MorrisOx

I don't know how old your Mondeo is but yesterday I collected a new 'second-hand' car from a main dealer having traded in my 11 year old Polo TDI month ( I owned it for 8 years). It was washed and polished about a month ago and was looking in need of a clean again. There was also a large water stain on the rear nearside seat where soemone left the window open all night allowing the rain in. The appearance of the car made no diffrerence to the P/X valuation. The salesaman could see through the grime and was more interested in it's history ( I had every receipt, old MOT etc;) In fact I got a very good deal and so far are very pleased with my ' new' Suzuki Ignis.

For the watermarks I'd go over seats with something like Groom from Halfords making sure you dampen the seat panel right out to a seam. http://tinyurl.com/yduqtbw

For the alloys see http://www.astraownersclub.com/vb/showthread.php?t=96753 scroll down to "in the wheel arches" section then "refurb painted alloys".

Edited by Victorbox on 11/04/2010 at 10:35