"Shed" Suggestions

@Moeks no not sarcasm, a 5 year old car which meets my requirements for 2.5k is reasonable. The other cars I was looking at are at least 3 years older for the same cash.

does the ghia have the heated windscreen or just the x?

Thanks,
 
Tbh I'm not sure about that, I 'think' the Ghia does have a heated windscreen, but then again I believe it was an option on lower models too, the Ghia X is the one with heated leather seats though and they certainly has a heated windscreen. Someone will surely be able to tell you for certain though, plenty of Mondeo drivers around here.
 
Dogbreath said:
Try and get hold of a good second hand 1.9 DCi engine, they are like rocking horse poo because so many cars are scrapped due to the turbo disintegrating and the engine ingesting the parts of it.
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they also like to munch the aux belt, which then wraps itself around the crank pulley, leading to the cambelt snapping, meaning the valves become friends with the pistons

oh and water ingress on the ecu....:rolleyes:

Not a good car by any means
 
You know, I'm still surprised that more cars nowadays don't have quickclear windscreens fitted. It's an absolutely excellent idea.
 
Draeger said:
Is that right?. I didn't realise. I noticed recently that some Range Rover Vogues have heated front screens too, which would figure as Land Rover are part of the Ford group are they not?.
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Yes and so do Jags.
 
AFAIK the 03 facelift brought cruise control, aircon and heated screen to the entire range. Before that, those three were included on everything Zetec and upwards. Not entirely sure what the 05 facelift did apart from splash chrome on the rear lights.
 
To almost resurrect this thread, I have decided to go for the mondeo. My current thoughts are to go for the ghia X TDCI or the ST TDCI, opposed to the petrol as recommended here. What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks again - steered me in the correct direction so far! I am not fixated on the diesel option, just seems more sensible really. Oh to add, I will be spending more than my initial budget now, hence why these options are available to me.
 
Depends whether you are doing the mileage to make it worth it, what will the yearly total be?
And are you going to be stuck in traffic a lot or cruising?

The 2.0 Ghia is a gorgeous car, driving a 2002 and loved it

The quickclear windscreen has been standard on Mondeos since at least the start of the MK3, I'm pretty sure it was on the MK2 as well!
 
Without liftsharing my commute is 14k but this will drop to 9k as i will be sharing. I also drive all over the country from time to time; trips to beach, short breaks up north etc. Although my commute is not motorway, it is mainly dual carriageways and only get stuck in traffic every now and then. A typical commute wont be stop start. With all this said, I would guess my annual mileage will be about 15k. When does it become more beneficial to buy a diesel?

How is mileage going to dictate the fuel type though? If I only did 2k miles a year, those 2k miles would still be at ~45 mpg rather than ~32 of the petrol equivalent . What am I missing? Could it be service costs?
 
From the mileages of advertised cars, it doesnt seem a "common" problem. With the volume of mondeos on the road im sure there are a load of blown turbos, but the percentage of cars which it occurs to must be relatively low.

You are correct though, it could happen - to any of them!
 
Some points:

a) The Mk2 Mondeo is not a bad handling car. Infact it handles very well and was always praised for being very much the driver orientated choice in its class. Certainly sharper to drive than a Mk4 Golf, but then so is one of those Little Tykes cars. The problem with them is however that they are all absolutely ancient and it has been many years since they were anything other than a cheap banger. So, they are all screwed, and it doesnt matter how good it was when it was new, screwed nails handle like crap.

b) You are not going to get an ST TDCi for anything like £2.5k. They are much more expensive than this.

c) Turbocharger problems are not generally an issue on the TDCi Mondeo however injector and dual mass flywheel problems are considerably more common, common enough for me to think that a sub £3k TDCi is simply false economy. The book time to change a clutch and flywheel is - wait for it - 12 hours!
 
Petrol Mondeo, don't entertain the idea of a diesel one at the bottom of the market.

Had my 1.8 Mondeo for over a year and put 15k miles on it and all I've had to do is service and change some tyres. Can't really complain for cheap motoring.
 
I bought my self a Shed a couple of years ago for long motorway runs and for moving crap around that I dont want to put in the back of the BMW.

Its a Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Gia, it has cost me nothing to run and gives something like 58 MPG on a london to sheffield run.
 
I have access to a mk2 mondeo right now and i can say, this example handles badly. it has done 160k miles mind, i guess that skews things a bit.

Fox indeed i dont expect to get an ST for 2.5k. In an above post i stated that the budget has increased significantly. 4.5k ish.

I have indeed heard of the dual mass flywheel issue. Someone I know paid £1100 odd for one to be changed! Not what I need to happen for a car which will be a daily commuter.

Thanks for the continued positive reviews of the mondeo but I have already decided to buy one so I need no more convincing! :) Just need thoughts on petrol vs diesel, for this particular car.

The petrol model I chose would be the ghia X, the diesel version either ST or ghia x.

Thanks again for all the constructive comments.
 
Tobias said:
I have access to a mk2 mondeo right now and i can say, this example handles badly. it has done 160k miles mind, i guess that skews things a bit.
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Like I said, they are all tired nails. A 12-15 year old 160k mile car is never going to handle like its box fresh.

Fox indeed i dont expect to get an ST for 2.5k. In an above post i stated that the budget has increased significantly. 4.5k ish.
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I still dont think thats enough. Personally I think the ST TDCi goes completely against the idea of a cheap commuter. It has 18 inch wheels so £100+ a corner tyres. It has numerous expensive failure points.

Remember that fuel economy is not the only thing that determines whether a car is cheap to run.
 
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