the million(artistic licence) mile Mondeo Taxi

[Glasgowrob]

eltax91 said:

Can't normally collect them on negotiated fuel card special rates, I don't think?

very true no points for me
but on the plus side i get to see the tidy lass in the BP at harthill every day

[bomma220]

Glasgowrob said:

very true no points for me
but on the plus side i get to see the tidy lass in the BP at harthill every day

[ALBA MELV]

Hows the old Mondeo getting on with the mate you sold it to?

Have you hit 30k in the new one yet?

[Glasgowrob]

Old ones looking good currently getting a lot of love I'll get pics next time I'm up


New one is about to nudge 29k. But off tommorow as she's away getting nearly £900 worth
Of windscreen fitted ruddy stonechip S and bankrupt insurance companies.

Nothing broken yet although we've had 3 services and a set of front tyres so far

[LeoZwalf]

Monstering the miles Rob, 29k since April?! I watched your old thread and will do the same with this one. Keep it going, stay safe out there

[Glasgowrob]

29/05 oil service 10117
04/07 Full service 18826
11/08 oil service 27802



currently averaging a real world 42.01mpg consuming 3135 litres of diesel over 28454 miles at an average of 460 miles per fill up and covering 241 miles a day, stats courtesy of an app i use called Road Trip

just ticked over 29k this morning


been a busy couple of months

[Glasgowrob]

29-05 10117 miles Oil service
04-07 18826 miles Full service
07-07 19305 miles 2 front tyres (2x Uniroyal Rainsports)
11-08 27808 miles Oil Service
19-08 New Windscreen and ADAS calibration.
26-08 30862 miles Taxi Test - Pass (woot)
27-09 37335 miles 2 front tyres (2x Unroyal Rainsports)
03-10 38339 miles full service and a set of front pads, £70 for a set of genuine Ford front pads ouch

oh and for the last set of front tyres we bumped into an old friend




Fuel economy is up another .4 of a mpg over the last 10k miles 42.22 over 40k

Edited by Glasgowrob on Friday 14th October 09:41

[eltax91]

And how's the old friend?

[Glasgowrob]

enjoying retirement, and is being lightly fettled with

has covered about 1200 miles to the new ones 40k lol,

[Bomma220]

Any problems or faults with the car so far Rob?

[krisdelta]

Rob, this thread is a great read. The new car looks enormous next to your old one.

[Bomma220]

krisdelta said:

The new car looks enormous next to your old one.

To be honest, I thought at first it was a Focus parked next to a Mondeo!

[ChocolateFrog]

You must drive it quite hard to get through a set of pads so quickly?

I assumed most of your miles would be schelping up and down the motorway.

[Glasgowrob]

ChocolateFrog said:

You must drive it quite hard to get through a set of pads so quickly?

I assumed most of your miles would be schelping up and down the motorway.

lets just say theres many spirited runs up and down the A and B roads around the west of Scotland, either on route to a job or on the way back, off up to Ardfern on Sunday morning that's always a good spirited drive.


no faults to report so far, if anything seems like its going to be a nice reliable car. (watch this space now I've said that) certainly does seem to have loosened off rather nicely since I got it though, pulls cleanly to just under 5k quite happily and certainly feels more capable than the stats suggest, a bit of testing also proved Fords book figures are somewhat conservative too

[Glasgowrob]

It's finally clicked

Had a very empty A83 this morning and decided to push on a bit The big bus and I have finally hit it off she just soaks it up and certainly flatters an average driver




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[Superhoop]

Well the road holding certainly looks impressive

[Jag_NE]

Great thread Rob.

How is mpg fairing now that you have clocked up a few miles? I was quite surprised at 40mpg given the (extremely) long runs that you do and a recollection from your prior thread were you said that you set to 78mph when cruising.

[Glasgowrob]

Currently sat at a longterm of 42.42 mpg

That's real world figures done fill to fill using an app called road trip
Personally would love to get it up to 50mpg but that would require a huge change in use and driving style



The best I've seen out a tank was 48 and that was a full tank on the motorway
Albeit mixed driving. very inefficient on cruise at anything about 65 despite 70mph being under 2000
RPM in 6th

Edited by Glasgowrob on Sunday 16th October 19:58

[hora]

GTIAlex said:

anonymous said:

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Sounds like it.

Seriously? Wow. Just wow. Weird.

[JakeT]

Glad to hear You're getting on alright with the thing. How does it compare to the old bus? And 48mpg does seem poor for a 2.0 diesel unit, I've had 42 from a 2.5 N/A straight six! Also what made you choose the Mondy over something like a Skoda superb or another large estate?