Mondeo ST200 Limited - most painful purchase ever

[Blue Oval84]

Holy thread resurrection!

I'm afraid this car didn't stay with me, I can't remember the whole story as to what else went wrong but basically I never got the hesitation fixed and the car kept upsetting me with various faults. I spent a fortune (many times more than I paid for the car) trying to fix (and in some cases, fix them again) before I cut my losses and flogged it on ebay with all work and remaining problems declared.

I now drive a Volvo and have never felt more relaxed, or less stressed about my motoring.

[e30m3Mark]

Now my interest has been stirred, do you recall the reg' number?

[RedSwede]

It is nice to read threads where things go wrong, people develop a real enthusiasm for a car and spend lots of irrational cash on it for no good reason other than they want to. This is the genuine car enthusiasm that is often rare. Sorry that it went, enjoy the Volvo respite, then get a V70R and do it all again!!

All these threads and posts with people bragging how little they spend on cars a) makes me feel bad how much I spend keeping/getting cars right and b) are no where near as interesting as ones like this!

[e30m3Mark]

I'd love to spend very little on my car. Even if only for a few weeks!

[Blue Oval84]

e30m3Mark said:

Now my interest has been stirred, do you recall the reg' number?

I do, but won't pop it up too publicly in case a future owner ends up googling it and worrying they've bought a lemon! Do you think you may know the car? PM me if you like and I'll share that way

It went up north somewhere but can't recall where, I do remember the guy had got stuck in traffic and didn't get here until about 10pm and then had a massive drive home to do in it. Shortly after he got it the alternator that I'd bought directly from Ford failed with just about 1K miles on it, so ended up acting as go between to try and get that through on warranty (successfully actually)

[e30m3Mark]

Blue Oval84 said:

e30m3Mark said:

Now my interest has been stirred, do you recall the reg' number?

I do, but won't pop it up too publicly in case a future owner ends up googling it and worrying they've bought a lemon! Do you think you may know the car? PM me if you like and I'll share that way

It went up north somewhere but can't recall where, I do remember the guy had got stuck in traffic and didn't get here until about 10pm and then had a massive drive home to do in it. Shortly after he got it the alternator that I'd bought directly from Ford failed with just about 1K miles on it, so ended up acting as go between to try and get that through on warranty (successfully actually)

No, I was just being nosey so fair play for keeping reg' close to your chest.

Weird coincidence though, at 3am today I dropped my final fare at a house in Truro and the chap said ''drop me next to my ST220''. It was dark obviously, but sure enough there was a (slightly tired looking) blue Mondeo. The guy then asked ''You do know how special the ST is?''. He was clearly very proud.

[Blue Oval84]

e30m3Mark said:

No, I was just being nosey so fair play for keeping reg' close to your chest.

Weird coincidence though, at 3am today I dropped my final fare at a house in Truro and the chap said ''drop me next to my ST220''. It was dark obviously, but sure enough there was a (slightly tired looking) blue Mondeo. The guy then asked ''You do know how special the ST is?''. He was clearly very proud.

So was I at the time