egg Posted Sunday at 21:37 Author Share Posted Sunday at 21:37 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. warren t claim, Wibble, Eyersey1234 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted Sunday at 22:04 Share Posted Sunday at 22:04 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. Eyersey1234, Datsuncog, Burnside and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Sunday at 22:06 Share Posted Sunday at 22:06 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. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWhite Posted Sunday at 22:10 Share Posted Sunday at 22:10 May 1993 1.6 LX seen on X/Twitter that was spotted by Jude Currie. Last MOT expired December 2008 Burnside, ProgRocker, Eyersey1234 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Sunday at 22:10 Share Posted Sunday at 22:10 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. Popsicle and Brodders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Sunday at 22:12 Share Posted Sunday at 22:12 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. egg and Burnside 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Sunday at 22:19 Share Posted Sunday at 22:19 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. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Sunday at 22:42 Share Posted Sunday at 22:42 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. Burnside, egg, Brodders and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted Monday at 08:46 Author Share Posted Monday at 08:46 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 and Eyersey1234 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWhite Posted Monday at 16:58 Share Posted Monday at 16:58 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 Burnside, warren t claim and egg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted Monday at 17:11 Author Share Posted Monday at 17:11 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 and warren t claim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWhite Posted Monday at 17:29 Share Posted Monday at 17:29 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... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted Monday at 17:33 Author Share Posted Monday at 17:33 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 😆 KWhite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted Tuesday at 00:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 00:09 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. adw1977, Eyersey1234 and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted Tuesday at 07:00 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:00 6 hours ago, warren t claim said: We need to remember that the Mondeo was introduced halfway through the K plate year. Wasn't it about April 1993 it was launched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted Tuesday at 08:30 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 08:30 1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said: Wasn't it about April 1993 it was launched? March I think, although some were registered as early as January as production had started in Gent before Xmas 92. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted Tuesday at 12:10 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:10 Yup, earliest production month is October 1992 AFAIK. Obviously other were built for test purposes before that date. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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