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I paid £4250 for my (then) 69,000 mile 55 plate 130ps mondeo almost three years ago

Ive almost done 100,000 miles in it, id guess i could get £1500 for it if i tried to sell it

While Ive had it its had

Worn out repairs
DMF+clutch+CSC+aux belt+tensioner+starter (147,000 miles).......£895
a PAS pipe £200
water pump+belt £120
rear brakes (pads/discs/2 HB cables) £225 (included its MOT)
Front discs and pads £56
2 wipers £11 each
half a dozen bulbs

also these which i put down to poor roads mainly
4 coils, 1 strut, 2 wishbones, 2 drop links, 2 strut tops total £340 inc vat+fitting

Id reckon about £2000 in parts/fitting/VAT

The old girl still pulls like a freight train, gives 49mpg and has never yet let me down in service.

If I packed in id keep her cos she will last another 10 years at private mileages and the taxman has helped keep her fit

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

If you are happy then it doesn't really matter what we think.

That said I love Mondeos, and but wonder if £700 a year maintenance is good or bad.

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IDFIMH

im going to try and get £2600 for my Octavia with 120,000 miles classic. 57/2008 plate i'l do roughly another 6000 miles until January when it needs renewed so £1500 for a mondeo seems respectable, is it an LX spec?

its LX spec, but no badge, and its only a 55 plate, it has got A/C, 6 gears, cruise, front leccy windows, leccy mirrors, RCCL, and a cd player for my des o'connors greatest hit disc

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

The bloody DMF episode was the killer, take that out and its a whole lot better, bloody things

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I reckon its taken £60,000+ in 3 years, fuel £3000 a year, council fees £450/year, accident repair £350, subbie cover £400

BUT, on the plus side, no admin fees and no base rent

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Part timer?

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i was considering buying a mondeo at the time of me buying the car i have the now, but i heard allot of problems with the injectors and that put me off and i stayed with skoda

oddly I was considering buying a Skoda till I read all the bad reports (here) so i bought a Mondy

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i had allot of cars in mind i'm getting rid of the Octavia in January and going to get a superb hatch s TDI 1.6, it has a saloon/hatchback boot, going directly to skoda with it

a 1.6 Superb? thats a lot of car for a small engine to lug around

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it is a bit small yes but the fuel economy is good and only £30 a year road tax and the car is HUGE

well it will seem huge after an Octavia, but how much bigger than a mondeo is it?

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the rear seats are about the same width and legroom but you get more headroom and the boot is bigger and its cheaper my brother got a brand new one in march and he let me have a shot of it and the power is not that much different but the space in the cabin is SUPERB