention 

K Plate Base Saloon spotted on Facebook

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 12/08/2021 at 13:30, egg said:

Is it me or are Bosch wiper blades not what they were? 2 year service life for a barely used rear wiper seems below expectations...

Maybe I'm just expecting too much.

no, i actually sent some back as the blades i took off the car worked better than the new bosch ones

value for moneywise the michelin stealth fron costco take some beating

[Floatylight]

K plate 1.8LX saloon 26k miles for sale, looks spot on.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3174689609463322/

[sierraman]

Lovely car, went to look at one exact same spec and year once. But £3,250... is that what they are going for these days?

[junkyarddog]

Selling for a friend 🙄

[sierraman]

18 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Selling for a friend 🙄

He’s definitely not just bought it for £800 and flipped it straight on. Fair play to the guy though if he can get £3500 off someone.

[Eyersey1234]

Hi @egg this has just passed us in London, I know it's a L reg not K plate but thought it might still be of interest 

[N19]

On 12/9/2021 at 9:26 PM, Noel Tidybeard said:

no, i actually sent some back as the blades i took off the car worked better than the new bosch ones

value for moneywise the michelin stealth fron costco take some beating

Agree - very good price and last a decent amount of time. Don't look out of place on older cars either.

[Noel Tidybeard]

17 minutes ago, N19 said:

Agree - very good price and last a decent amount of time. Don't look out of place on older cars either.

*update*

there is a seller on fleabay selling DuPont branded blades that are identical in all but name BUT they work out roughly at 2 for the price of one Michelin blade!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/d2pautoparts10

[Eyersey1234]

The Mondeo I papped earlier turns out to have been registered September 1993 so only missed out on being a K plate by a couple of months 

[Out Run]

Is this one known? Spotted 07/21, in Durham.

 

[KWhite]

No trace of that on the DVLA 😪

[MJK 24]

From nothing more than a passing glance, how come the saloons make up such a high percentage of survivors?  I’d have guesstimated than 80-85% of new sales would have been hatch and estate?

[AnnoyingPentium]

18 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

From nothing more than a passing glance, how come the saloons make up such a high percentage of survivors?  I’d have guesstimated than 80-85% of new sales would have been hatch and estate?

Was it those more likely to look after them that bought saloon models? Therefore, they're the survivors?

[Out Run]

27 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

From nothing more than a passing glance, how come the saloons make up such a high percentage of survivors?  I’d have guesstimated than 80-85% of new sales would have been hatch and estate?

Saloons were pretty popular in mk1 Mondeo guise. They looked better and were from a time when it was still something of a go to body style for many, My parents included, M730 OTH.

[Isopon]

On 14/06/2020 at 17:42, bramz7 said:

Saw this today:

 

Registered July 23rd so originally on a K. 

 

Last MOT recorded 249k!

Was having a look at previous pages on this thread, and it looks as though this Mondeo has bitten the dust. Shame, but it did well to reach 27 years and 250k miles.

[sierraman]

Saloon is better for bangering, especially a 1.6 if they’ll let you.

[AnnoyingPentium]

11 hours ago, Out Run said:

M730 OTH.

[Eyersey1234]

@egg have we had this one?

[egg]

Thanks all, appreciate the ongoing updates. I need to go through my list again and check surviors.

New entrants  from those above are:

K609 SJE - the third known SJE still going with 737 and 598 also on the list

K901 EEW - nice to see another 1.6 base

K658 KCL is MOT'd but not taxed or on DVLA, so unless it's a plate change it's fallen off its perch since that photo.

58 still alive in total on my list at the mo.

[egg]

Just banged all the numbers into the DVLA, LBF stylee and we have lost K898 WFR, but not surprising as hadn't been MOT'd in 5 years, but all other cars still on the system, which shows the rate of attrition has fallen significantly.

[Mat.T]

Possibly of interest, registered Feb 1994. Belongs to a friend. 2.0ghia with 185k miles on the clock. Currently out side my mates workshop waiting for a new subframe and various welding body repairs Inc rear arches!

[Eyersey1234]

1 hour ago, Mat.T said:

Possibly of interest, registered Feb 1994. Belongs to a friend. 2.0ghia with 185k miles on the clock. Currently out side my mates workshop waiting for a new subframe and various welding body repairs Inc rear arches!

Chodtastic Mondy there

[egg]

233 HKW looking a bit sad.

[sierraman]

53 minutes ago, egg said:

233 HKW looking a bit sad.

Oh dear. 

[BorniteIdentity]

3 hours ago, egg said:

233 HKW looking a bit sad.

£395 seems pretty fair.  Last MOT was kind, although it's obviously in a bit of a muddle.  

I reckon a day of love would see that looking a lot better.

[sierraman]

£395 you can’t dither. A banger racer would give that all day on a Mk1 Saloon, they don’t tend to dither like enthusiasts, turn up cash in hand then go unlike a lot of people fussing over whether it’s had the timing belt and if or not it’s got budget tyres on.