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Hi All
Anyone have any insight into how such vehicles spend their lives? Specifically looking at 5/6 year old Mondeos of which there seems to be a few for sale. First thoughts are they shouldn't have wanted for maintenance, but not sure to what extent they'll have been used and abused? Also seem to be mainly available in poverty spec trim. Remember seeing fleets of them outside HMS Drake when I worked at Devonport and thought they'd be good value used. Also a bit odd that they're re-registered when they are sold, so no MoT history available.
Cheers
Anyone have any insight into how such vehicles spend their lives? Specifically looking at 5/6 year old Mondeos of which there seems to be a few for sale. First thoughts are they shouldn't have wanted for maintenance, but not sure to what extent they'll have been used and abused? Also seem to be mainly available in poverty spec trim. Remember seeing fleets of them outside HMS Drake when I worked at Devonport and thought they'd be good value used. Also a bit odd that they're re-registered when they are sold, so no MoT history available.
Cheers
superhans88 said:
Hi All
Anyone have any insight into how such vehicles spend their lives? Specifically looking at 5/6 year old Mondeos of which there seems to be a few for sale. First thoughts are they shouldn't have wanted for maintenance, but not sure to what extent they'll have been used and abused? Also seem to be mainly available in poverty spec trim. Remember seeing fleets of them outside HMS Drake when I worked at Devonport and thought they'd be good value used. Also a bit odd that they're re-registered when they are sold, so no MoT history available.
Cheers
Shouldn't be heavily abused. Most are fitted with Trimble so you'd get a stern word or more if you're found to be "driving like it's a hire car".Anyone have any insight into how such vehicles spend their lives? Specifically looking at 5/6 year old Mondeos of which there seems to be a few for sale. First thoughts are they shouldn't have wanted for maintenance, but not sure to what extent they'll have been used and abused? Also seem to be mainly available in poverty spec trim. Remember seeing fleets of them outside HMS Drake when I worked at Devonport and thought they'd be good value used. Also a bit odd that they're re-registered when they are sold, so no MoT history available.
Cheers
Numerous decades ago when I got paid to drive before getting paid to fly I worked MT.
We definitely didn’t take motors out through the night and perfect our high speed hand break turns. Absolutely not perfecting them to the level of trying to close other vehicles doors with the swinging arse end.
There was also absolutely no unofficial time trial to the airhead and back through most evenings delivering parts, round trip maybe 4 hours (at redline).
I also recall that when said vehicles came to the end of their life we didn’t play wacky races on the way to the auction house nudging each other on the dual carriageways.
I’m happy to mention those things that didn’t happen but there is plenty that did and that will go to the grave.
Regularly serviced though so go for it…
We definitely didn’t take motors out through the night and perfect our high speed hand break turns. Absolutely not perfecting them to the level of trying to close other vehicles doors with the swinging arse end.
There was also absolutely no unofficial time trial to the airhead and back through most evenings delivering parts, round trip maybe 4 hours (at redline).
I also recall that when said vehicles came to the end of their life we didn’t play wacky races on the way to the auction house nudging each other on the dual carriageways.
I’m happy to mention those things that didn’t happen but there is plenty that did and that will go to the grave.
Regularly serviced though so go for it…
https://bid.mod-sales.com/auctions/8268/witham1013...
What an earth would you do with this if you purchased it??
What an earth would you do with this if you purchased it??
Gavin0478 said:
https://bid.mod-sales.com/auctions/8268/witham1013...
What an earth would you do with this if you purchased it??
Probably do something with the £20,000 of electro-optics and Surveillance mast mounted on it.What an earth would you do with this if you purchased it??
MikeGTi said:
One's which have had Trimble on should be okay, ones without it not so much.
Pretty much. If it's been used on trimble as a fleet vehicle it'll be fine. Drivers are done for speeding via GPS so they dont get thrashed. My boss has a Skoda Superb and its mint...not used by lots of different drivers. Could've been used by others though, having seen the state of some of them that are used for driver training/evasion tactics etc I wouldn't go anywhere near buying one of those!
Daughters in the army as I was (13th Air assault regt) and can confirm many of these cars are ragged to death especially some which are used for tactical training.
Many come from Leconfield barracks near Hull and used for driver training. My daughter is based at Brize Norton and cars are regularly loaned out to squaddies who at the time have no transport. Having said all that, they're usually over serviced and want for nothing. You may come across ex mod cars with scuffs and scratches ect but mechanically they should be fine.
Ref re registration , the mod have their own registration data which dvla have no info on. Registration for civilian use needs a date in service form filled out for allocation of a new V5.
Many come from Leconfield barracks near Hull and used for driver training. My daughter is based at Brize Norton and cars are regularly loaned out to squaddies who at the time have no transport. Having said all that, they're usually over serviced and want for nothing. You may come across ex mod cars with scuffs and scratches ect but mechanically they should be fine.
Ref re registration , the mod have their own registration data which dvla have no info on. Registration for civilian use needs a date in service form filled out for allocation of a new V5.
Edited by Draxindustries1 on Wednesday 10th August 20:45
king he got for having done 130mph across country to an airfield, and thanked me for sorting the trip out 
Triumph Man said:
Evanivitch said:
Triumph Man said:
Always wondered why they are re registered…
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