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[HMC]

Slumped on the sofa looking at my 3 ford master keys

 

Yes I have just bought a third cheap mk3 mondeo

 

No I have no idea why.

[Supernaut]

Slumped on the sofa looking at my 3 ford master keys

 

Yes I have just bought a third cheap mk3 mondeo

 

No I have no idea why.

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I'll admit they're decent cars, but come on man!

 

Now, do you know which key is for which car?

[HMC]

Ha ha yes I must say they're a great all rounder. That's a good point- The Ghia has a ford badge still on it, the other 2 don't but the keys for the 200k lx estate looks a bit more knackered than the st key.

[Supernaut]

They're meant to have a Ford badge on them...?

 

That would explain the oval-shaped indent in my key then.

[Kiltox]

TADTS

[SiC]

Slumped on the sofa looking at my 3 ford master keys

 

Yes I have just bought a third cheap mk3 mondeo

 

No I have no idea why.

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You need help man.

[Supernaut]

Anyway, the real issue here is the lack of photos of HMC's third Mondeo.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'd lick a 2.0 pez Ghia X hatchback any day of the week

[anonymous user]

They're meant to have a Ford badge on them...?

 

That would explain the oval-shaped indent in my key then.

Yes, somebody has probably pinched the Ford emblem to stick on a Zippo lighter to flog on ebay as a "genuine" rare Ford promotional item

[egg]

You're worse than me!

[Supernaut]

I'd lick a 2.5 pez Ghia X hatchback any day of the week

Fixed to reflect what I own right now.

[HMC]

Anyway, the real issue here is the lack of photos of HMC's third Mondeo.

 

Just grabbed a few shots. Crappy weather but you get the idea. I even had a go at the dash at night but it didnt really work.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SiC]

I have to ask, why 3 of them?

[HMC]

I've genuinely no idea

[dollywobbler]

I've just remembered how little I like Ford's green dash ambience. I felt genuinely queasy the first time I saw a Jag X-Type interior at night, perhaps because I was expecting the same cigar-smoke-infested-gentlemans'-club hue of the Rover 75.

[Bren]

HID tested on vectra.

 

Verdict -

 

[rantingYoof]

Just grabbed a few shots. Crappy weather but you get the idea. I even had a go at the dash at night but it didnt really work.........

 

 

As you are clearly a Mondeo perv you can have this photo of my old '55 Ghia 2.0TDCi (130) hatch...

 

[Lord Sterling]

^^^ Did you live in Brookside Close? ^^^

[HH-R]

I've just remembered how little I like Ford's green dash ambience. I felt genuinely queasy the first time I saw a Jag X-Type interior at night, perhaps because I was expecting the same cigar-smoke-infested-gentlemans'-club hue of the Rover 75.

Agreed,I really don't enjoy the dials on these. They still look smart on the outside though IMO.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What engine is in this one then??

[Supernaut]

What engine is in this one then??

There's a funny badge on the back that says TDCI. No idea.

[Asimo]

Yesterday's news, but 18th October 1967 saw the NSU Ro80 introduced at the Earls Court motor show.

 

50 years on and it still looks fabulous. Here's a brown one with steel wheels, just like the (rustier) one I once had.

[stuboy]

I'll admit they're decent cars, but come on man!Now, do you know which key is for which car?

Still cant bare to make a deffinitive decision on the fate of the monturdo

[RobT]

I had a TDCi Ghia Mondeo when they weren't shite i.e. 3 years old in 2007 and cost me £5k. I really liked it for the most part, although a 2.0 pez would've been better I reckon. LX interiors looked grim so it had to be a Ghia.

[Ghosty]

^^^ Did you live in Brookside Close? ^^^

 

GAME OVER

[omegod]

^^^ Did you live in Brookside Close? ^^

 

I live 300 yards from that close and one of my buddys lives in one of the houses, they are now rented out 

[Bobthebeard]

I know that I keep warbling on about Rover 75's increasing in value (in the hope that they will) but a search on eBay yesterday appears to hold out some hope. Values do appear to be heading slightly* North.

Hope springs eternal etc.

Having driven the MG ZT from Scotland to it's winter home in my mothers garage (180 miles) in dreadful rain today I can really vouch for 'em. My mum (aged 82) accompanied me and said that it the most comfortable car she has ever been in.

Praise indeed.

[wuvvum]

I've had three Mk3 Mondeo TDCis.  I like them to drive, but all three have had issues to the extent that I probably wouldn't have another.

[HMC]

^ Didn't one of them discharge its battery overnight?

[rantingYoof]

I had a TDCi Ghia Mondeo when they weren't shite i.e. 3 years old in 2007 and cost me £5k. I really liked it for the most part, although a 2.0 pez would've been better I reckon. LX interiors looked grim so it had to be a Ghia.

Mine was 7 years old when I bought it (2012) and I paid £2k plus a Rover 45! Depreciation because Ford and because billions of them were about by that time.