Ford Mondeo MK3
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I saw a MK3 Mondeo today, and it struck me that I don't see that many any more (not in this part of the country anyway).
Are they a rapidly dying model? I checked on how many left, but because of the sheer volume of different models my search was inconclusive.
Do you see many in your part of the country?
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Are they a rapidly dying model? I checked on how many left, but because of the sheer volume of different models my search was inconclusive.
Do you see many in your part of the country?
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I think this is true with lots of cars there were literally thousands of .
What happened to Cavaliers, Sierras, 405's. I often think this , they just all of a sudden vanished.
I had a Cavalier in 1995 as a company car so it would be old but where have they all gone
What happened to Cavaliers, Sierras, 405's. I often think this , they just all of a sudden vanished.
I had a Cavalier in 1995 as a company car so it would be old but where have they all gone
Edited by cliffords on Thursday 21st December 21:40
TonyRPH said:
I saw a MK3 Mondeo today, and it struck me that I don't see that many any more (not in this part of the country anyway).
Are they a rapidly dying model? I checked on how many left, but because of the sheer volume of different models my search was inconclusive.
Do you see many in your part of the country?
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Still looks good, great design..,Are they a rapidly dying model? I checked on how many left, but because of the sheer volume of different models my search was inconclusive.
Do you see many in your part of the country?
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Usual stuff, get old and low value, then when i big ticket item comes along ( £1k+ for a clutch change ) and / or some Ford rust. They are then scraped, broken for parts or left sat sitting on a drive way rotting away.
Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
Saw on FB earlier an article showing that the Mk1 Focus was the 'most scrapped' car in the month of October or November or something.
Not surprising that 20-odd years is the life expectancy of Ford steel and corrosion protection coatings.
I had an '03 plate Mondeo until 2013 and the bottoms of the doors were trying to go.
Similar story with Mazda.
ETA: Mine's been off the road since 2017
Not surprising that 20-odd years is the life expectancy of Ford steel and corrosion protection coatings.
I had an '03 plate Mondeo until 2013 and the bottoms of the doors were trying to go.
Similar story with Mazda.
ETA: Mine's been off the road since 2017
Edited by Hustle_ on Thursday 21st December 22:01
Kuwahara said:
Still looks good, great design..,
Agree. I also liked the MK3.finlo said:
Well they have been out of production for seventeen odd years.
So has the E46 3 series BMW - but you still see quite a few of those around.And given that the Mondeo was also a 'repmobile' I am surprised at it's apparent demise.
E46 BMW;
You're right, a very rare sight now and I have mk3 radar...they've got to an age where it seems all the heaps are off the road and those left look more cared-for and way better than my 04 estate....mine's the one bucking the trend by looking like it should be condemned. Over my dead body....
The reasonably smart late Sierra estate I saw just this morning had me thinking the same as you OP
The reasonably smart late Sierra estate I saw just this morning had me thinking the same as you OP
FilH said:
Usual stuff, get old and low value, then when i big ticket item comes along ( £1k+ for a clutch change ) and / or some Ford rust. They are then scraped, broken for parts or left sat sitting on a drive way rotting away.
Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
Completely agree. The run of the mill stuff is killed by depreciation versus being fundamentally lower quality than the German stuff.Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
That being said, post Covid a lot of vehicles are now being kept on the road as big repairs are now often a lot less than the value of the car.
FilH said:
Usual stuff, get old and low value, then when i big ticket item comes along ( £1k+ for a clutch change ) and / or some Ford rust. They are then scraped, broken for parts or left sat sitting on a drive way rotting away.
Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
I’ve got an ‘02 E46 as our main family daily driver. Had it for 11 years now, and done over 100,000 miles in it. It’s in decent enough confition, and last year I spent 2K on sills/jacking points and some paintwork. It’s probably worth not much more. People are amazed I didn’t get rid of it because “the repair is more than its value”. But assuming I’d be paying many times that for a different equivalent car, how is it such a crazy decision to keep a decent, known car that I’ve owned and looked after for many years?Fortunately, my 05 220 isn't showing signs of rust and had a clutch in 2016 when it was worth spending out on, although thats 60k miles ago now. If the cars still decent when it gives up, its £500 in parts and my own time, if I can be bothered to do it.
I never understood the logic of people not paying for an ‘expensive’ repair, but then happily spunking several times the cost of that repair on another unknown vehicle, which could easily require work in the near future.
Of course just wanting to have a newer and/or different car is fine, but the “expensive repair” reason often makes no sense when they end up with a very similar car.
People forget that BMWs were eventually more of a repmobile than Mondeos and probably sold more of them, given the number of variants.
They never struck me as being better quality. My ex-wife has a 2009 Mondeo Mk 4 she bought new and it has stellar reliable mileage and still looks a good solid car at 14 years old.
That said, I rarely saw a Mk 3 with a full set of bulbs lit in those rear lights. I had a 1996 Mk 2, I got off eBay for £400. Solid as a rock but the scrappage scheme in 2009 paid me 2000 for it against that Mk 4 above.
They never struck me as being better quality. My ex-wife has a 2009 Mondeo Mk 4 she bought new and it has stellar reliable mileage and still looks a good solid car at 14 years old.
That said, I rarely saw a Mk 3 with a full set of bulbs lit in those rear lights. I had a 1996 Mk 2, I got off eBay for £400. Solid as a rock but the scrappage scheme in 2009 paid me 2000 for it against that Mk 4 above.
LuS1fer said:
People forget that BMWs were eventually more of a repmobile than Mondeos and probably sold more of them, given the number of variants.
100%, and yet now for some reason E36/46 are now coveted by people, despite the fact that 90% of them were bang average to drive.I loved the 110bhp TDCi Mondeo I had, 04 reg that I put 130k miles on! The thing was comfortable, reliable, and the chassis was brilliant down an undulating road; the suspension had that uncanny ability to control body movements whilst still having enough wheel travel to soak up potholes and large bumps without being deflected. Never tried one of the quicker models, but IMO these were a great car.
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