newbie and his mundaeno

newbie and his mundaeno

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samuelellis

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Tuesday 17th July 2007
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ello, newbie from yorkshire here, and this is a picture of my mundaeno



yes thrilling isnt it rolleyes

But it does have some upsides, it was cheap, the engine is the 2ltr duratec and is much better than the engines in any of my previous cars, the build quality is pretty damn good, the suspension is silly soft and that is good due to a slighty dodgy back and my fiance living in a house that you have to drive down a bumpy untarmaked road to get to but it has goodyear eagle f1's all the way round so even though i do have comedy suspension is not bad in the corners when i do DRIVE it

plus it copes with the weight of my silly large car hifi quite well (i compete in car audio soundoffs when im not having fun on some of the country roads round here)

all in all its the nicest car ive owned, plus as im only 23 i can keep it and run it into the ground saving money until me and my fiance can afford a fun car (we both like the mx5 as they are a bit more usable day to day than an elise)

samuelellis

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Friday 20th July 2007
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yea but i stopped posting on there now as tbh computers arent really a hobby anymore - just a tool for the job so i am found more on talkaudio.co.uk now


my current hobbys are car audio and photography

Edited by samuelellis on Friday 20th July 22:18

samuelellis

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Saturday 21st July 2007
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well bootspace is one reason i bought the car as i need a fair bit of bootspace for the audio system (infact i need all the boootpsace)

plus as i said its a damn comfy ride and for the plod to work and back i wanted a nice smooth ride

its just a shame that one of its first owners used it as a company rep so there is more stonechip than paint on the bonnet and bumpers - I even have stonechips on the roof (how i dont know) so i need to get my friend to give the paint a blast over to cover the stonechips

but it does pull well considering the weight of the thing and i have had it for a few months now and it has not tired to kill me - its the first one of my cars to not try to kill me

samuelellis

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Wednesday 1st August 2007
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figured i would bumpski this thread just to include a video of the car involved in my other hobby

car audio biggrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vSUi3BKcIk

this was before i melted the glue holding the speakers voicecoils together so there is nowt in there at the moment as i have stripped it out while i buy new equiptment

samuelellis

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Friday 3rd August 2007
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the mundaeno is a ghia spec so its not bad but i wish it had the toys of the ghia x

the 307 - it was a nice car - loved the seats and the ride on it but one of the reaons i chopped it in was it was understeer tastic all the time

plus i knew i would be proposing to my lass in a couple of months time so i wanted a bigger car to prepare for married life as i intend to keep it for a good few years as housing will take the bulk of the cash when my lass learns to drive

samuelellis

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Friday 3rd August 2007
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Cerberadora said:
awesome car thumbup
thats the first time ive heard a Mondeo called awesome but cheers - its not a fast or amazing handling car but for what it was designed for i cant fault it

samuelellis

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Friday 3rd August 2007
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a mondeo? yes its mine at the top of the thread

saying that its the best car out of my driving histor so far

1994 M reg 306 1.9 NON turbo diesel (my god this was slow and the alarm went off every time ir rained but it was not bad) and for essentially a shopping car the handed pretty well

1992 Rover 218 SD 1.9 NON turbo diesel (same engine as the 306) very slow but a lot of car for not a lot of cash

1997 Mk3 Golf 1.9TDI (yay a turbo) high milage tastic and it had its faults but couldent fault the engine

2003 307 HDI fantastic engine just wish it handed like my 306 did

and now the mundaeno

samuelellis

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Monday 13th August 2007
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thought i would show you what the latest thing ive done to the car is

http://talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=222141

still have a LOT more to do but the a pillars were easy to get in

samuelellis

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Monday 14th January 2008
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thought i would update this with as it stands at the moment, its not to many peoples taste on here i know but i do love my low frequency



Yes the back seats are still usable (parcel shelf does not fit mind you though)

and a quick video of it in action (yes i know its awful taste in music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Typtv7YwjsE

well its a test of how well built it is biggrin

samuelellis

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Wednesday 16th January 2008
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meh the install is not to everyones taste (it willhave a good sounding front end when i finish it) but i do love the low frequency

samuelellis

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Thursday 17th January 2008
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jagdpanther said:
samuelellis said:
meh the install is not to everyones taste (it willhave a good sounding front end when i finish it) but i do love the low frequency
FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKK


Sam, you seem to be generating enough air displacement in that boot to power a medium sized Norfolk windfarm hehe

You're a nutter for sure thumbup
the next step is more power, more cone area and then out with the back seats but for the next few years it has to stay practical