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From: Mike Tomlinson on 19 Jun 2010 23:54 In article <3ebn161p0hgrgoue62mtcdiokstuutg2sv(a)4ax.com>, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> writes >Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been >offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon. Work colleague has an M plate, they've had it from new I think, and regularly drive long distances in it (all over the uk). Mileage is stratospheric. It's passed all MoTs up to now with only minor repairs needed but the last one needed 200 quid's worth of welding; you might want to bear that in mind as the one you're looking at is a similar age. He and his wife love the car, it just soldiers on and on. Not to my taste (I don't like the soft seats and high gear lever, but that's very subjective of course) He also made the mistake of fitting non-Ford headlight bulbs; he didn't know they needed to be UV filtered, and had to replace the headlamps when the plastic lenses became too yellowed to pass MOT. I'll ask him what sort of mileage it gets. -- (\__/) (='.'=) Bunny's thinking about giving Windows 7 (")_(") a go despite what he's said about it...
From: T i m on 20 Jun 2010 02:31 On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:54:30 +0100, Mike Tomlinson <mike(a)jasper.org.uk> wrote: >In article <3ebn161p0hgrgoue62mtcdiokstuutg2sv(a)4ax.com>, T i m ><news(a)spaced.me.uk> writes > >>Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been >>offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon. > >Work colleague has an M plate, they've had it from new I think, and >regularly drive long distances in it (all over the uk). Mileage is >stratospheric. It's passed all MoTs up to now with only minor repairs >needed but the last one needed 200 quid's worth of welding; you might >want to bear that in mind as the one you're looking at is a similar age. > >He and his wife love the car, it just soldiers on and on. Not to my >taste (I don't like the soft seats and high gear lever, but that's very >subjective of course) > >He also made the mistake of fitting non-Ford headlight bulbs; he didn't >know they needed to be UV filtered, and had to replace the headlamps >when the plastic lenses became too yellowed to pass MOT. Oh, I wasn't aware of that, something to consider on the Ka then. > >I'll ask him what sort of mileage it gets. Please and thanks for the feedback. T i m
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 22 Jun 2010 09:40 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Mike Tomlinson <mike(a)jasper.org.uk> saying something like: >He also made the mistake of fitting non-Ford headlight bulbs; he didn't >know they needed to be UV filtered, and had to replace the headlamps >when the plastic lenses became too yellowed to pass MOT. <gallic shrug> "French, innit mate?"
From: Tim.. on 22 Jun 2010 11:57 "T i m" <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote in message news:3ebn161p0hgrgoue62mtcdiokstuutg2sv(a)4ax.com... > Hi all, > > > Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been > offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon. 1.8 is pick of the bunch for MPG as its got the torque to pull the relatively high gearing with ease- think 40mpg+ on a run. The 1.6 is lower geared and less torquey, so real life mpg will be similar to the 2.0; i.e low to mid 30's. Tim.
From: T i m on 22 Jun 2010 12:24
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:57:52 +0100, "Tim.." <the.farm.no(a)spam.btinternet.com> wrote: > >"T i m" <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote in message >news:3ebn161p0hgrgoue62mtcdiokstuutg2sv(a)4ax.com... >> Hi all, >> >> >> Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been >> offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon. > >1.8 is pick of the bunch for MPG as its got the torque to pull the >relatively high gearing with ease- think 40mpg+ on a run. The 1.6 is lower >geared and less torquey, so real life mpg will be similar to the 2.0; i.e >low to mid 30's. > Thanks for that. Thinking out loud etc ... whilst that probably isn't much worse than the Belmont I'm not sure we now would replace the Belmont with it or another saloon (given the choice). If the Mondy was a 5dr I think I'd have had it here by now and not be bothering with the (now stolen > recovered) Belmont. However the Ka has it for ease (we already had it) and economy stakes but isn't really big / good enough for long trips. That and the small boot, inability to tow (anything) and no real roof for a roof rack (I have some 16' canoes), it isn't even good as 'our alternative car' (working on the basis my 200K 218SD could go bang any day now). We were sorta working on the idea that if either were to die for something major (or be stolen > destroyed etc) we would get something newer, practical but cheaper to tax and hopefully as cheap to run ... like the 1.4TD Fusion? With all things considered (and in the light of the Belmont being on the scene again) I'm not sure the 77k, 1.6 Mondy Sal we have been offered at �500 is one of those 'too good to miss' jobs (especially as we have the Ka). I think they made a diesel Mondeo but was that engine any good, did it last or have the economy of the 1.9 Pug lump I have in this Rover? Cheers, T i m |