From: T i m on
Hi all,


Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been
offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon.

It's available via the family cheap, has been with the last owner for
7 years and been pampered and garaged etc.

I think it's recently had a clutch and cambelt (not that it needed the
clutch apparently but he just thought it might <g>) so I just wondered
what sort of mpg you would realistically expect from it if driven
reasonably and is it the sort of thing one would feel happy to drive a
distance in (daughter is currently in Scotland, and given the
alternatives of a Ka or 200K 218SD Rover?). ;-)

I might pop round and have a look at it tonight, see what the Mrs
thinks of it.

I'm thinking the Rover /is/ getting a bit ragged now and assuming the
Belmont doesn't come back we could have the Mondeo as our 'family' car
and the Ka for her for work or us running about daughter learning etc?

If it's the saloon I guess it might be less 'useful' then the 5dr
Rover and I really like the idea of an estate again .. <sigh>

Cheers, T i m


From: Conor on
On 18/06/2010 18:56, T i m wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been
> offered a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon.
>
> It's available via the family cheap, has been with the last owner for
> 7 years and been pampered and garaged etc.
>
> I think it's recently had a clutch and cambelt (not that it needed the
> clutch apparently but he just thought it might<g>) so I just wondered
> what sort of mpg you would realistically expect from it if driven
> reasonably and is it the sort of thing one would feel happy to drive a
> distance in (daughter is currently in Scotland, and given the
> alternatives of a Ka or 200K 218SD Rover?). ;-)
>
I used to get 33MPG out of a 2L, 36MPG out of a 1.8L. No idea about the
1.6 but I suspect around the same as the 2L.

Driving distance? My wife had a M reg until about 3 years ago. We'd just
jump in it and put petrol in it and think nothing of doing a 500+ mile
round trip in a day. I used it for work briefly and was doing 160 miles
a day, four days a week.


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Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: T i m on
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:52:33 +0100, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:


>I used to get 33MPG out of a 2L, 36MPG out of a 1.8L. No idea about the
>1.6 but I suspect around the same as the 2L.

Not 'bad' I suppose considering etc. Funny isn't it, for each vehicle
there's often a sweet spot engine. When I had the Sierra I think it
was the 2L (the 1.6 Pinto worse mpg on average and the 1.3 ...!)
>
>Driving distance? My wife had a M reg until about 3 years ago. We'd just
>jump in it and put petrol in it and think nothing of doing a 500+ mile
>round trip in a day. I used it for work briefly and was doing 160 miles
>a day, four days a week.

Those are pretty good runs.

Any particular things to look out for would you say?

Upon reflection I think the deal breaker for me would be if this one
/is/ an actual saloon (rather than a 5 door I mean). I've used the
hatchback function on the old Rover loads of times and that seemed
restricted compared with the estate (boot lip, non-flat load bay
floor, no split and flat etc). We have used the load through function
on the Belmont a few times and whilst a 'boot' is good for keeping
stuff out of sight it's not a hatch.

Cheers, T i m



From: Mike P on
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:56:32 +0100, T i m spouted forth:

> Hi all,
>
>
> Sorta following on from my recent stolen Belmont post I've been offered
> a 77k 93, silver, 1.6, 16v Mondeo saloon.
>
> It's available via the family cheap, has been with the last owner for 7
> years and been pampered and garaged etc.
>
> I think it's recently had a clutch and cambelt (not that it needed the
> clutch apparently but he just thought it might <g>) so I just wondered
> what sort of mpg you would realistically expect from it if driven
> reasonably and is it the sort of thing one would feel happy to drive a
> distance in (daughter is currently in Scotland, and given the
> alternatives of a Ka or 200K 218SD Rover?). ;-)
>
> I might pop round and have a look at it tonight, see what the Mrs thinks
> of it.
>
> I'm thinking the Rover /is/ getting a bit ragged now and assuming the
> Belmont doesn't come back we could have the Mondeo as our 'family' car
> and the Ka for her for work or us running about daughter learning etc?
>
> If it's the saloon I guess it might be less 'useful' then the 5dr Rover
> and I really like the idea of an estate again .. <sigh>
>

I had a 1.8 MK1, got about 36mpg out of it. I'd expect the 1.6 to be
slightly less as it's a pretty big motor. Comfy, quiet, smooth. Cheap to
maintain unless the clutch goes. One that old should have had all the
niggles they can have sorted out too:-)

If it's a good one, it'd be exactly what you want. Great cars.

Mike P
From: T i m on
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:24:52 +0000 (UTC), Mike P
<stickit(a)up-uranus.com> wrote:

>
>I had a 1.8 MK1, got about 36mpg out of it. I'd expect the 1.6 to be
>slightly less as it's a pretty big motor.

Ok.

> Comfy, quiet, smooth.

Not had any of them for a while. ;-)

> Cheap to
>maintain unless the clutch goes.

Clutch recently done apparently.

> One that old should have had all the
>niggles they can have sorted out too:-)

>
>If it's a good one, it'd be exactly what you want. Great cars.

I think if this one is a hatchback I'll be looking at it very closely.

Cheers, T i m
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