SootySport Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 The good thing is your budget will only get you a pre DPF car. DPF's are a pain in the neck when doing short journeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Weekend went different to how I planned it, but good none-the-less. Mazda6 I was planning to see went from sale on Sat morning, just before I was about to set off, so got dragged into the shopping centre with Mrs Q Later that day a new Mondeo ST appeared on Autotrader, at the same trader I'd seen the week before for an ST. Went to see that on Sunday and was not 100% convinced this one was the one for me, so walked away. Then today a car I'd saved in my watched list dropped £400 and into budget (previously just over) so called the seller and will be trekking to Essex on Saturday... Good things come out of Essex right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.RAD Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Looks nice that Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Looks a cracker Quinten , what's the spec? Always liked that colour and not a great deal of them around. Mine was the Performance Blue( common lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 It's Sea Grey with factory sunroof, detachable towbar, rear parking sensors and then the standard ST spec, with climate, cruise, heated/cooled seats (front+rear), auto wiper, auto lights, quickclear windscreen, folding mirrors and analog clock There's some things to sort out, but they should hopefully be easy fixes... ever the optimist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Nice the heated rear seats were an option at the time mine was built and not the full leather recaro's either. Can't quite see has it Xenon headlights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanto Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Ah, i forgot to post last Thursday that my mates Dad's Mundaneo TDCi decided to ingest it's fuel pump, engine knackered, replacement engine cost is more than car is worth! If you want a source of spare parts give me a shout, i'm sure the dead car can be obtained for very little dosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Nice the heated rear seats were an option at the time mine was built and not the full leather recaro's either. Can't quite see has it Xenon headlights? The Recaro's are very nice, but very rare too, so not many cars about, and those that have them, command a premium. Same for the Nav. The lights are normal Halogen. Probably for the best, as Xenons at this age may go problematic... Went through the owners manual this morning and discovered a whole stack of receipts from servicing, tucked away inside the holder. Bonus Ah, i forgot to post last Thursday that my mates Dad's Mundaneo TDCi decided to ingest it's fuel pump, engine knackered, replacement engine cost is more than car is worth! If you want a source of spare parts give me a shout, i'm sure the dead car can be obtained for very little dosh! Can't think of anything immediately, although the central armrest is a bit wonky, so if your mates-dad has one which is still in one piece, I may be interested Seems to be very common for these to break judging by the 3 out of 3 cars I've seen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Quinten I have or should I say my son has a pair of genuine Ford Xenon headlight units complete if you have a notion later to try some upgradites on the ST, he was going to change his ST to Xenons but never got round to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Cheers, I'll keep that in mind! For now I just want to fix the "important" things (petrol flap sticks, wet passenger footwell, parking sensors beep as if an obstruction is near) before I start looking at upgrades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Toyota 2.2 diesels are fine. My wife's RAV4 does 45+ mpg easily. If one does less there is something wrong with it such as a turbo or injector fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Mr Q sorted then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander72 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Looks nice that q merry Christmas mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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