233s many mile Mondeo

Minstadave · 17 May 2016 at 22:36

Janesy B said:
Glad Ford have managed to find a supplier of screens that are bigger than 2 inches.

Was going to say the same, screen looks great! Much better than the mobile phone screens they have used previously.

mattcrane · 18 May 2016 at 09:37

Janesy B said:
Glad Ford have managed to find a supplier of screens that are bigger than 2 inches.

Minstadave said:
Was going to say the same, screen looks great! Much better than the mobile phone screens they have used previously.

The new Sync 2 system is very very good.

Got it in my Kuga TitaniumX.

233 · 18 May 2016 at 10:08

Sync 2 is no more mines is one of the last Mondeos to get it

New Mondeos from may get sync3

Jono · 18 May 2016 at 10:56

What's the warranty on these things? 60k / 3 years still?
Won't you be out of that by the end of the year?

mattcrane · 18 May 2016 at 11:41

233 said:
Sync 2 is no more mines is one of the last Mondeos to get it

New Mondeos from may get sync3

I knew Sync3 was coming but wasn't sure when. Cheers for that will have to pop in the dealer and have a look.

On Holiday · 18 May 2016 at 11:57

Subbed.

How do you find the comfort in this?

Every new Ford I've sat in just doesn't feel comfy to me, though I think I'm getting too used to race-bucket styled seats.

233 · 18 May 2016 at 14:44

Jono said:
What's the warranty on these things? 60k / 3 years still?
Won't you be out of that by the end of the year?

Lucky to get 8 months

Archeum said:
Subbed.

How do you find the comfort in this?

Every new Ford I've sat in just doesn't feel comfy to me, though I think I'm getting too used to race-bucket styled seats.

Comfy enough managed 940 miles with 2 stops last week quite happily so not too bad

Burnsy2023 · 18 May 2016 at 15:02

How are you finding the ground clearance? I've driven one of these recently and it seems to be really shallow when going over speedbumps. Also the full beams are laughable.

Craig321 · 18 May 2016 at 15:08

Do you record your trips? My Dad does Chauffeur work, not as many miles as you, but his Garmin records everywhere he goes which can then be transferred to his PC, makes for quite an interesting map

Rainmaker · 18 May 2016 at 15:15

I enjoyed your thread about the old car over on PH. Subbed.

Funny how the old car is smaller on paper, yet looks much bigger on your pic.

lemonkettaz · 18 May 2016 at 16:52

I have recently acquired a Mondeo, 1.6TDCi Eco TitX, got to say even though many ppl will find it boring I love it, It's so comfortable and easy to drive on the motorway, I will be doing on a normal week 300mile on a friday, 300mile on a sunday, just like I have for 4 year already in a peugeot 207, so quite the difference in comfort I can say that for sure

Read a lot about the reported MPG, however I am getting 64.4 on the motorway at the minute after 2 journeys and a good 850mile per tank it says so far. Seems pretty decent to me considering other people were saying they got less than 50 MPG in the same engine.

Maybe I am just too cautious of a driver

233 · 19 May 2016 at 09:10

Burnsy2023 said:
How are you finding the ground clearance? I've driven one of these recently and it seems to be really shallow when going over speedbumps. Also the full beams are laughable.

Not had any issues so far and personally I find the main beam really good although I've got the halogen projectors rather than LED headlights

Craig321 said:
Do you record your trips? My Dad does Chauffeur work, not as many miles as you, but his Garmin records everywhere he goes which can then be transferred to his PC, makes for quite an interesting map

Would be as well as just marking the entire uk lol

Btw 8000 miles

swain90 · 19 May 2016 at 09:18

I'm doing about 1000 miles a week at the moment and I thought that was a lot!

Out of curiosity if you're on the return journey from somewhere on your lonesome, do you pick routes you prefer to drive on e.g. nice country road etc... or do you go for the quickest option home? If there is a set of particular routes you choose, which and where are they?

Firestar_3x · 19 May 2016 at 09:37

Good work on the new thread, enjoyed the last one.

233 · 19 May 2016 at 09:39

Normally if it's a long haul it's home by the quickest means

Just really whatever takes my fancy

I'll try and post up some of my favourites later on

Craig321 · 19 May 2016 at 09:56

Hope you have a dashcam with that amount of mileage, must see some interesting stuff?

lordrobs · 19 May 2016 at 11:25

Fuel would be a killer for me as I only get reimbursed at 10ppm at the moment and in my old Passat I'm currently sat at 9.8ppm from my fuelly log. Got to swap it for a Focus 2.0 TDCi next week so I hope I don't see that go over the 10ppm mark.

I can understand your point RE: autos but if I ever get to pick a company car (on hand me down number 3 :rolleyes:

) auto will be the number 1 priority.

233 · 19 May 2016 at 16:00

Craig321 said:
Hope you have a dashcam with that amount of mileage, must see some interesting stuff?

that I do

thankfully I had a change of undergarments as I was like a teenager looking at his first grot mag. excited doesn't quite cover it

Craig321 · 19 May 2016 at 16:02

Nice

thought that was just a normal photo judging by the position.

Siliconslave · 19 May 2016 at 16:12

233 said:
that I do

have you edited that, otherwise it's got a seriously weird focus pattern :confused: