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June 4th I bought a Mondeo ST220. It was an utter dog. I replaced it today, trying desperately not to think about the money I lost on it. So now I have a 1-year old ST-3 with navigation and a few other funky options. Utterly delighted with it but feel like such a d*ck being 37 and trying to think I'm down with the kidz now 
bigkeeko said:
Probably a cool little car and fun to drive but the colour will wear you down after a bit.
I'm not even sure what that means.I despite black/grey/white cars and bikes with a passion, despite my previous two cars being black and the bike being black. It's nice to stand out a bit from the river of monotony that makes up the roads these days.
Bit of an odd one, really. When I collected it on Saturday, the tyre pressure warning popped up. Wasn't entirely shocked so stopped at a garage and set them to the correct pressures. Warning dutifully disappeared. All was well with the world.
This morning, the warning reappears. Stopped and checked them and they'd dropped more than you'd expect in 6 days, with the NSF and OSR being the worst. Rather more worrying was the fact I couldn't really tell much difference but I'm blaming that on the ridiculous 30 profile tyres - I'm usually quite sensitive regarding such matters, honest.
Still no big deal, figured it was the w
ky metal valves being wky and metally. Stopped in at the dealer on the way home to command them to change them, got it all booked in, got back in the car, started it up and STEERING ASSIST FAILURE - DO NOT DRIVE. Totally out of the blue but I guess at least it had f*cked itself at the best place possible.
My courtesy car is a brown Fiesta.
Brown.
Dear lord.
This morning, the warning reappears. Stopped and checked them and they'd dropped more than you'd expect in 6 days, with the NSF and OSR being the worst. Rather more worrying was the fact I couldn't really tell much difference but I'm blaming that on the ridiculous 30 profile tyres - I'm usually quite sensitive regarding such matters, honest.
Still no big deal, figured it was the w
ky metal valves being wky and metally. Stopped in at the dealer on the way home to command them to change them, got it all booked in, got back in the car, started it up and STEERING ASSIST FAILURE - DO NOT DRIVE. Totally out of the blue but I guess at least it had f*cked itself at the best place possible.My courtesy car is a brown Fiesta.
Brown.
Dear lord.
If it moved at all at the moment I'd be happy
With regards to power, I've never been one for big power - in fact, the ST is the most powerful car I've ever owned. Then again, I seem to be one of the few people on PH who doesn't get all indignant and sulky when someone passes me on a motorway. That's all quite possibly due to riding bikes for the last 12 years and having a Fireblade in the garage; you just tend to think it's all pointless trying to be straight-line quick in cars
With regards to power, I've never been one for big power - in fact, the ST is the most powerful car I've ever owned. Then again, I seem to be one of the few people on PH who doesn't get all indignant and sulky when someone passes me on a motorway. That's all quite possibly due to riding bikes for the last 12 years and having a Fireblade in the garage; you just tend to think it's all pointless trying to be straight-line quick in cars
So, my local Ford dealer have just been on the phone to say my car will be ready to collect tomorrow. Paraphrased conversation as follows:
Ford: "We've replaced the steering rack and two of the valves on the tyres."
Me: "All four tyres were losing air, it's just the two I highlighted were losing it quicker than the others. I don't want to be topping up air three times a week."
Ford: "Well we've done the two you mentioned so see how it goes."
Me: "I know how it'll go, they'll lose air and I'll be filling it up three times a week."
Ford: "If that's the case you can bring it back and we'll change those."
Me: "Ridiculous."
Ford: "....."
Me: "And why the steering rack? It was clearly a fault with the EHPAS, there was never an issue of the rack being knackered!"
Ford: "See how it goes."
Me: "If it fails again, I will reject the car. Just so you know."
Ford: "See you tomorrow."
Not entirely full of confidence.
Ford: "We've replaced the steering rack and two of the valves on the tyres."
Me: "All four tyres were losing air, it's just the two I highlighted were losing it quicker than the others. I don't want to be topping up air three times a week."
Ford: "Well we've done the two you mentioned so see how it goes."
Me: "I know how it'll go, they'll lose air and I'll be filling it up three times a week."
Ford: "If that's the case you can bring it back and we'll change those."
Me: "Ridiculous."
Ford: "....."
Me: "And why the steering rack? It was clearly a fault with the EHPAS, there was never an issue of the rack being knackered!"
Ford: "See how it goes."
Me: "If it fails again, I will reject the car. Just so you know."
Ford: "See you tomorrow."
Not entirely full of confidence.
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