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Mondeo Bargain?

  • 29-07-2012 12:52pm
    #1
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭


    Having a look at this
    today,high mileage i know,but i'm tempted at the price..

    Some advice from the experts here very welcome,i don't have a clue when it come to cars :D


Comments

  • #2
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    If something seems too good to be true it almost always is.


  • #3
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    i wouldn't. hardly a baragin either really, just undesirable. 7 year old calcutta spec high miler mondeo petrol with only 6 months test.

    not that the early tdci's were great, but you'd get a diesel one for a couple of hundred more, it'd be much better spec'd, similar tax, better mpg's etc.


  • #4
    cson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,500 ✭✭✭✭cson


    If he must sell this weekend then I'd be offering him €800 cash take it or leave it and see what he says.


  • #5
    ninty9er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    Something dodge about that. He'd be getting more on a trade in. I got €2700 on a trade in for my 04 Ghia on Friday, and I arrived in the forecourt in a flatbed truck!


  • #6
    trixyben
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭trixyben


    These 1.8 mondeos are serious petrol guzzlers, I had one but got rid after few months as you just cant keep petrol in them, yes they are a nice comfortable quiet car to drive but you dont get much MPG in them

    Defo would go for a diesel mondeo instead, and with the mondeo you do get a fair bit of car for the price of them compared to others makes similair.


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  • #7
    Jammy Donut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Jammy Donut


    ninty9er wrote: »
    Something dodge about that. He'd be getting more on a trade in. I got €2700 on a trade in for my 04 Ghia on Friday, and I arrived in the forecourt in a flatbed truck!

    Yours was diesel I bet?


  • #8
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Manuel transmission? Will it be quite useless and blame it on Barcelona?


  • #9
    ninty9er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    Jammy Donut wrote: »
    Yours was diesel I bet?

    Nope. 1.8 Petrol 130BHP


  • #10
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    ninty9er wrote: »
    Nope. 1.8 Petrol 130BHP

    Dont think they are 130, the TDIC was 130, closer to 125BHP I think.


  • #11
    ninty9er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    yop wrote: »
    Dont think they are 130, the TDIC was 130, closer to 125BHP I think.

    Nope. It's 130. The Zetec engine is 115.


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  • #12
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭mullingar


    There were 3x tunes of the 1.8 petrol. A 110, 125 and a 130PS (I dont think the 130PS was available in Ireland) WIKI


  • #13
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    mullingar wrote: »
    There were 3x tunes of the 1.8 petrol. A 110, 125 and a 130PS (I dont think the 130PS was available in Ireland) WIKI

    Didn't think so either, going by forums I have seen it was mainly mainland. But maybe one made it to Ireland :)


  • #14
    ninty9er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    mullingar wrote: »
    There were 3x tunes of the 1.8 petrol. A 110, 125 and a 130PS (I dont think the 130PS was available in Ireland) WIKI

    It was, I owned one until Friday. It wasn't available across the range though, only in Ghia and Ghia X spec. It was ordered new to Ireland and delivered to Drive motor Group, registered in January 2004.

    But the one posted is definitely a lemon of some sort at that price.


  • #15
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Didnt go for it 300k on the clock...good price though


  • #16
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    pebbles21 wrote: »
    Didnt go for it 300k on the clock...good price though

    300000 miles on the clock??? good price???? He'd be luckly to get €500 for it.


  • #17
    veetwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭veetwin


    But the one posted is definitely a lemon of some sort at that price.[/Quote]

    So if it's mechanically perfect you're saying it is a bargain?


  • #18
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    Senna wrote: »
    300000 miles on the clock??? good price???? He'd be luckly to get €500 for it.

    I'd be surprised if the guy doesn't get his money for it. Worth far more than the 500 you suggest, it would break into more than that. The engines from these sell like hot cakes.


  • #19
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    yop wrote: »
    Didn't think so either, going by forums I have seen it was mainly mainland. But maybe one made it to Ireland :)
    France?


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    pebbles21 wrote: »
    Didnt go for it 300k on the clock...good price though
    Senna wrote: »
    300000 miles on the clock??? good price???? He'd be luckly to get €500 for it.

    160k miles it says in the add, that might be an approximation from 300k kms by a not overly bothered seller.


  • #21
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,122 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    pebbles21 wrote: »
    Didnt go for it 300k on the clock...good price though

    Why did you not go for it? Were you scared off by the mileage alone or was there something else?

    The car has lasted 300k km, which surely is a good sign (of it being maintained)? An '05 Mondeo is not my cup of tea, but if I were in the market for one and my mechanic gave me the green light, at about a grand it is a bargain, no?

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