Kolekshun: Collected, home now.

[Fumbler]

Taunton train station looks awfully similar too.

[Cord Fourteener]

[brownnova]

You’ve finally made it?!

[Ghosty]

Is that NE Norfolk as usual?

[sutty2006]

Will you be joining the mk4 mondeo communal thread? 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

Is that NE Norfolk as usual?

Yes!

[Cord Fourteener]

56 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

Will you be joining the mk4 mondeo communal thread? 

Yes!

[Cord Fourteener]

[Cord Fourteener]

[Jim Bell]

Good cars them. Everyone says so.  

[Cord Fourteener]

[sutty2006]

Great success 

[SRi05]

BRAND NEW CAR

[hairnet]

all that way and that happened :P

 

[Twiggy]

Excellent. . . that`s a grand looking bit of kit.

[GeordieInExile]

These have aged very well to my eye, still look current. Must be the high window line.

[Spurious]

Having always rejected the Mondeo as a bit common, I'm getting awfully fond of the MK4. I think there a nice looking car. 

[Cord Fourteener]

Its a decent thing,  they still look me to me, I think its because the mk5 is more or less just a face lift, visually at least. 

It's as expected, goes well, comfy, not lacking power or anything much really.

Thanks to Wuvvum for lift, tea, conversation, tour of his fleet, well some of it considering it's a vast fleet. An excellent car, exactly as written up.

Stopped at Rugby for a break now, still about 2½ hours driving time home.

[eddyramrod]

Didn't James Bond have one of these?

[tooSavvy]

10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Didn't James Bond have one of these?

Yes...... Product placing 'par excellence'!

*he did drink the oil!

 

[stuboy]

mk4 are getting nicer motors to be in, id like the 2.5t model

[GrumpiusMaximus]

That's lovely.  Really like this shape of Mondeo.

[Agila]

2 hours ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said:

still about 2½ hours driving time home.

What an unbelievable effort today. Great time for car buyers when you can buy a great all rounder this cheaply. Looks great, goes well, comfy, big, good specs on them.

Why buy anything else?

Safe journey back.

[Cord Fourteener]

Home now. 

[Cord Fourteener]

Quick sum up: it's a good car, easy motorway miles, so most of the journey disappeared under the tyres with boring an-car ease.

Nearing home and on the twisties, surprisingly good for the great lump it is. Accurate and sharp steering, good grip, no roll, nice and stable.

Decent power.

Maybe it was tired old me in the dark failing at parking at home, but I think it might have the turning circle of HMS Duke of York. We'll see, no doubt. 

As mentioned @wuvvumwas a great host, I got exactly what I was expecting thanks to his write up and a year mot.

Main things with the car are that the central locking is somewhat confused, there is a resonance coming from the engine bay at idle. Everything else are trifles, a bump down the ns doors, needs tracking possibly, few other things.

Generally, a lot of car for the money. 

Good on fuel too. 

Can't complain.

 

[wuvvum]

I approve of your choice of tipple.

I always thought the turning circle was fairly decent for such a big old barge - it's certainly better than the Rover 75.  It's not an easy car to park though because it's mahoosive and you can't see out of the back very well.

[Cord Fourteener]

Just now, wuvvum said:

I approve of your choice of tipple.

I always thought the turning circle was fairly decent for such a big old barge - it's certainly better than the Rover 75.  It's not an easy car to park though because it's mahoosive and you can't see out of the back very well.

Yeah might just be me being tired and darkified, in the Passat you have square windows and square body, same in the Volvo. 

I'll re-appraise this. 

The mk3 mondeo had a reasonable turning circle for a front transverse engine car. 

[the judge]

Nice large motor this. Well borted