New car - Bargain of the year ??

dirtydog · 30 May 2009 at 14:33

Skywalker said:
why should it ?

Skywalker · 30 May 2009 at 14:35

Holy crap what am I saying its a Ford , pop pop BANG :eek:

Scania · 30 May 2009 at 17:13

How does it drive? I ask as a mate of mine got a 51 Plate one of these for £450, it turned out to be a rather shagged out ex-taxi.

Either way, £400 is a bargain assuming its not a ringer!

jlss · 30 May 2009 at 17:18

Your getting a lot of car for £400 nice.

Skywalker · 30 May 2009 at 17:22

Drives fine , Nice and easy to drive to be honest .

Found the engine and its not inflatable either

Couple pictures of the paint work close up aswell to show you the state of it .

Roof

Bonnet

Covered in scratches like this which is not a problem

DoubleCheese · 30 May 2009 at 17:23

love the clocks in those Mondeo's....

dirtydog · 30 May 2009 at 17:25

The paintwork looks just as you'd expect as average on an 80k 8-year-old car. It still doesn't explain the bizarre price

dirtydog · 30 May 2009 at 17:26

DoubleCheese said:
love the clocks in those Mondeo's....

Does that make you sad? Can you not afford one? :confused:

danza · 30 May 2009 at 17:30

whoa, absolute bargain. Hopefully there's nothing nasty lurking around the car.

*Goes on the hunt for a £3k e46 M3*

Janesy B · 30 May 2009 at 17:38

Just needs a damn good polish that does :cool:

Skywalker · 30 May 2009 at 17:41

Shall be done to my usuall standard

Didnt you want yours done by me aswell

fonzee · 30 May 2009 at 17:43

pesky cats and their claws. dog **** all over the car after the polish, problem solved

Mariusz · 30 May 2009 at 21:33

WTF £400, bargain of the century

Skywalker · 31 May 2009 at 20:30

Does anyone have any idea what these are ? It does have an old nokia hands free kit installed and maybe they are both to do with that but I have no idea

Black hole next to the hazard switch

Little box in glove box that when a button is pressed a light flashes in top middle

LizardKing · 31 May 2009 at 20:42

That keypad is aftermarket imobaliser, you can use it if you loose the fob and program new keys. (You can with some Sigma alarms) there should be a 4 number pin code with the alarm documents

Rossi · 31 May 2009 at 21:11

wesley said:
yeah! i think he's actually embarrassed to admit that he got ripped off at £4,000

Yeh... He defo missed a zero off!!

R

Moeks · 31 May 2009 at 21:12

The socket could be for the Nokia hands-free kit you mentioned I suppose, seems likely anyway.

My Mondeo has a 3.5mm auxiliary socket for the stereo in the glove box, so you can connect an mp3 player or something, I don't know if the pre facelift Mk3's have them or not, I guess it could possibly just be an auxiliary socket if it's not for the phone. Although the location seems very odd if it is.

Skywalker · 31 May 2009 at 21:36

The hands free kit had a cradle for the phone , I tried plugging in a 3.5mm plug but the plug was to small so maybe a 5mm as if it was put in when the car was new in 2001 maybe they used those more then .

I managed to sort a few niggles out like the 12v input wasnt working and the glove box light was not working either .