I’m loving this series. Always worth taking care of old cars..car payments are normalised nowadays but it’s always best to look after what you have. Better for the environment too!
In my house, we also lease a 23 plate car for £300 PM. And I have the 08 plate Ford Mondeo mk4 2.2 tdci. Best of both worlds in my opinion. One new warrantied Kia, and one much older diesel estate. I prefer the Mondeo 👍
£30 for an Mot? Bloody hell, that's cheap! Nice series, I've always run second hand cars. If in their death they've cost me less then £20 a week in purchase repayments, reckon I've come out on top. That oil off ebay was cheap as well, but I'm a bit wary of buying oil from there. Was a big scam from Eastern Europe going on with oil few years back, cheap oil rebadged iirc. Subscribed 👍
Loved my old mk4 mondeo 2.0 tdci.. Had to change to a ulez compliant 2016 mk5 2.0 tdci 4 years ago. Bought at 100k, Cars currently on 182k miles.....its had a radiator and thermostat housing at 175k, and a clutch master cylinder at 126k, gets serviced every 7-8k miles, and has needed nothing else apart from tyres and one set of brake discs and pads
Love my 2011 Mondeo 2.0l diesel. 157k miles and 10 years of ownership. Done all repairs and servicing myself with the exception of the timing belt and more recently the rear trailing arm bushes. Best car ive ever had. Big, comfortable, reliable and 50mpg. What more could anyone need?
Honestly I really like that car imo it looks great really enjoyed the video looking forward to seeing how things work out with this car , I'm pretty sure it's a winner
If you change the drive shaft I would definitely keep your old one & change the boot & keep as a spare Glad to see the old girl passed Never in doubt....
I've got the same a 2011 Mk4 Mondeo and the only fault I have is knocking at the rear when going low speeds. I've changed the rear springs, drop links, shock absorber, top mounts and trailing arm bushes. Any ideas?
I've just done some numbers on my 14 year old Volvo. I've spent £5300 on servicing, MOTs, repairs, wheel refurbs, tyres, battery, etc. I'm trying to keep it looking like new. That's about £380 a year. Of course there is fuel, road tax and insurance on top, but you'd pay that on any car. I know plenty of people who pay more than £380 A MONTH on a PCP to drive a car they don't even own. For a low mileage driver like me it makes financial sense to drive a reliable older car.
I've got an 07 plate Fiesta I repair myself, I only do 1 or 2 thousand miles a year, it's just handy to have a runabout, why would I want a car on finance or pay out for anything newer?
I’m loving this series. Always worth taking care of old cars..car payments are normalised nowadays but it’s always best to look after what you have. Better for the environment too!
Those Mondeos were great cars. Very comfortable and looked the business.
For a 16 year old car it is more than capable today.
In my house, we also lease a 23 plate car for £300 PM. And I have the 08 plate Ford Mondeo mk4 2.2 tdci.
Best of both worlds in my opinion.
One new warrantied Kia, and one much older diesel estate. I prefer the Mondeo 👍
Great result, long live the Mondeo 🎉 😁👌
£30 for an Mot? Bloody hell, that's cheap!
Nice series, I've always run second hand cars. If in their death they've cost me less then £20 a week in purchase repayments, reckon I've come out on top.
That oil off ebay was cheap as well, but I'm a bit wary of buying oil from there. Was a big scam from Eastern Europe going on with oil few years back, cheap oil rebadged iirc.
Subscribed 👍
Loved my old mk4 mondeo 2.0 tdci..
Had to change to a ulez compliant 2016 mk5 2.0 tdci 4 years ago. Bought at 100k, Cars currently on 182k miles.....its had a radiator and thermostat housing at 175k, and a clutch master cylinder at 126k, gets serviced every 7-8k miles, and has needed nothing else apart from tyres and one set of brake discs and pads
Bangernomics at its finest. You were lucky to find such a good car at that price. Previous owner lost out big time there
Looking forward to the next instalment well done. Great fun to watch and fingers crossed.
Great video, looking forward to the next one
Love my 2011 Mondeo 2.0l diesel. 157k miles and 10 years of ownership. Done all repairs and servicing myself with the exception of the timing belt and more recently the rear trailing arm bushes. Best car ive ever had. Big, comfortable, reliable and 50mpg. What more could anyone need?
Honestly I really like that car imo it looks great really enjoyed the video looking forward to seeing how things work out with this car , I'm pretty sure it's a winner
If you change the drive shaft I would definitely keep your old one & change the boot & keep as a spare
Glad to see the old girl passed
Never in doubt....
I've got the same a 2011 Mk4 Mondeo and the only fault I have is knocking at the rear when going low speeds. I've changed the rear springs, drop links, shock absorber, top mounts and trailing arm bushes. Any ideas?
I've just done some numbers on my 14 year old Volvo. I've spent £5300 on servicing, MOTs, repairs, wheel refurbs, tyres, battery, etc. I'm trying to keep it looking like new. That's about £380 a year. Of course there is fuel, road tax and insurance on top, but you'd pay that on any car. I know plenty of people who pay more than £380 A MONTH on a PCP to drive a car they don't even own. For a low mileage driver like me it makes financial sense to drive a reliable older car.
I've got an 07 plate Fiesta I repair myself, I only do 1 or 2 thousand miles a year, it's just handy to have a runabout, why would I want a car on finance or pay out for anything newer?
How about tax and insurance??