...you haven't got rid of me that easily :tongue: :hyper:

 

I've had a chat with my dad and brother and we're going to pool our money together into one decent lowish mileage estate car :D

 

Primarily it's going to be a 2003 Mondeo 2.0 130bhp TDCI GHIA Estate

 

50mpg+, 6 gears, comfy and reasonably quick and big enough to lug the rubbish in the back of, tow a caravan and do all the long distance driving in.

 

£478 fully comp with him and my bro on the insurance.

 

Which means i can keep the zed as a weekend car on classic insurance, it's having the suspension set up properly next week and i have a couple of spare 235 tyres that can go on in the meantime to keep it going till i get the polished ones sorted out.

 

So you ain't got rid of me yet :D

 

Now all i need is to find a decent 60-70ker with tax and test on it in the next few weeks....

Yay :D

Did I not post words to that effect in my reply to your post about getting another car and put the zed on classic...............Amazing.

Glad u decided to keep the car.

 

Cheers John Crisp

Did I not post words to that effect in my reply to your post about getting another car and put the zed on classic...............Amazing.

Glad u decided to keep the car.

 

Cheers John Crisp

 

hehe, well i didn't really think about it too much till today when i nearly bought a scorpio estate for my dad while i was out, we rushed out to look at it but it sold 5 mins after i left it :(

 

Had a bit of a chat and he can't afford a decent low mileage car by himself, i can't or my bro so between the three we can each chuck a grand or two in and buy a minter :)

 

British Car Auctions (5 miles away) here we come! :)

 

I didn't want to chuck the zed, would have broken my heart not finishing it and i may have found a way to get it sorted out cheaply albeit with a load of hours thrown in.

Nice one mate. Plus those Mondeo TDis are pretty sweet bits of kit.

It's the 130bhp we're after or the ST TDCI version which is 150bhp.

 

Eitherway with the torque it should be a stonker on the motorways :D

heh heh nice 1 mate u know it makes sense

Glad to see you,ve come to your senses Nick :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

Mondeos a nice motor but watch for missfiring problems, a workmate has one and its cost him a small fortune to repair, full set of injectors and pipes a year ago and last week he had to replace the clutch assembly at well over £300 some sort of damper built in apparently (cant remember if he had to replace the flywheel as well) seems to be a common fault and he did it on the cheap by doing the work himself..... and parts were bought at discount through a friend in the trade.

PS you can fix the Z cheaper :D

Primarily it's going to be a 2003 Mondeo 2.0 130bhp TDCI GHIA Estate 50mpg+, 6 gears, comfy and reasonably quick and big enough to lug the rubbish in the back of, tow a caravan and do all the long distance driving in.

 

I've had a 2001 GhiaX TDDI estate for four years. Nice car but fuel consumption only mid 30's and not the 50+ brochures claim. Good luck with your search but don't expect too much mpg.

 

Cheers - Dave

I've heard to stick away from pre 2003 models as they're very unreliable. Going to do a bit of research then go down the car auctions to try and get a good value one :D