AS Communal MK4&5 Mondeo Thread

[stuboy]

is there a picture of said mondeo>?

[beko1987]

4 minutes ago, stuboy said:

is there a picture of said mondeo>?

No I didn't take any when we viewed it but it's this one

https://www.auto4ulondon.co.uk/used-cars/ford-mondeo-2-0-zetec-5dr-greenford-202408112771607

Just imagine it after being parked under a big tree for probably the last month. 

Wasn't awful though, but not being able to start it was such a massive showstopper

[sierraman]

I think he’s looking for a shortcut to the workhouse personally.

[sierraman]

By sounds of it, offloading this Mondeo is least of their worries. According to Companies House they’re about to be struck off. 

[stuboy]

7 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

No I didn't take any when we viewed it but it's this one

https://www.auto4ulondon.co.uk/used-cars/ford-mondeo-2-0-zetec-5dr-greenford-202408112771607

Just imagine it after being parked under a big tree for probably the last month. 

Wasn't awful though, but not being able to start it was such a massive showstopper

looks alright that, personally wheels looks small but thats my opinion

[beko1987]

18 minutes ago, sierraman said:

By sounds of it, offloading this Mondeo is least of their worries. According to Companies House they’re about to be struck off. 

I'll remember that when my mate goes to make an offer 😂 (he isn't expecting to pay full price and he's one of those annoying persistent salesman types and has been for years and is very good at it so thats his department) 

[beko1987]

18 minutes ago, stuboy said:

looks alright that, personally wheels looks small but thats my opinion

Looked cleaner than my Xsara underneath overall. Nothing worrying or scary. 

I just know all the rubber parts on my car are OK 😂 The roads all around it are speedbumps so I'll tell him to try and hit one reasonably hard on each corner and listen for anything bad sounding.

[warren t claim]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

looks alright that, personally wheels looks small but thats my opinion

I've had a couple fitted with the same wheels and IMHO they look better than the usual Zetec rims. They tend to look better with age as well.

[warren t claim]

The wear on the driver's seat seems to tally with the mileage. It still has all the little silver trim on all the air vents which is a good sign as well.

[sierraman]

6 hours ago, warren t claim said:

The wear on the driver's seat seems to tally with the mileage. It still has all the little silver trim on all the air vents which is a good sign as well.

The chrome on mine started to peel off other day, it’s pretty bloody sharp as well! 

[beko1987]

From the layer of dust in his old car he doesn't really touch them anyway 😂

I didn't pay much note to the interior bar a glance, it wasn't top of my list of what could be shit. 

[beko1987]

£1900 and his hyundai is gone. 

Doesn't help that there really isn't much that's the same size and shape and ulez free and any better. Been a fair few cars listed these last few days but they've all had lingering advisories for a couple of years etc

[sierraman]

Any car at that age is very likely to have advisories, it’s nearly 20 years old, it’s gone way beyond its design life. Problems will crop up and to be expected. 

[beko1987]

27 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Any car at that age is very likely to have advisories, it’s nearly 20 years old, it’s gone way beyond its design life. Problems will crop up and to be expected. 

Oh yes, but I'd prefer them to be things I could help him sort/won't be the big rusty seized up things. Equally he's thrown money at cars in the past, he wouldnt be averse to finding some fb mechanic chap to do medium sized jobs if they cropped up and were worth fixing. 

He's got an insurance quote for it now for £480 fully comp with some level of brakedown cover. Could get the car, insurance and a good service done for what he got for his fucked car (brakes are optional depending how it feels but I priced discs and pads up anyway for him) 

[sierraman]

It’s academic until he’s heard it fire up and driven it. 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

It’s academic until he’s heard it fire up and driven it. 

Yes, that is the key to all of this, and he knows that which is good. 

I think we're going back tomorrow... 

[beko1987]

We're back! 

[warren t claim]

6 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

We're back! 

And????????

[beko1987]

He's signing the paperwork now with £100 off

Drives fine, zero knocks or bangs. Pulls fine to the 45 we managed to get to and emergency stopped from that straight and true. Aircon blows cold, engine is silent. Few bits peeling on the doorcards and we found the code for the radio in the glovebox. 

Seems decent enough. 

[beko1987]

The worst of this will polish out. He's insuring it as we speak 

[beko1987]

I'm home now. My friend stayed in London and has driven a bit and got parked up fine. 

They'd given it a very cheap wash, and it wasn't cold when we arrived sadly but it seems alright. We left it idling for half an hour whilst he insured and taxed it and I put the radio code in, got the rear bumper clips more aligned where the corner was not together, a couple of cable ties from behind one day should see it right. The rad fan didnt come on but the temp needle stayed rock solid and the engine bay didn't feel overly hot, so we classed it as a good thing. 

The worst things so far are the head unit doesn't do Bluetooth audio (only phone) and one of the clips for the parcel shelf string is snapped, which my friend said was fine as he'll take it out tomorrow and probably never put it back for the dog. 

We'll see if it shits itself being smashed up the m40 later tonight when he comes home 😂

[warren t claim]

1 minute ago, beko1987 said:

 

The worst things so far are the head unit doesn't do Bluetooth audio (only phone)

I did warn you!

[beko1987]

58 minutes ago, warren t claim said:

I did warn you!

I did mention it and he shrugged. It's got cruise control which apparently was broken on the hyundai so score draw there (is there a way to add BT audio? A dongle for the back of it?)

We also didn't want to put the radio code in to check it incase we improved it before sale.

[warren t claim]

Just now, beko1987 said:

I did mention it and he shrugged. It's got cruise control which apparently was broken on the hyundai so score draw there (is there a way to add BT audio? A dongle for the back of it?)

We also didn't want to put the radio code in to check it incase we improved it before sale.

Search eBay for an A2DP Bluetooth unit. The last time I looked was over 4 years ago and they weren't cheap then!

[beko1987]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395548520859?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zoeeivfntos&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Cheap chinese Bluetooth modules have moved on alot in a few years! (assuming that plug for the back of the 6000cd is the right one?) 

 

[warren t claim]

Just now, beko1987 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395548520859?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zoeeivfntos&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Cheap chinese Bluetooth modules have moved on alot in a few years! (assuming that plug for the back of the 6000cd is the right one?) 

 

Or he could just buy an aux cable?

[beko1987]

He briefly looked for the cable for that but we couldn't see it. Plus phones don't have 3.5mm Jack's any more, it'd have to be some fag lighter Bluetooth to aux thing, the behind the dash mod looks better (probably the same components as the cheap shitty fag lighter BT to aux stuff too 😂) 

[beko1987]

Alls well so far

Best get oil and a filter ordered up for it, then a good check round and clean as it may not need anything else this year... 

(the alexa thing is some adapter he had plugged into the hyundai. Zero idea what it is, it's not an alexa audio that I've seen but whatever, looks like that problem is solved) 

[warren t claim]

Bluetooth wasn't even standard fit on many Mk4 Zetec's. I used an aux cable plugged into my phone as a workable hands free system.

[beko1987]

Troubles already 😂

Any ideas/which fuse should he pull?