Mondeo Ecosport 240 Estate
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If you mosey on over to https://www.etis.ford.com go to "vehicle" and then "vehicle lookup" and put in your reg (IE) or vin (all other browsers!) you can see all the options it was fitted with.
dave_s13 said:
That is nice. I'm looking at an smax with the 2.0 petrol turbo at some point. I assume it's the same drive train?
Yes, I also looked into the S Max version but prices were always higher, seemed to be a lot more knocking about though. Identical gearbox and engine, just in a bigger shell. S Max comes with much more compliant suspension though, not that I find the Mondeo harsh. If anything, the rides much more compliant than my old Mazda 6. If you need a fast 7 seater there's the S Max or Zafira VXR and imo, the S Max is another league to the Zafira.austinsmirk said:
got to be a good car for scaring other drivers into thinking yr plod !!
lovely car btw.
Why would you even want to do that? Unnecessarily make other drivers drive more irrationally for no reason. It's bad enough people throwing the anchors on with there is actually police about without idiots driving a white car and trying to cause an effect. lovely car btw.
Would you suggest he goes the whole hog and buy a day-glo jacket and puts it on the parcel shelf??
Tiger Tim said:
austinsmirk said:
got to be a good car for scaring other drivers into thinking yr plod !!
lovely car btw.
Why would you even want to do that? Unnecessarily make other drivers drive more irrationally for no reason. It's bad enough people throwing the anchors on with there is actually police about without idiots driving a white car and trying to cause an effect. lovely car btw.
Would you suggest he goes the whole hog and buy a day-glo jacket and puts it on the parcel shelf??
Thus I would imagine driving about, without him doing anything, I bet a few drivers get twitchy.
Cracking car! The Mazda has it on looks (sorry) but the Mondeo edges it almost everywhere else imho. I just traded in a Mazda 6 2.0 SE-L Nav tourer so I may be biased. I was choosing between the new Mondeo 2.0 T or the Superb 2.0 TSI and the latter edged it out. Mostly, to be fair, because no dealership could give me a test drive and I refused to order one blind. As you say, a cracking family barge with enough to make you smile when you're out on your own. Enjoy it! 
zedx19 said:
dave_s13 said:
That is nice. I'm looking at an smax with the 2.0 petrol turbo at some point. I assume it's the same drive train?
Yes, I also looked into the S Max version but prices were always higher, seemed to be a lot more knocking about though. Identical gearbox and engine, just in a bigger shell. S Max comes with much more compliant suspension though, not that I find the Mondeo harsh. If anything, the rides much more compliant than my old Mazda 6. If you need a fast 7 seater there's the S Max or Zafira VXR and imo, the S Max is another league to the Zafira.I keep going round in circle with what I could replace it with (Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, Disco 3, Hyundai Sant Fe, E-Class, S-Class, Chrysler Voyager, etc etc )......I keep coming back to the S-Max. I really like the idea of a petrol engine with 240ps mated to a user friendly auto box but not sure I could handle the 50% reduction in economy. I really should just stop procrastinating and keep the Galaxy a few more years until the kids are mature enough to sit 3 abreast and not annoy each other to the point of complete an utter distraction/impotent rage from my seat at the front.
Bloody kids, they ruin everything
Let us know what your real world fuel economy ends up like will you.
dave_s13 said:
zedx19 said:
dave_s13 said:
That is nice. I'm looking at an smax with the 2.0 petrol turbo at some point. I assume it's the same drive train?
Yes, I also looked into the S Max version but prices were always higher, seemed to be a lot more knocking about though. Identical gearbox and engine, just in a bigger shell. S Max comes with much more compliant suspension though, not that I find the Mondeo harsh. If anything, the rides much more compliant than my old Mazda 6. If you need a fast 7 seater there's the S Max or Zafira VXR and imo, the S Max is another league to the Zafira.dave_s13 said:
Jesus, did you reset the trip comp??
I think mine is early enough not to have a DPF plus manual means it really is pretty good on fuel. Longer runs will touch 50mpg.
It is the antithesis of what you would consider a nice motor though.
Yep round town short journeys in winter. Pretty much what a diesel is worst at. I was getting good scores as well on the eco mode too.I think mine is early enough not to have a DPF plus manual means it really is pretty good on fuel. Longer runs will touch 50mpg.
It is the antithesis of what you would consider a nice motor though.
I've no doubt it could hit 50mpg on a run but the longest journey I did was 14 miles (at which point it was *just* starting to blow lukewarm through the heater).
It's not the worst engine out there but it's fairly high on my list of hate. The only thing about the entire car I liked was the 3rd row of seats. I'd quite like a set of them in mine for the once in a blue moon might want to transport 5 people (2 child seats in the back prevents a 3rd person getting in there). Given the ~6in or so of foam in the Mondeo boot floor you would have thought Ford could have offered them as option for it.
It's not *that* different to the pre-facelift though, main changes I think are the drinks holder with the cover on, the sides of the central portion of the dash and the controls for the climate control. Oh and the door release/stripe
This is mine:
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I do prefer the CF look in yours to the silver in mine (I have on occasion considered coating/replacing them), although is it real or fake?
This is mine:
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I do prefer the CF look in yours to the silver in mine (I have on occasion considered coating/replacing them), although is it real or fake?
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