Spec me a family car for £6k please

Gaygle said:
Why?! A Ghia X is a 2.5 V6! An ST is a 220bhp 3 litre V6 sport saloon!

Neither are cheap on insurance, tax or petrol!

Rubbish suggestion was rubbish.

OP - have you looked at Honda Accord estates? Should be reliable, cheap and i think they have a bigger boot than the Mondeo's, should you need it.

Just as a guide - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2187438.htm

I know the miles are quite high (if that bothers you?), but i'm sure there are others which will be less in similar condition.
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Is that apart from the 2.0 petrol, 2.0 diesel and 3.0 v6 petrol ghia x? If so, then yes, they are all 2.5s ;)
 
I cant see the point in buying a 6k mk3 Mondeo when the price of the new shape starts there.
 
GinG said:
Honda Accord is a good shout.

Have you had a look about the forecourt @ snigwiggs in town mate? They sometimes have some good cars on, also a good few places around Yarm / Stockton.
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Nah I haven't mate. The first thing I've done is ask here!
 
I was going to post a mk4, but 6k does seem to be bottom of the barrel for them. I'd have a minter mk3 before an iffy mk4 personally
 
Janesy B said:
Same, I'd rather eat a plate of mouldy cheese than own a 1.6 Mondeo Edge.
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Some people eat mouldy cheese for fun!!!

I did find a 2.0 petrol ghia estate mk4, think it was at car giant. It's still the cheapest of the mk4s though which makes me uneasy.

It's a difficult budget for a mondeo for that reason, but The mk3 is a perfectly good car and I don't always buy the generational obsession some people have with cars. I'd spend 5000-5500 on the best mk3 I could find
 
DiamondMark said:
Power house of a car those 1.6 ;) Plus after what this chap has been driving a 1.6 will be fab.
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I think a car that is slower than my 1.4 Fiesta would frustrate the OP greatly, a nice MK3 with top spec and a decent engine is a better car than a bottom of the barrel ex-lease Mondeo. Saying that, I would feel uneasy dropping 6k on a MK3 Mondeo and would probably get the cheapest facelift in the best condition possible.
 
Janesy B said:
I think a car that is slower than my 1.4 Fiesta would frustrate the OP greatly, a nice MK3 with top spec and a decent engine is a better car than a bottom of the barrel ex-lease Mondeo. Saying that, I would feel uneasy dropping 6k on a MK3 Mondeo and would probably get the cheapest facelift in the best condition possible.
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Remember that he's coming from an Alto :p

I'd rather have a Mk3 Mondeo too - the new one is massive, too big for the OP.
and OP - avoid the 307 like the plague.
 
Remember that a light, low powered car will always feel faster than an underpowered large car. Especially on a car as refined as the MK4 Mondeo, it'll feel like you're not moving!
 
[TW]Fox;17826667 said:
Absolutely - its probably in great nick, its very new, it's had...




and it's throwaway money. Buy it, run it for 3-4 years, chuck it in the bin.
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Tottally agree with fox on this one. Of the 2 big pricey jobs that could need doing on this 1 has already been taken care of. Its a good shout that mondeo
 
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