The new 'Mondeo duct tape bumpers?' - Insignia front badges
Discussion
Burgerbob said:
I remember chasing a bird off one day as it was picking all the foam out of the bumper 
Damn. And I get annoyed when she leaves her nail varnish and makeup crap rattling around in the centre console, if she started picking the bumper to bits I'd be having serious words. dxg said:
marksx said:
Starting to become rare now, but second generation fiat puntos with tail lights that went into disco mode when indicating were common.
Saw one of those just last night! Was just thinking how long it'd been since I saw a car with dodgy earthing...
I just found this thread and have had a bit of a chuckle at the familiar sights, although I've not noticed the Insignia badge thing.
I guess I will now.
A couple I didn't see mentioned;
Have all Ford Kas got stoved in rear quarters yet?
You're not likely to see this driving around, I suppose, but I knew someone who this happened to.
Hub said:
loose cannon said:
Have we had the mk3 focus inner door rubber hanging out and trapped in the door shut yet 
I only became aware as my aunty’s focus keeps doing it and she had a moan about it to me when I last visited.
I have seen at least one a day flapping around ever since,
Yes, I've had to superglue 3 out of 4 of my doors!I only became aware as my aunty’s focus keeps doing it and she had a moan about it to me when I last visited.
I have seen at least one a day flapping around ever since,
Edited by loose cannon on Tuesday 21st November 18:09
Edited by loose cannon on Tuesday 21st November 18:15
Then drove to town & was behind one with the door rubbers swinging!
Apparantely, even when new, Ford would only fix it under warranty for the first year
Crap design
(on a separate whinge, had to unclip the footwell fusebox & faff about to change the wife’s Ford Kuga cabin filter, where do Ford find these design guys?)
Decky_Q said:
Sales reps at work all have Insignias, I called vauxhall to order a new badge for one and was told I had to order the entire grill, or I could have an Opel badge on its own instead. I then realised why so many badges hadn't been replaced.
Probably because they realised there's an issue and now make the badge and grill trim as one piece, essentially what you'd get would be a countermeasure part.Meanwhile they keep Opel badges in stock because scenesters buy them in vast quantities.
Given the Opel shaped backing there's no wonder the Vaux badge comes off, very little surface area to glue to compared to surface area of badge, lots of unsupported bits that flex in wind and vibration, maybe water runs down and sits on the glue joint or something. Opel badges meanwhile fit the backing perfectly and probably don't suffer the same propensity to fall off.
One my own car suffers from, Mk2 (maybe only phase2?) Clio with a dent in the bonnet from numpties pushing it down to "make sure it's latched" because of the whole supposed issue with bonnet catches.
Friend had an Astra (H?) with a front left lower "vent" trim that tended to fall out a lot". Also apparently the front struts were held in with a plastic clip or something? Never did the job myself but seemed a bit suss.
Also a certain Peugeot, 2/3 0 7/8 which seemed prone to brake lights being stuck on. Or something to do with Peugeot drivers
Jimmy Recard said:
This was a good study into the Mondeo phenomenon:
http://www.jack-frost.co.uk/mondeo_gaffer_tape.htm...
And this comment always makes me laugh:
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When I took my gaffa-adorned mondeo for it's mot, he advisory note said 'it has been noted that a temporary repair has been made to the bumper with tape' and I thought come on mate, we both know that's not temporary.
Have given up getting new bumpers. Am now looking for blue gaffa tape
Posted by Mick on Saturday, 3/09/11 @ 22:05pm | #1635
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What an amazing website!http://www.jack-frost.co.uk/mondeo_gaffer_tape.htm...
And this comment always makes me laugh:
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When I took my gaffa-adorned mondeo for it's mot, he advisory note said 'it has been noted that a temporary repair has been made to the bumper with tape' and I thought come on mate, we both know that's not temporary.
Have given up getting new bumpers. Am now looking for blue gaffa tape
Posted by Mick on Saturday, 3/09/11 @ 22:05pm | #1635
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marksx said:
Starting to become rare now, but second generation fiat puntos with tail lights that went into disco mode when indicating were common.
On the one I saw yesterday the left indicator light up when braking in place of the left rear brake light.I think I see more Insignias without the front badges than with it, now I understand why.
Glad someone else has noticed the Ford Galaxy/Ka flaking badge issue.
Alpaca said:
On the one I saw yesterday the left indicator light up when braking in place of the left rear brake light.
I think I see more Insignias without the front badges than with it, now I understand why.
Glad someone else has noticed the Ford Galaxy/Ka flaking badge issue.
Imagine being the engineer who designed the light unit for the Punto and being reminded of your screw-up every day on the roads... A fitting punishment I think I see more Insignias without the front badges than with it, now I understand why.
Glad someone else has noticed the Ford Galaxy/Ka flaking badge issue.
bristolracer said:
Anyone mentioned the quashqui rear tailgate trim
Seen a few held on with tape
One in our works car park like this.Seen a few held on with tape
Only other I can think of is the Blue Oval Ford badge on the back of modern fords, they don't last and the lacquer peels off after a few years, even on new replacements.
Going for a good thread bump here. Anybody else noticed loads of the most recent Mazda 3s with badly faded rear numberplates? Not seen this on any other car but most Mazda 3s I see have this issue. Saw an 18 plate one the other day where the rear plate had faded to white. I don't know it might be a local problem (dodgy numbeplates at dealer?) but I don't see it on other Mazdas, so not sure.
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