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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: scottambrose on 25 February 2013, 16:06:31
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any good. have always fancied one and seen one locally. anyone had any experiences with them?
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Never owned one but drove one once - "sh1t off a shovel" performance :y
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Colleague at work had one, terrific performance & very comfortable, he sold it because the front carpets always got wet when it rained, tried new seals on doors etc. Could not cure this problem have heard of others with same problem (all types of Mondeo ) so check footwells for this.
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Colleague at work had one, terrific performance & very comfortable, he sold it because the front carpets always got wet when it rained, tried new seals on doors etc. Could not cure this problem have heard of others with same problem (all types of Mondeo ) so check footwells for this.
Earlier Mondeos had issues with the pollen filter housing leaking water into the car but thought they had cracked that problem with the later ones.
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Lovely car,nice spec and wrong wheel drive for anything over 200BHP!!!! :P
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Nice cars, drive well, go well, good seats, I like them :y.
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Go well, ride is quite harsh. Don't bury your foot in the carpet coming out of a corner until straight, esp in the wet ::)
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I tried to race one off a roundabout onto a dual garrigeway in Milton Keynes when I had my 3.2 Elite - It went past me like I was standing still :( very quick car.
Darren
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im tempted. they seem to hold there value now quite well
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when its running listen for a ticking sound from back of engine, known as the tick of death on them and sign head gasket on way out,this also shows with oil seapage from same area, also from cold you may hear the cam chain rattling as tensioner seal goes and looses preasure overnight, i had the st24 estate which is same engine just 175bhp and that would do 140 without blinking hth
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The biggest issue I have seen with 10+ year old Fords is how much they just fall apart so check them very closely.
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i got rid of mine as corrosion hit it so hard and so fast, wheel arches end of sills etc
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when its running listen for a ticking sound from back of engine, known as the tick of death on them and sign head gasket on way out,this also shows with oil seapage from same area, also from cold you may hear the cam chain rattling as tensioner seal goes and looses preasure overnight, i had the st24 estate which is same engine just 175bhp and that would do 140 without blinking hth
the st220 is the mark 3 with the 3.0 v6 not the 2.5 like the st200 st24
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One of the best handling FWD cars ever, reputedly. But still FWD. I would, and have been, very tempted as a second car though.
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when its running listen for a ticking sound from back of engine, known as the tick of death on them and sign head gasket on way out,this also shows with oil seapage from same area, also from cold you may hear the cam chain rattling as tensioner seal goes and looses preasure overnight, i had the st24 estate which is same engine just 175bhp and that would do 140 without blinking hth
I thought the ST24 was a 2.5 and the ST220 a 3.0 ???
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st24 v6
st220 3.0 v6
st tdci 2.2 turbo diesel
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I tried to race one off a roundabout onto a dual garrigeway in Milton Keynes when I had my 3.2 Elite - It went past me like I was standing still :( very quick car.
Darren
Was it a blue one, about 2 years ago ::)
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st24 v6
st220 3.0 v6
st tdci 2.2 turbo diesel
st24 2.5 v6 170bhp
st200 2.5 V6 202 bhp
st220 3.0 V6 226 bhp
HTH ;)
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tutor only buys mondeos. i like them. :y
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tutor only buys mondeos. i like them. :y
Teachers pet ? :) ::) ;)
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I tried to race one off a roundabout onto a dual garrigeway in Milton Keynes when I had my 3.2 Elite - It went past me like I was standing still :( very quick car.
Darren
Was it a blue one, about 2 years ago ::)
It may have been - just under the A5 by Caldecotte Lake..... and yes it was blue :)
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ST220 version, think its a more exclusive car than Aston Martin Vantage, going by Top Gears sales figures?
Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
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ST220 version, think its a more exclusive car than Aston Martin Vantage, going by Top Gears sales figures?
Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
Not much toys in Fords usually :-\
(Unless they've changed their act in recent years)
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ST220 version, think its a more exclusive car than Aston Martin Vantage, going by Top Gears sales figures?
Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
Not much toys in Fords usually :-\
(Unless they've changed their act in recent years)
Current ones are crammed, Radar guided cruise for starters!
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ST220 version, think its a more exclusive car than Aston Martin Vantage, going by Top Gears sales figures?
Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
Not much toys in Fords usually :-\
(Unless they've changed their act in recent years)
Had a Mondeo Ghia X 2.5 V6 recently on a 53 plate, Sony CD, 6 CD Changer, Heated & ventilated seats, full leather, cruise, climate, it had loads!
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ST220 version, think its a more exclusive car than Aston Martin Vantage, going by Top Gears sales figures?
Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
Not much toys in Fords usually :-\
(Unless they've changed their act in recent years)
Current ones are crammed, Radar guided cruise for starters!
Cruise is standard, adaptive cruise is an option :y
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tutor only buys mondeos. i like them. :y
Teachers pet ? :) ::) ;)
of course ;) ;D ;D ;D
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I tried to race one off a roundabout onto a dual garrigeway in Milton Keynes when I had my 3.2 Elite - It went past me like I was standing still :( very quick car.
Darren
Was it a blue one, about 2 years ago ::)
It may have been - just under the A5 by Caldecotte Lake..... and yes it was blue :)
Errr, uhmmm ::)
Well, its owner did throw the keys at me, and ask what I thought of it. We went from Bletchley to Costco and back, so along H10, and up V11, and I was gunning it :-[
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Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
After going to Belgium in a Mundano, and France last year in an Insignia, I'd go for the Insignia.
Once you get to Titanium and Titanium X, you get a few toys with the Mundano, but even then, most are extras. Same with Insignia TBH, base ones are basic, top end have a few toys, but still plenty you can tick on the options sheet. Unlike Omega Elites.
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Always liked Mondeo's too, if its a choice of Insignia/Mondeo, think it would have to be the Ford. Much more comfy!
After going to Belgium in a Mundano, and France last year in an Insignia, I'd go for the Insignia.
Once you get to Titanium and Titanium X, you get a few toys with the Mundano, but even then, most are extras. Same with Insignia TBH, base ones are basic, top end have a few toys, but still plenty you can tick on the options sheet. Unlike Omega Elites.
Really must drive one for a decent distance, for me initial impressions of the seats are not that great :-\
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There's one round here that plays a bit. It just has the legs on the omega 3.2. But I have to wait for him to get on the power out of corners to get a fair comparison tbh. Not sure if that's due to front wheel drive or driver confidence though. :-\