Million mile Mondeo Pt2

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tharriso said:

How much did you get for your mk4, if I may ask?

went to a mate of mine for a grand

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Monkeylegend said:

Apart from an appetite for driveshafts, turbos and cambelts

A colleague had all three let go on his and another had repeated driveshaft issues,

is the current shape galaxy?


if so it the same as the mk5 mondeo and rubbish

the older shape based on the mk4 mondeo is fine though

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bluetooths fine thanks

1/10th of the way to target lol but alas she has a new stable mate arriving on Wednesday which will be sharing the mileage

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cossy400 said:

Whats the stable mate then lol

You ve mentioned Vauxhall, im hoping you were joking as I cannot see one of them putting up with the graft.

new toy arrives tomorrow i'll stick some pics up

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Glasgowrob said:

new toy arrives tomorrow i'll stick some pics up

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talksthetorque said:

swanky!

( And wipe down)

before someone says vinyl its Nappa leather

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Veccy208 said:

Hope you show up all the Vauxhall critics/badge snobs
Looks great! What engine?

1.6 biturbo on 800 miles now lol

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Snowdrop_ said:

Why have you got another?

spare for when the Mondeo breaks


that and needed something bigger for the airport work

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both mine,

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i'll add a couple of drivers to the vivaro and its a handy thing to have sitting round then, means anyone can jump on it and use it when needed,

that said it will more than pay for itself,
off to Manchester tommorow

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Jakg said:

Rented this last year



By the far the best van I've driven and certainly the most powerful (more than Transits and a T5). Assumed it had a decent 2.0 diesel in it... was blown away to realise it was a 1.6!

Ours is only the baby biturbo 125bhp but it pulls well from idle and it's nothing that can't be sorted with a knowledgable chap with a laptop

Flash map takes it up to 175bhp and 285 lb/ft of torque

Should be lively enough at that

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Eyersey1234 said:

Hows the Mondeo running Glasgowrob?

broke down on Thursday, and got hauled in on the back of the wagon

a new (very expensive stop start ) battery later and she's on the road within an hour.

Passed her taxi test on Friday (slightly stricter version of the standard MOT but done every 6 months.


currently on the rental fleet at the moment getting absolutely babied by a lovely lady who never takes her above 60 . far cry from the days of trying to headbutt the horizon at warp factor 9

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B'stard Child said:

Has it done a million miles yet?

156000

lass that is driving it is only part time, so its got a very easy life right now.

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Fast and Spurious said:

I want my money back.

i'm office based these days for 95% of the time,

would you prefer if i triple shift it and work it round the clock for purposes of this thread

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Holy thread revival

Had a million miles of mondeo in the workshop today









There's now 4 of the buggers

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The Mk5 is back as my personal runabout. Now ticked over 173k this morning

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aaand its gone,



onto fleet duties that is.


the mk5 is now into general fleet use and getting used to life as a traditional minicab

i've went and got myself a new err mondeo .





and as she should look when not getting rattled round the highlands


feels very familiar in a lot of ways and has a sense of solidity about it that the mk4 mondeo had also marginally quicker even at 2 ton 700nm of torque will nip you along nicely

Edited by Glasgowrob on Monday 18th November 19:22

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talksthetorque said:

Lovely. You can’t beat a taxi on 20”ers

sounds like my dream car a few years ago 20s air ride and a twin turbo V6 sounds brilliant till you realise its a diesel taxi

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joking aside though on the long motorway runs sitting at a sensible 70ish with cruise on it will happily do a brim to brim 55mpg which is actually the equal of any of the 2l mondeos best efforts