Hi Blue!

Long time no see on here!, nice to see a familar name! Everyone dissapeared during the switch over of the site.

I *still* own my X-reg MK3 Mondeo. 1.8 Petrol. Going strong after 73,000 miles, only minor repairs wear and tear, Shocks, Brakes etc.

Me and my friend went to purchase one from Auction in Manchester around 5 months ago for his paining and decorating job, and general run around. Picked up a 51 Plate 2.0 Petrol for £850, had full service history. Little tatty inside but nothing major, 4 owners and 97,500 on the clock. Had no problems thus far. Had it serviced from an indi for £110 as soon as he got it, runs as good as mone.

Cheers

Lee

I picked up a Y reg 1.8 Mondeo the other week from Auction. It was a Ford trade in but only 59K on the clock from 1 owner.

Full Dagenham history, the guy who owned it got everything done there, MOT, tyres, Washer fluid the whole lot. Had a A4 envelope full of invoices!

Lovely example, after Test, 6 months tax and £150 getting a minor dent sorted and little bumper marks touched up it cost me £1400 all in.

Could have picked up a cheaper one, saw a 54 plate 2.0 with 94K, 3 owners, part history go at auction for about the same price. Not sure if anything would need to be done to it.

Hey guys! Wan't sure that anyone would remember me, I haven't visited in ages and yes, it was the switchover that sent me packing for a while!

Well the prices that you guys are quoting to me are not really anything like as low as I thought these things would go for at auction! I think I may actually end up with one from the Autotrader or Pistonheads Classifieds.

To my surprise the 1.8 has shown itself to be much cheaper to insure than the 2.0 so that may well end up being my car of choice!

PrimeraDriver - I'm pretty well set on the Mondeo now as I can't find anything else that drives as well, is as spacious or has the low running costs for my budget of less than £1K.

Leef - go on, sell me your's :-)

Tyro - I can't actually remember that, but pleased if I helped at all! It's true what they say about use it or lose it with this knowledge though, I used to know Mondeo specs off the top of my head and now I can't even recall the differences between each model. :-(

Jazman - that sort of car sounds ideal, although I don't think I'll stretch to such a good example!

I've previously had a MK2 and it was a very nice car, I had the V6 though and I have to be honest, the 1.8 version would probably make me yearn for the V6 again!

I'm quite keen on the MK3 as I seem to remember that the ride is significantly more refined than the MK2.