233s many mile Mondeo

[breadturbo]

Random question, did they fix the 'rain all flys in through the window' issue the mk4 had on the new ones?

 

[233]

And the bad luck continues




Lovely stone chip so it will be another visit from the nice man st national windscreens
In the drivers view and bigger than 10mm so new screen time

And about half hour after that happened it was seriously pooped on by an exploding seagull


Should have stayed in bed

 

[233]

Random question, did they fix the 'rain all flys in through the window' issue the mk4 had on the new ones?

Not quite sure but first rainy day I'll give it a try

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

Rotten luck 233! I hope not but the next unlucky thing will be a flat tyre!

But if a chipped windscreen and an annoying smashed window is all that goes wrong you wont be doing badly at all in the long run

 

[233]

Add in the front end that looks like someone has taken a shotgun to it and I'm only feeling the love right now

Can see it in the painters before the years out

 

[Cleisthenes]

Blimey! That's some bonkers bad luck.

Do you keep a fund for thing like repainting seeing as it's your job?

 

[233]

Always keep a few quid tucked away just in case ideally shouldnt be dipping into it this year st least but you never know

 

[opstrat]

paintwork is surprisingly poor on close inspection, lots of orange peel and the first collection of stone chips hurraah

ive got a da polisher you can borrow.

 

[233]

Thanks for the offer but I've got a lovely silverline sitting just no time or inclination

 

[233]

just ticked over 20k miles

2 services so far and a new set of front tyres at 19k

 

[[TW]Fox]

Why are Ford still stuck in the dark ages with sevicing?

2 services at 19k miles!?

 

[233]

Fords recommendation is every 18k

due to the amount time it spends idling and the stop start use I tend to half the ford interval, eg every 9k for the mk5.

costs are pretty low as I do it myself. and the intermediate is nothing more than an oil and filter.

 

[233]

just a quick update, 31k now,

total maintenance

29-05 Oil service 10117 miles
04-07 Full service 18826 miles
07-07 2 front tyres 19305 miles (2x Uniroyal Rainsports)
11-08 Oil Service 27808 miles
19-08 New Windscreen and ADAS calibration.
26-08 Taxi Test - Pass (woot) 30862 miles

 

[Akagi]

slight typo there, unless you averaged over 18,000 miles a day between the 11th and the 26th

What was your old one on again?

 

[thewanted]

And here I am wondering how reliable a diesel will be for my 15-18k/year

 

[233]

slight typo there, unless you averaged over 18,000 miles a day between the 11th and the 26th

What was your old one on again?

fixed,

old one left my company on 312k

 

[233]

And here I am wondering how reliable a diesel will be for my 15-18k/year

as long as you drive a diesel properly and look after it they will run forever,


they all have their own little quirks,

ie the pug 2l engines (as found in the Mondeo need a good spanking every now and then to prevent them clogging up,

the 1.6s are very fussy with using the right oil, cheap oil their scrap after 100k

 

[Scania]

Why are Ford still stuck in the dark ages with sevicing?

2 services at 19k miles!?

Nothing to do with Ford, everything to do with a driver who's prudent and services as per requirements rather than sales blurb.

Edit:

Fords recommendation is every 18k

due to the amount time it spends idling and the stop start use I tend to half the ford interval, eg every 9k for the mk5.

costs are pretty low as I do it myself. and the intermediate is nothing more than an oil and filter.

Enough said.

 

[acemastr]

Tires only lasted 19k miles?

 

[Akagi]

19K isn't bad out of a pair of front tyres is it..? Not outstanding, but not bad.

I doubt the rainsports will last that long. Slightly odd choice for this kind of mileage no? Don't they wear really fast?