looking good. Shame you have to sell the vrs but I've always loved the sound of a V6 more than a turbo. Just wish I could have a v6.

Thats cleaned up really well, and seems in excellent condition for the price you paid for it.

Car is now faultless!!!

The airbag light was simply a case of unplugging and replugging in the pretensioner wiring under the seats! The coolant level sensor just needed a good clean to get rid of that light too!!!

So now I have no warning lights, and its running just peachy.

28.4mpg on the last tank of fuel, thats a lot of hooning about and testing the IMRC etc, so hoping for over 32mpg long term!

Good luck with it mate

I only chose a red Octy2 vRS because of your Photos

Hope you clear up those debts fast man

Glad to see I've been inspirational!!!

Just won this on ebay!

Thats a nice car Tom!!!

Nice interior shots too.

Glad to see I've been inspirational!!!

Just won this on ebay!

Thats came up great Tom.

Its only a stop-gap until I'm debt free though

At which point the mondeo will be up for sale and a huge loan will be taken out.

Two months later the new car will be up for sale and another cheap shed purchased.

Two months later the cheap shed will be up for sale and another expensive car will arrive............

Or am I reading too much into this?

Tom driving to work..............................................

Tom driving to work..............................................

:eek:

I cant beleive he's shaved his eyebrows !

Cheeky fecker!!!

Yes Alex, you are reading too much into it. HTH.

I quite object to my immaculate V6 Mondeo being called a shed too

Cheeky fecker!!!

Yes Alex, you are reading too much into it. HTH.

I quite object to my immaculate V6 Mondeo being called a shed too

Definately not a shed Tom.

I certainly wouldn't grumble if i had that.

Brisky stickers in window?

Oooh, I do have a black bodywork sticker I could put on... :rubchin:

Tom - In my garage I have a pair of Kenwood HQ570's which I PM'd you about. They are direct replacement speakers.

They are yours for the postage.

oh dear, how long until you buy and sell a focus st, astra vxr and a monaro all with cheapo cars in between?

Seriously though tom either don't buy the cars or wait till you can afford them as surely your only making the money situation worse by chopping and changing all the time as you'll be losing money on every car.

Tom driving to work..............................................

nah, it was the octavia that had the gash vinyl stuck on it. besides which, he sobered up and took that **** off:confused:

whilst i'm not super keen on the looks of the mondeo, at £770 and in basically mint condition you can't really complain

Looks like a decent buy - hope it serves you well

Bet you wish it was just a touch younger on a T-plate though! :P

Steve

If you're thinking of chopping your car in again Tom (and I suspect you must be by now ) I've been having a little look around for you and found these corkers for under £1k. In the words of the great Jim Bowen, "heres what ya could'a won" :P

BMW : Bmw 525i Sprot M-Tec

Alfa Romeo : Silver (S) 2litre GTV

Volvo : 850 t5 estate

Jeep : jeep 4 sale

Porsche : 924 Lux

T5 would get my vote !

Hows the Mondeo coming along Tom ?

I'm liking that Jeep

If that 525 wasn't in red, that would have got my vote...

Steve

Looks like a decent buy - hope it serves you well

Bet you wish it was just a touch younger on a T-plate though! :P

Steve

Cheers Steve! In a way I'm glad its not on a T, that plate costs me a fortune!!! :P

And Mr Makefish, I get your point, but I still think its pretty much unbeatable for a reliable, cheap/easy to maintain car that should do me proud for a few months

Quick update - its now got its spoiler and new rear plates on. New alternator going on tomorrow. New plate on the front to smarten things up a bit as well.

And a quick piccy next to the vRS, which went yesterday :(.

I've also bought an exhaust trim, but haven't had a chance to fit that yet. Just fits over the standard pipe, but its nice and shiny.

EDIT - just to add. I've also fitted a replacement water pump and thermostat, and flushed the cooling system for good measure. The old parts were fine, but for £60 all in (including the coolant) its good preventative maintenance, as these V6s are very fussy with their cooling.

Its also had new mats and wiper blades.

alternator on a V6 , ARRPITA is all i can say :(