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Post by ChrisM on Jun 19, 2017 7:45:51 GMT
Elder daughter has been offered her partner's grandad's Mondeo estate which she's collectring tomorrow. Turns out it's a 57-plate diesel with about 98,000 on the clock so it may have the space she says she needs for transporting 2 youngsters about, plus pushchair(s) and shopping, but she's not worked out how to sell Boris the Auris yet ! It'll be kept off road in her front garden for now.....
1.33TR 6-speed manual in metallic light blue, approx 50,000 miles, 10-plate with IIRC 4 former owners, including (allegedly) Toyota UK, one of their dealers, an employee at one of their dealers then one former private owner (plus her). Bodywork has a few scars particularly at the front but mechanically it's A1. WeBuyAnyCar's staring point is around £2800 but they're bound to knock off loads for the damage. Autotrader apparently want £36 for a month's advertising. It's in west Nottingham.
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Post by Big Blue on Jun 19, 2017 9:34:45 GMT
Got a shock there.
Members may recall Boris was the Big Blue 500SEC I owned in 2002-3
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Post by Alex on Jun 19, 2017 9:53:44 GMT
So she's swapping it for an older Mondeo with double the miles and a Diesel engine that is in prime position to start throwing up he large bills that turbo Diesel engines like to present you with at around the 100k miles mark. Hope it was looks after by grandad. Why not try selling in the local paper or Friday Ad?
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 19, 2017 12:24:48 GMT
^ I know.... the list of advisories at the last MoT is a truifle worrying to me. However it has been looked after (I think future grand-dad has had the car for about 4 years) and it recently had a major service, MoT and aircon service... and a new starter motor last week when the original gave up the ghost. I think a much newer car is in the pipeline before too many more years and I can guess who will be making a contribution towards its purchase price........
At least I got to see other daughter's A1 yesterday, it needs 2 wheel refurbishments already (possibly 3) and it hadn't been washed since she bought it until I got the bucket and sponge out; it's surprising how well silver hides the dirt !
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Post by Blarno on Jun 19, 2017 13:10:47 GMT
The Ford Duratorq diesels are very strong. 100k is nothing - just look at The Flying Postbox - that had 210k on it when I sold it with minimal maintenance (minimal anything) and it is still going strong.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 19, 2017 13:15:52 GMT
^ I know.... the list of advisories at the last MoT is a truifle worrying to me. However it has been looked after (I think future grand-dad has had the car for about 4 years) and it recently had a major service, MoT and aircon service... and a new starter motor last week when the original gave up the ghost. I think a much newer car is in the pipeline before too many more years and I can guess who will be making a contribution towards its purchase price........ At least I got to see other daughter's A1 yesterday, it needs 2 wheel refurbishments already (possibly 3) and it hadn't been washed since she bought it until I got the bucket and sponge out; it's surprising how well silver hides the dirt ! She's kerbed 3 wheels already? Ouch. She doesn't need to wash it, she knows you will do it. |
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Post by chipbutty on Jun 19, 2017 15:00:14 GMT
CD132 Mondeo uses the Puma diesel (designed by Ford)
EUCD Mondeo uses the DW10/DW12 PSA diesels (2.0 and 2.2 respectively) . These are completely different to the Puma engine.
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Post by Ben on Jun 19, 2017 16:21:10 GMT
Got a shock there. Members may recall Boris was the Big Blue 500SEC I owned in 2002-3 And the origin of your name... |
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 19, 2017 20:48:06 GMT
Maybe Boris the Auris should become "Little Blue" ?
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Post by ChrisM on Jun 23, 2017 12:52:10 GMT
The Ford Duratorq diesels are very strong. 100k is nothing - just look at The Flying Postbox - that had 210k on it when I sold it with minimal maintenance (minimal anything) and it is still going strong. Just checked as I've now been given the reg number, and it's a 1.8 Duratorq 125PS 6-speed manual. Wonderful thing, Ford's ETIS system..... |
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Post by Roadrunner on Jun 23, 2017 23:16:04 GMT
The Ford Duratorq diesels are very strong. 100k is nothing - just look at The Flying Postbox - that had 210k on it when I sold it with minimal maintenance (minimal anything) and it is still going strong. Just checked as I've now been given the reg number, and it's a 1.8 Duratorq 125PS 6-speed manual. Wonderful thing, Ford's ETIS system..... Sounds like the same engine I had in a company Mondeo for a short while. A hateful piece of shit which sounded like a dalek having a wank in a dustbin and was definitely from a more ancient era of turbo diesels, with a nothing, everything and then nothing again power and torque delivery. Below 1,800 rpm it was undrivable, between 1,800 and about 3,500 it went well, and then hit a wall. Pulling away required skill to find the narrow sweet spot between stalling and wheelspin. Crude, inept and avoidable. Shame, because it rode and handled superbly. The 2.2 Titty X which followed it was vastly superior in every way. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 26, 2017 7:43:30 GMT
Just checked as I've now been given the reg number, and it's a 1.8 Duratorq 125PS 6-speed manual. Wonderful thing, Ford's ETIS system..... Sounds like the same engine I had in a company Mondeo for a short while. A hateful piece of shit which sounded like a dalek having a wank in a dustbin and was definitely from a more ancient era of turbo diesels, with a nothing, everything and then nothing again power and torque delivery. Below 1,800 rpm it was undrivable, between 1,800 and about 3,500 it went well, and then hit a wall. Pulling away required skill to find the narrow sweet spot between stalling and wheelspin. Crude, inept and avoidable. Shame, because it rode and handled superbly. The 2.2 Titty X which followed it was vastly superior in every way. You still feel quite strongly about that, don't you? I can tell! |
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Post by Alex on Jun 26, 2017 16:34:19 GMT
Our friend had a C-Max with the same engine, before that he had owned a C4 hatch with the same 110bhp HDi unit as our old Picasso - he had enjoyed the C4 but then spent 4 years despising every rotation of the crank and couldn't believe how uncouth it was as an engine - ironically he had not bought a 1.6TDCi C-Max thinking the 1.8 would be more capable, he nearly cried when I told him they weren't related and the 1.6 was the same PSA unit he'd had in the C4. The 1.8 sounded like a tractor, refused to rev and was generally just an awful engine. I remember from having my mk2 Focus around the same time that the 1.6 and 2.0 diesels had much better emissions but were priced higher than the 1.8 even though the power figures suggested it should be somewhere in between the two. The latter were both PSA engines IIRC but the 1.8 was an old Ford unit. I've not tried it but the salesman at the local Ford stealer did warn me off the 1.8. I believe they kept it on as it was less advanced and thus gave them a cheaper and easier to discount diesel model. |
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 23, 2017 20:40:29 GMT
Sold for just under the 3 grand mark to a young lad from Luton who drove up with a mate to collect it and paid cash, which was taken to the bank and paid in (to check for forged notes) before the keys were handed over. Seems everyone is happy :-)
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 24, 2017 11:47:09 GMT
There was a Young Lad from Luton...
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