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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,788
    kirby700 wrote:
    As soon as the general public cotton onto to how much of a shite idea they are just watch the prices plummet!
    Mondeos are already cheap as chips. Mine was an absolute steal.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    kirby700 wrote:
    As soon as the general public cotton onto to how much of a shite idea they are just watch the prices plummet!
    Mondeos are already cheap as chips. Mine was an absolute steal.

    My dad's Titanium X was 18 months old, with about 15k miles on and he bought it for about 14 grand less than it's new price. The original owner must've been crying, with depreciation like that.
  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    This one will be redundant soon
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    A t5.

    And skoda superb estates are bigger than a boat and horrible - I've had one do I know ;)
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    i hear TKM may have a car for sale soon :P
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Mazda 6 is a great option if you can't quite bring yourself to become a Mondeo owner.

    (FWIW, I have a scabby 2.2 Mondeo Ghia X, it is a fantastic mtb car- boot so big you can park a mondeo in it, engine that'll with a remap will either do 60mpg or rip holes in the tarmac. Oh and cheap enough that I don't mind such minor details like accidentally getting it stuck in a river. 115000 miles and no major work done, sure the clutch or dmf'll shit the bed some day but that's fine, it's more than earned it- you can get a lot of mondeo for your money after all so just discount it against the for sale price)
    Uncompromising extremist
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Northwind wrote:
    115000 miles and no major work done,

    Is that all? :wink: My first Primera had 200,000 miles on when I sold it, and only ever had consumables. After I bought it at 4 years old and 130k miles (it had been my dad's company car) it didn't even get serviced for the next 70k miles - I think I changed the oil twice and air filter and plugs once, and caned it mecilessly all the time. Bombproof bargain motoring (and really nice to drive too) - camchains are great.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Yah, not saying that's huge mileage, just that DMFs aren't as delicate as folks believe. This one's taking an extra 50 horse and about 320lb/ft through it and it doesn't fuss. Everything on my Focus apart from the DMF broke :lol:
    Uncompromising extremist
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Northwind wrote:
    Yah, not saying that's huge mileage, just that DMFs aren't as delicate as folks believe. This one's taking an extra 50 horse and about 320lb/ft through it and it doesn't fuss. Everything on my Focus apart from the DMF broke :lol:

    My dad's got a Vectra diesel remapped to 190bhp and silly amounts of torque that still does 50+ mpg. Shame Vectras are so godawful to drive, lol. Is yours on its original clutch at 115k?
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Thewaylander wrote:
    i hear TKM may have a car for sale soon :P
    This. For a mere £2k, you could have one many would deem a 'soon-to-be classic' old Vauxhall Astra.
    It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Is yours on its original clutch at 115k?

    As far as I know, no replacement in the service history but you never know. No traction control though so it does reduce stress on the clutch by spinning the wheels as often as it can.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • miceden
    miceden Posts: 225
    VW Transporter
  • Kowalski675
    Kowalski675 Posts: 4,412
    Northwind wrote:
    Kowalski675 wrote:
    Is yours on its original clutch at 115k?

    As far as I know, no replacement in the service history but you never know. No traction control though so it does reduce stress on the clutch by spinning the wheels as often as it can.

    You're doing well there then, if the anecdotes are to be believed. My old mate's Transit at work (BT) was on about it's seventh clutch, last I heard, but that is a bit heavier. :lol:

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