When you really need a car...

[Corbalicious]

Anything'll do.
My 'ride' as of today, mindy the mondeo!

Dents anyone?
BUT for £200 its taxed til december, mot til july, and it works (Which is surely a first for me).
Tis a 2.0l Si, traction control and 'sports' suspension (Which bemuses me), A/C, electric windows and central locking!
Bad bits are the dents (not bothered), the 'guesswork' speedo (I'll probably just violate it to make it work) and a slightly loose exhaust. But it's alright, like driving a small ocean liner really.
Wierdly tis my 8th car but the 1st that isnt a nissan!

 

[tommo]

zetec turbo. end of.

 

[Corbalicious]

It came with a few pieces of coal in the boot, does that count?

 

[shaggy_master]

!! You should have brought that GTi off here for £400 lol

 

[NaylorGTS]

I bought a r plate td estate for 400 quid a few weeks back and thought it was a canny car as far as runabouts go, quiet, comfurtable, not too slow, mpg was only around mid 40's which is shit though, sold it for £875 last week lol, but I had spent a couple of hundred on serviceing and new tyres etc and a good few man hours cleaning and doing the work it needed

 

[kieran]

what! no duck tape on the back bumper?

 

[Corbalicious]

Naylor - yeah the mpg on this has been ok so far, baptism of fire tomorrow though as driving it down to devon for a few days.

!! You should have brought that GTi off here for £400 lol

£400 may as well be £1000000 if you've only got £200 though!

what! no duck tape on the back bumper?

Good point I'd better get some asap.

 

[tommo]

how many powaz do u haz?

 

[Corbalicious]

Theres something on the engine which says 136PS so I guess that means 136 Peas per Second.

 

[tommo]

wow, thats a lot of peas.

 

[Corbalicious]

Recent pic showing duct tape on the rear bumper (It doesnt cover anything, I just wanted to fit in with every other mondeo)

and trying to slam it with 3 people on the back

Love this car, when I swapped my insurance over they returned £180 so it only owes me £20 top up the oil every now and again but thats it! Fast, comfortable, reliable... everything a ford shouldnt be! I havent washed it since I bought it in august, the original bird poo remains!
Nice smokey burnouts with the TC turned off too

 

[inahole]

Recent pic showing duct tape on the rear bumper (It doesnt cover anything, I just wanted to fit in with every other mondeo)

and trying to slam it with 3 people on the back

Love this car, when I swapped my insurance over they returned £180 so it only owes me £20 top up the oil every now and again but thats it! Fast, comfortable, reliable... everything a ford shouldnt be! I havent washed it since I bought it in august, the original bird poo remains!
Nice smokey burnouts with the TC turned off too

Have you any of that tape spare?

 

[Corbalicious]

Being true to form I had to borrow the tape.

 

[Corbalicious]

Bitchin.

I the headlights were opaque so I washed them and part of the front, then I couldnt be bothered any more. Most of it hasnt been cleaned since I got it still!

 

[Hopelessness]

OMG! You taping the bumper back up?

 

[Corbalicious]

Nah I might cable tie stitch this one for a bit of variety. That was a 1mph collision with a stone wall believe it or not! Thing is I was in 1st at the time so more force behind the car caused the damage. I learned that the lane was indeed too narrow to turn round in!