Amazing what you can buy for sub £500 these days.

Donjon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:13

As winter is closing in i thought it would be a good idea to take my little Polo G40 off the road before they start gritting. That meant getting a winter warrior for under £500 that would see me though in comfort with a good heater!
I Managed to snare this for £440 off ebay.

Ford Mondeo 2.2TDCI GHIA X

MOT until July, 4 new tyres, recent clutch, alternator,battery,brakes and exhaust

Its been remapped too.

Drives lovely, that will do me!

muon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:23

You check the MOT history?

I just did :eek:

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

Also if you look, the same ARB failure has come up (Aug15 and Jul16) suggesting it isn't actually getting fixed.

edit:

On a separate note I think they should give the MOT Test Centre Number on the website as well which would help.

wedrum · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:25

lol holy sheep ****, i hope you plan on getting rid before july.

leon4112 · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:29

Must have had the work done as above

NooBish AbbZ · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:29

Boy, that is a long list of advisories

[TW]Fox · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:30

Amazing what you can get rid of on Ebay for 500 quid these days :eek:

muon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:30

wedrum said:
lol holy sheep ****, i hope you plan on getting rid before july.

To be fair the long list makes it seem worse than it is (possibly)

Donjon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:31

muon said:
You check the MOT history?

I just did

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

Also if you look, the same ARB failure has come up (Aug15 and Jul16) suggesting it isn't actually getting fixed.

edit:

On a separate note I think they should give the MOT Test Centre Number on the website as well which would help.

wedrum said:
lol holy sheep ****, i hope you plan on getting rid before july.

Yep i checked it. There is nowt wrong with it boys. I like to see stuff like that on an MOT it shows its actually had a proper one done!

MORE SPEED · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:36

Donjon said:
Yep i checked it. There is nowt wrong with it boys. I like to see stuff like that on an MOT it shows its actually had a proper one done!

No, it tells you that the car is pretty shagged.

Donjon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:40

MORE SPEED said:
No, it tells you that the car is pretty shagged.

Its £440... has an MOT, stops go's and turns. What more do you want! I work for Ford and my brother and dad are mechanics trust me theres nowt wrong with it!

Howard · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:41

Wow, that's knackered. Hope it lasts you through winter

Clarkey · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:43

Apart from all the brakes need doing, the clutch needs doing, all tyres need changing and the engine sounds like a bag of spanners?

muon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:43

Donjon said:
Its £440... has an MOT, stops go's and turns. What more do you want! I work for Ford and my brother and dad are mechanics trust me theres nowt wrong with it!

People are mostly joking.

If you've given it a proper look over then I'm sure you know better. Most of the MOT items aren't really that worrying. I guess you got 4 new tyres and a new clutch.

Donjon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:45

Clarkey said:
Apart from all the brakes need doing, the clutch needs doing, all tyres need changing and the engine sounds like a bag of spanners?

Have you actually read the original post...

Clarkey · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:47

No I guess not. Begs the question though why would the previous owner spend more than the value of the car in the last 6 months then sell it for dirt?

Rroff · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:51

Clarkey said:
No I guess not. Begs the question though why would the previous owner spend more than the value of the car in the last 6 months then sell it for dirt?

Probably because they woke upto the realisation they were throwing good money at it that could be better used on a new car in the long term - people often patch up a car they are accustomed to for quite awhile before making that decision.

wedrum · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:52

Donjon said:
Its £440... has an MOT, stops go's and turns. What more do you want! I work for Ford and my brother and dad are mechanics trust me theres nowt wrong with it!

so all 3 of you have no idea

Donjon · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:53

Clarkey said:
No I guess not. Begs the question though why would the previous owner spend more than the value of the car in the last 6 months then sell it for dirt?

Just got a new car after having this one for 4 years. I would guess he got tired of throwing money at it and decided to get something newer before another potential problem arises.

chaparral · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:55

Clarkey said:
Begs the question though why would the previous owner spend more than the value of the car in the last 6 months then sell it for dirt?

I did that with my last car as it was more important that I had transport and also didn't want to just throw thousands at the first car I saw..
So spending £500 on a car I knew I was going just dump in about 6 months time gave me some leeway

NoNameNoNumber · 30 Oct 2016 at 17:57

Donjon said:
MOT until July, 4 new tyres, recent clutch, alternator,battery,brakes and exhaust

Its been remapped too.

Drives lovely, that will do me!

MORE SPEED said:
No, it tells you that the car is pretty shagged.

Howard said:
Wow, that's knackered. Hope it lasts you through winter

Clarkey said:
Apart from all the brakes need doing, the clutch needs doing, all tyres need changing and the engine sounds like a bag of spanners?

This

Donjon said:
Have you actually read the original post...