Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

What's going on I never get more than 20mpg at 60mph you must be lying etc etc ;)

Wasn't it easier to just take the photo yourself? :D


What light mod?


Oh and that head unit is quite bright!
 
The white isn't so bad actually but I didn't want blue or anything like that. Bit much effort for me I think considering how fiddly it was just to get the cluster out!

Plus my head unit wouldn't match the colours then, either. ;)
 
Well I did my oil and filter and another slightly dodgy rear brake caliper today.

Tried to do the gearbox oil but the hex fitting in the drain plug rounded so I need to get another plug and try to get this one out, hopefully with mole grips!
 
The TDCI has a cartridge oil filter with a removable plastic lid bit? I wish mine had that. Instead, the filter is awkwardly placed underneath, right by the exhaust manifold, which gets hot. Very hot.
 
Mine doesn't have much of a plastic undertray - it only goes about 8-10 inches back from the bumper, and yes I've tried and failed to remove it once or twice! Ford and their bright idea of using crappy small steel philips head screws which just rust into place..
 
I didn't realise yours was a saloon Vita. They look nice, but they're pretty similar to the hatch really. The estate looks the coolest imho :cool:

I'd love it if they made a new Mondeo ST but I'm not sure how many people would buy it, sadly.
 
Vita said:
Judging by the new Focus ST, I bet it would sell like hotcakes if they gave it a good spec/value for money.
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The ST220 didn't really sell like hot cakes despite it being great value for money! The Focus and Fiesta did, I think people have less of an aversion to small hot hatches than 'tarted up repmobiles with a Ford badge'. Who knows.
 
It's the fastest ST they did at the time though, and it's a) pretty fast for a large FWD hatch and b) barely any less economical than most equivalent engines unless you've got one of the BMW Witchcraft engines that do 40+ on a run :p
 
But then it'd be a crap every-day car :p the whole point of it is to be a great all-rounder.

My view on fuel economy is that life is too short to start driving around in dull diesel powered vehicles unless you're doing 30,000 miles a year. And even then... ;)


Most non-car people who have seen mine have just been taken by the twin exhausts and leather seats :p It doesn't really turn heads, and I quite like that aspect. Although it does sound much, much nicer with the new exhaust :cool:
 
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