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Save The Planet with a High Mile Hero - Ford Mondeo ST TDCi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2023
- How do we save the planet? By making more stuff, out of harder to find materials, whilst destroying the environment to get a new 'Green Badge' car every three years....? Or should we look after what we've got? Geoff goes for a drive in a high-mile Ford Mondeo ST TDCi and contemplates how old cars can contribute to saving the world. There's also some controversial new ideas on badging numberplates, a deep dive into some service history and some general conversation on buying, driving and owning high mileage cars.
#Ford #Environment #SaveThePlanet
It's the way to go. They've paid off their environmental debt, all that needs to happen now is keeping them alive, and with careful attention this is totally possible. There's a lot to be said for the proud feeling you get behind the wheel of a sweet-running car thats done >150k, especially when you've had a hand in keeping it that way.
This is true! I recently bought a newer car, but I miss my old 07 320D - the other thing is that you don't worry about leaving it at the front of a car park and it getting dinged versus a newer car, so very often your journeys are actually effectively quicker with the older car!
31/01 23, Keep that a secret ! We all know current E V ers ignore the fact their kWh generation has already spewed out pollution at source. Owners becoming aware of more frequent tyre replacements too - due to extra battery weight. ( Making extra pot holes too ! ) MVL - Forthcoming EV Car Tax now due - as recently announced. Ford's Top Brass announced upcoming 3000 or so European Job Losses as they go all electric saying EVs are 40% less expensive - cheaper - to manufacture. Did'nt say why they cost so much more to buy ! World's largest car manufacture, Toyota, say they will not be going All Electric. Expected Blackouts too risky.
ICE car stickers ; ' No Children Exploited during Manufacture of this Vehicle's Battery. '
Absolutely agree that cars of that era were the best. For me, late 90's up untill about 09 were about the most reliable I've witnessed and worked on.
Had a 56 plate 2ltr tdci kept it 10 years and 96000 miles never missed a beat, did thousands of miles pulling a 4 berth caravan without any problems, 4th gear a dream for acceleration and torque, it now belongs to a friend of mine and it still stops starts and goes really well, one of the best Fords ever made.
Great video, i have the Mondeo ST TDCi, bought it around 3 years ago for 600 quid, she now has 204000 miles behind her and still going strong.
My 2007 mondeo mk4 has 201000 miles on the clock. Going well. About to put new discs and pads on her. Bought her in 2014 with 118000 miles.
Hi Geoff. Great video about the high mileage Ford Mondeo ST diesel. It’s a pity we won’t be seeing many of this particular model in London this September as these are ULEZ non compliant. Mayor Khan has completely changed the London map for those high mileage cars that have been carefully maintained. Shocking
On the upside, there is going to be a glut on the market now for buyers who are prepared to travel to London to obtain such beauties. Even much newer models are going to be included, especially on the diesel side.
Have owned an ST220 (the 3.0l V6 petrol stable mate of this car) for 5 years. Its the second ST220 I've owned. Both did/done over 110k miles and were/are the perfect practical fun family car. As Clarkson originally said of them on TG many moons ago "why would you need any other car? ", and I haven't! Just kept them going, looking after them and enjoying every drive I take in them!
Got the other stable mate 3.0 ghia x owned 17 years ( won’t have anything else cuz nothing compares) ps 34.000 miles from new 😊
I’m with you, mate! I own a Mondeo Tdi Titanium Estate, driven it from new & it has now completed 115,000 miles in just over 13 years! Serviced every year with the MoT, which is the key to long lived diesels in my experience! Like you said, keep your car & protect environment in my humble opinion! 👍
Wise words as always Geoff! My own car I’ve had for 21 years and it’s 31 years old and I use it as my every day work truck…it’s an old 200tdi defender and has given great service with over 300000 miles on it now! The wife drives a 2001 discovery 2 which my father ordered new and was passed on to us around 6 years ago… that’s coming up to 200000 miles and it’s taken us in some great family trips from southern Spain right up inside the artic circle and over to Finland towing an old army trailer… we will never get rid of these cars despite the bastards trying to make it hard for us! We all need to stick together on this and when the time comes action is needed.
They hold many memories..my eldest was collected from the hospital in the discovery when he was born and he also learnt to drive in it and even passed his test… the lady had a shock when she walked out and noticed a 2.2t discovery sat in the test bay!
Artic Circle?
@@markfox1545 yes, have I spelt it wrong? Lol it’s not my strongest subject.. apparently I have something starting with D but I find that even harder to spell.
Me and my wife have always found it important to show both our boys the world so since they were very young we’ve taken them away to many places by flying, traveling by Land Rover or hire cat or with our sailing boat… we’ve not gone a great distance in that as it’s slow going!
We had 3 weeks off and decided wild camping in Scandinavia, so we mounted the roof tent on the Sankey trailer and hooked that on our trusty old disco and off we went! 9 countries in 2 weeks and 4700 miles, I lost count of how many ferries we used. I filled the old disco up in Portishead and managed to make a filling station in Salzbergen in Germany…that’s around 530 miles on one tank of fuel, loaded and and pulling a trailer….do that in a EV!
We caped in various places on the way up and drove a couple of hundred miles into the artic circle before turning east as I’ve always wanted to drive down the Baltic Sea coast.. we popped into Tornio, Finland for a burger and a look around and then headed south..
took the ferry back into mainland Europe, spent the night in Berlin and then a quick hop into Poland for cheap diesel and then home via a camp in Germany!
Only problem we had was the alternator failed in a nasty part of Sweden and I managed to find a spare and fitted it in services car park.. that was a 5 week old Denso unit from Japan! So the only part to let me down was Japanese which made me feel happy! Lol
Hope that helps.
I love well kept high mileage cars. Had an Impreza wagon with 277k on the clock and ran like a champ when I sold it. I've had 28-ish cars in the 10 years I've had my drivers license, from pretty much every car manufacturer, but the GC Impreza is the one I've felt the most at home in so I'm in the middle of building another Impreza right now, this ones a Turbo, with 110k on the body and 140k on the engine (had the headgaskets done before putting it into mine), but I'm building it to be my forever car, did all the rust repairs, will be drowning it in cavity wax and twice-a-year lanoguard application, everything is being refurbed or replaced with new parts, I want to crack 500k in that car at some point. High mileage cars have stories to tell, and for me it's infinitely more interesting to see a well kept high mileage car racking them up like a champ and being used than a low mileage garage queen that sees the light of day only on car show weekends.
I just sold my Impreza Turbo wagon. 203k miles on the same engine and gearbox! And it was lightly modded and running 270 bhp! Still ran sweet when I sold it.
You should definitely make some stickers that say stuff like 'No 4 year olds were involved in the making of the battery for this vehicle' I would buy one
Yego I will ask local Print shop to knock one out for my High Miler 250K Merc
I'll get onto it this week, been meaning to do it for ages
@ yego .....and the proof is?
Given that cobalt has been used extensively in the refining process for motor fuels for decades (on the quiet), I beg to differ.
I’ve had a few Mondeo diesel 2ltrs, punchy acceleration and great on fuel,I once bought a 1-8 LX petrol and found it really nice to drive and wasn’t that bad on fuel but wasn’t a patch on the diesels in hilly areas,great vehicles and Ford did themselves no favours stopping making them,they were great all rounder’s and that’s a fact,one of my favourite cars.
Yep parents Honda from same era just goes and works well, quite shocking by todays standards, and still looks surprisingly good! Some family have had more than half a dozen cars each in the last 20 years. They had one. That’s green.
Too right, good choice as well honda
Every 30 odd years Ford come out with a great looking car and this was one of them. I had a 2005 Mondeo 1.8LX for twelve years. It was not fast but it was totally reliable and the body showed no signs of rust whatsoever. I'm semi retired and I felt I needed something newer and smaller which was a Fiesta, but I really miss the Mondeo. It was the last of the decent cars, I can't do with these plastic, lightweight and highly computerised cars.
The Ford Probe was a good looking car.
@@sahhull Yes for a more modern car I do like the Probe. A good affordable buy too.
I agree.
Had a M reg'r , she was as reliable as a Honda..
Lovely motor
I always buy cars with over 100k. I always say. To get to that miles it’s got to have been looked after 😎
True
I suppose that's a fair point but sometimes people try get away with not doing the parts that only need doing after like 80k or 100k miles until as late as possible, and so you want to check those things as soon as. MK5 GTIs for example, a lot of them being sold at the moment with water pump and belt changed apparently at a certain mileage, but not exactly great when it's 5 or 6 years ago and needs to apparently be done like every 3 years regardless. A lot of modern cars don't seem to go through service every year now, which is bit odd to me as my fam put every car through a service + MOT at the same time yearly and have done that for 20+ years that I've been around at least. Maybe intervals have become 2 years. I heard something about MOTs potentially being proposed to being spread further apart, but I feel it is essential we keep it a yearly check. Far too many cars on the roads just scraping by on basic stuff
@@Stallzyx I never trust any service history. I always service a car when I buy it regardless of history. I also do chains or belts. I bought a corsa a couple of years back with receipt for timing belt kit and work carried out on a chain driven engine 🤣
I disagree. Most cars should make it to 100k miles these days. I look at plenty in that region of 100k and they've been serviced every 20k miles. It's enough to get them to 100k, maybe it's had some issues, but no way would I consider it wanting to make 200k, which is high mileage these days. If I'm buying 100k it best have excellent service record.
@barryjackson8512 always change the battery too
Got one ! 2007 estate in " performance blue " 182,000 miles ! Best car I've ever had . Great looking car from the other side of the road !
Depreciation zero ! Party planned when the 200,000 comes round 😅 !
Early 2000's I had a Mondeo ST24 as a company car, best family-sized car I ever had bar none.
Had a 55 plate 2.0 tdci a few years ago. Bought with 120k miles sold with 205k miles .... looking at its MOT history it went on to reach nearly 250k. Brilliant car ....
my 2011 mk4 Mondeo estate is not far short of 200k, will probably make 220 by the end of the year. Even being near poverty spec it has plenty bells and whistles, cruise control, speed limiter etc, and 75 to the gallon on a run, 55 local running. Being a Pug powerplant spares are cheap and plentiful. Handles well on my local country lanes, cruises comfortably on the motorway, Being only the 1.6 tdci it does require a little work if really wanting to hustle, but most people wouldn't notice, its only because I am a community responder and advanced driving instructor it gets made to hustle more than the average driver would. One of the nice things I really like about it, its different. By then BMWs & VAGs were outselling mondeos, so it has a little extra rarity factor, especially as a huge estate.
I'm completely with you, keep old stuff running, it's greener. Less treating such expensive things as disposable consumer goods like a razor or a ballpoint pen. Cars are generally the second, or most expensive single purchase a person will ever make (house being first), so to replace them every few years seems pointless. You don't move house when the front door needs repainting.
My 2005 mk3 mondeo tdci lx has 168k and still going strong 💪
Hey Geoff I made a comment on one of your other videos about my Ford s max tdci and the hoard of kids 🙈😂
I bought the car in 2016, 1 lady owner from new on 121,000 miles, 2007 plate. It's now on 209,000 miles and never ever misses a beat.!
To add to that, as I've a history of fast cars and had to get this to accommodate my family, I had to have it mapped and a couple of tweaks to make it less boring to drive 👀. I did this around 4 years ago now and even on 209k it still pulls like a train for what it is, returns respectable mpgs and is reliable with it.
To be honest, I've never been one to "keep up with the jones's" so I've no desire to replace it for anything new for driveway kudos from the neighbours. I leave that mugs game to everyone else 👍 And I couldn't think of anything that ticks all the boxes that this car does to replace it with to he honest.
I'll drive it and drive it and drive it some more.
Good news from taxi driver mates, one I know had a galaxy with thr same engine, it was on over 350,000 miles and still going strong so why would I get rid now?!
Cheers
Ant
Great comment Ant...! I agree on the keeping up with the Jones thing, what’s the point?! I love my old cars. It’s like the ‘new 72 Reg’ advertising and that old thing of wanting to be the first to have the new plate. That’s insane.
@@GeoffBuysCars We live in a throw away society mate. People have been brainwashed by consumerism and the need to have the latest new thing. Same with mobile phones. Yes I have a smart phone, I'm using it to reply to you right now, but it's a couple of years old with a cracked screen and I still rock it. Why? Because it works lol. It still does everything I need it to so I have no need to replace it until it dies 💁♂️
My toy in thr garage as my name suggests is my long term project. It's 33 years old in September and still alive. A lot of them were traded in for the newest one, then that one was traded for the next newst one when bmw released it. A lot were sent to China to return as white goods 🤦♂️
Mine has had a full restoration and to allow it to still have legs in 2023 it's now hiding a 4.0 v8 👀
Again, not something I aim to replace infact it's something I want to hand down to my sons later on (but not before I've had my fun with it first 👀😁😂)
This is the way for all sensible people to behave. Those of us not interested in debt, finance deals, leasing, kudos, status, fashion, or attracting a partner. (Too old, and got a keeper anyway) I drive a 2004 VW Passat Highline estate. Great comfort, very economical, good load lugger as it doubles as a van. I recently had to change the dual mass flywheel and clutch. a big bill, but in terms of buying a replacement car, not really.
Totally. There's someone here in the comments saying 'what do you family think of you driving old bangers'. Eh?! They love it, because our red Volvo is part of the family, like a labrador.
Bought a 54 plate Mondeo V6 auto estate , all bells and whistles over 6 years ago with 48k on the clock, FSH, 2 owners, for £1k, now got 65 k on the clock, and what a car. Downside 25/30 mpg, but what the hell on this minimal mileage. My last one of this exact sort of type, N reg , so one of the first out, gave up the ghost on emc (?) gremlins at 110 k , but mechanically sound. Keep em running whatever the type and model, if well looked after and not thrashed by umpteen different drivers, the cheapest motoring you'll ever enjoy.
Awesome car!!
I drove these when I worked for Hertz car rental and they were an absolute weapon!!
Yep, my Peugeot 407, 2005, still going at a low mileage of 83k and on the original exhaust!
EVs? No way! New car? No way! ALL MODERN CRAP!
Well done Geoff!
I think VED ought to reflect this and go down for 20+ cars. Ofcourse the nimbies will never do this but I live in hope. Loving the channel.
I used to have a silver 2007 Mondeo 1.8LX Estate. The 1.8 petrol is a Mazda engine share, apparently, & I was told it'll go for 500K miles if looked after. I was going to keep it "forever", as they say, but a young lady went into the back of it, at a junction, and wrote it off.
I now have an older 2004 Mondeo Estate 3.0 (not the ST) Ghia X - only approaching 100K so far... It is starting to sip oil, though...
Bought it for 900 quid on ebay, as a fast stop-gap, about 4 years ago - still got it.
I have had an 07 Titanium X with the same engine (and a bluefin ecu map) since 2010 and still love it. 155k miles. Just cant bring myself to sell it for something newer
Titanium X, mmmmm heated and cooled seats. That is automotive perfection that is. If you look at my video on my previous car history, I ran a Ghia X estate for a couple of years when I was younger. Wood wheel, heated and cooled seats, sunroof, cruise control.... Perfect mile muncher for the 250 mile trip to university.
@@GeoffBuysCars I'm not too keen on wood hence the tit x. Rather have than the st! I do have a sticky turbo actuator so the oven cleaner trick needed soon.
I’ve got a 55 plate diesel clio on 214,000 miles so far. I always said it’s more environmentally friendly than newer cars will be.
It's the joy of a sorted diesel - maximum torque at around 2000 rpm and in my case, 259 lbs/ft or 350 nm and 170 bhp - you can fly by most cars in the 40-70mph range and still do respectable mpg and has a top speed just shy of double the speed limit. All from a 2.0 litre diesel.
I owned this car and had two egr valve replacements during my ownership. It’s a typical problem with them if it’s used mainly for local driving. The wheels are polished face which means over time the lacquer chips and impurities tarnish the alloys .
Love that Model of Mondeo, I owned a TDCI SALOON spot one of those on the roads now and back then. RARE beast bought it as the ex demonstrator from QUICKS Ford dealer at Ashton Under Lyne in Manchester on an 03 plate. Wish I still had don’t think I ever saw another saloon, rather than the hatch you are in. Small boot lid with a small airfoil.
People need to get over the fear of high mileage cars and keep their cars going instead of buying new crap. My VW t4 is on 288k and my wifes mk4 escort is on 218k, both are used daily and are as reliable as anything else. As long as older cars are maintained properly they keep on rolling and its great when people ask about them and I tell them how many miles they've done, normally their faces drop a bit in disbelief!
I couldn't believe the queues yesterday for one of the local car washes. I drove past in my Tesla and laughed and went and washed at home.
Agreed on the period of build quality. My 2001 Passat TDI did 220k, still going when sold it.
People look at me like I'm an alien when tell them my 2014 BMW has done 150k. Think it should be falling apart. Don't need to buy a new car ever 3 years.
My 2012 E220D does between 400 & 500 miles a week at 45 MPG, & has just passed 150K. Bought at 108K in 2020 & has never faulted, I have only spent-out on service parts. Today I had cause to pull in to Hopwood services around lunch-time. The bank of Tesla chargers were fully utilised when I arrived. I concluded my business there inside 10 minutes. There was a queue for the Tesla chargers by this time.
These cars were some of the best cars Ford produced I had one for 14 years loved it great looking, powerful yet economic engines the handling/steering was epic wherever you turned the wheel it would go bundles of grip an all round great car
The Mondeos in diesel form are absolute troopers if looked after properly.
I really rate the Mk3 Mondeo. I think it's one of the best-looking Fords of recent times (along with Mk Focus). Not a fan of the diesel version though.
I really rated the steering feel and performance. The only things I could fault with it were rear road noise and brake pedal effort/feel.
I have a 2003 manual E60 530i.
It's in 200k miles now. Still runs really well. No rust. Still performs really well.
My 2.5t 2008 Mondeo is going strong, ihave no plans to get shut of it. Kept it maintained and spent the money when it's needed.
I’ve got a 2009 MK4 (pre facelift) 2.0 TDCI estate in Titanium X spec. HID headlamps, Leather and Alcantara seats, Factory Sat Nav, 6 CD changer in the boot etc, and it’s done a mere 142,000 miles with minimal extras over an annual service each year.
Had it for the last 10 years, bought it with 30k on the clock (believe it was an ex company car) and do around 10-12k per year, mixed dual carriageway/motorway plus around town, and expect to see 42 mpg minimum and well into the 50s on a clear run with the cruise control set at a steady 70mph.
Amazing car that has certainly outlived its carbon footprint. I hope you enjoy your MK3 as much as I love my MK4.
Impressed with the reversing Astra at 2:14
I see all your videos and auctions, but for some reason, this car really stands out to me.
Maybe it's because it would be the perfect stablemate for my 150k mile Focus that I've owned for 17 years. Now the service history on that is in a large, in date order, ring binder!
I had an ST220 with that lovely 3.0 V6 which was so smooth with loads of pull.
What a great car. Would love a Mk3 myself. Had a 2006 2.0 TDCI as a taxi years ago and it was just brilliant.
But the modern way is to have the "latest fashion/car". I'm with you on this. Too many cars scrapped because people must have the latest Chelsea tractor.
Just run in, would be great to take it to 500k. The running have got to be less than the cumulative depreciation on multiple cars or PCP payments.
Great cars for the money, I think the ST came with Heated Seats as standard, noticed that the buttons are missing on yours (next to pop out cup holder)
Used to have a MK1 Octavia on a 02 plate, 1.9 non turbo thing clocked over 500 thousand miles, half a million miles and never missed a beat with anything major except a steering rack
Having driven the VW Golf MK4 with that 1.9 SDI engine all I can is I am not in the least bit suprised it did 500k miles. I sold mine with 257k miles on the clock and the engine was still perfect.
No Geoff, it's nothing like a Saab Aero, I can't let that go... 😂
Similar, but different 😉
I had to let my 9000 Aero go. I ended up with too many cars and didn't have the time or facilities to do what needed doing. It did go to someone who wanted to restore it and when I last checked it was still running. :)
As a 1993 model, that was the only year with components that were then inconsistent for the rest of the production run years.
I bought one of these in performance blue in March last year as my second car. It's needed some work but I absolutely love it and whenever you see another driver in one they go crazy, it's an amazing thing and much better than my old fiesta!
Geoff, I love your music choice. It’s very ‘roadtrippish’ Cars like this Mondeo make so much environmental and monetary sense. I can’t understand why people continually lease cars; what a waste of money.
thank you! it's just some stock audio from iMovie. Know what it's called? 'road trip' ha ha ha
@@GeoffBuysCars wow, that’s crazy.
@@davidbusch8912 I'd love to use music that I like in all the videos, but any time I've used Chvrches or Death Cab or Jimmy Eat world I get a copyright strike and all the ad money goes to the copyright holder. Sometimes I make a video and think 'this doesn't work with stock music' or there's a track I simply have to use, so it depends how I feel.
My daily is a 2005 Volvo with 220k, runs very well, I was going to sell it a few years back when I bought another more recent Volvo but opted to keep it as a commute/daily drive "banger" since what i was offered for it was less than what the tyres were worth. It does around 50mpg, has been reliable and fairly cheap to maintain. Many of my friends and coworkers keep asking me why I dont just scrap it. They dont seem to be able to compute when I say that scrapping a perfectly good working car that keeps doing its job and has long been paid for is just stupid.
Regarding the build quality its also true. The plastics feel a lot cheaper on my other more modern Volvo. It has developed a ratling noise on the dashboard way before it reached half the mileage of its "older" brother. It still feels rather nice, but its quite obvious to me even on other cars from other makes that the build quality went downhil after 2009/2010.
Had mine for 10 years, only has 145k on the clock. I’m the second owner, original clutch, Turbo etc. Only major expense was a steering rack a few years ago.
I have owned 2 mondeos.... 2002 petrol and 2006 diesel. Best cars I have ever owned and yes I would love another
I recently saw a Mk4 Mondeo with 655,000 km (407,000 miles) on it. And it was in bloody good condition. At first I thought there was a misprint but nope, the odometer showed 655,000 km.
About the only other evidence of the mileage was a little bit of wear on the driver's seat bolster.
when my omega finally died i was lucky and picked up a 2007 st mondeo 2.2tdci with accelleration akin to warp speed, i talked to the previous owner who told me he had it re mapped and dyno tested 197 bhp was the end result. it was over 110k miles but i never had a problem with it until mot day it needed to have the pipework on the rear replaced which involved dropping the rear subframe which i found out was a common issue on these the quote was almost £500. owned it for a couple more years and reluctantly sold it though i made more than i bought it for so that was a bonus. miss it though.
I just Bought a 2.2ltr Tdci Titanium X....
I already own a 2ltr Tdci Titanium X Estate...
I have always owned Focus & Now Mondeo's !
Why ? They are the Best in every way 👌🏻
✅🌏✅🌍✅🌎
Yes this is what you call green ! None of this electric cars crap this is green keeping a good old car going instead of throwing it away like everyone does these days
My F11 520d cruises passed 300k at Christmas!
Heading to sleep now so I'll try and watch when I get up later, but agree with what you say in the start of the description. It's so confusing why new cars need to constantly be made, they are safer and have some benefits, but like the price tags are ridiculous too. Been looking around at a large dealer / car supermarket and there's new 22 plate Fiesta ST Lines which are costing £25k used, meanwhile you can pick up a solid 5 year old car for £12k or so, or even cheaper if you go a bit older. Personally I'd go for the ST220 petrol if I was looking at this generation Mondeo, or a Zetec S 2.5 v6 if you can find them, or look at Focus ST170, MK1 Audi TT, MK5 Golf GTI. Considered getting something like that myself but reliability and safety is paramount for me right now after not having a car for a few years and my last one being rear ended by a large truck, so I appreciated the safety of the modern car and emergency call features etc
I've got a 2003 V70 D5 163 bhp Euro 3 manual, It's on 240K miles, It still returns 53MPG on a long run and no less than 45MPG around town, I have a stack of receipts from the previous owner for 9K! New clutch, DMF, Intercooler etc etc, You name it it has been done and all done by a Volvo dealer/Specialist, He used it on the motorway for his business commute, I scored it on Ebay for £510, For peace of mind i've done the cambelt and all the front auxiliary pulleys and drive belt because these can wreck the engine if ignored, It is totally reliable and uses no oil!
My '02 Lexus LS430 has barely run in at 87k. The best and most reliable long distance runner I've ever owned. Will stay with me till end of days.
No plasticky battery cars for me💩
I agree with everything you say,look after it and it will look after you,‘my van currently on 232000 and driving great
Liked daughters 2.0 TDCi hatch so much that when I needed a new estate car it had to be a Mondy. 195k on it and I like driving it so much I drive slower in it than I did it's predecessor
That is dam good driving @ 2:03 😊😊
I was waiting for someone to spot that easter egg, ha ha. shot looked better in reverse.
@@GeoffBuysCars 😁😁
Absolutely agree with all you say I have 4 cars not all in use at the same time the youngest one is 19 yr old Honda which is utterly reliable and the last replacement part I bought 2yrs ago cost me £35 from a breaker’s so it was a recycled part. The problem is manufacturers and the inland revenue don’t make money out of us so the con about newer cleaner cars especially the catastrophic effects to the environment of building EV’s is spun, we’re being mugged off by a disposable culture instead of a repair/recycle culture because they couldn’t bleed us of more money. love what you’re doing it’s right up my street and it makes driving more fun, people passing my driveway often are curious and chat to me about my cars they wouldn’t if a clone modern SUV was parked on it.
These were great looking cars. But there were two alternatives that were utilising the same chassis and engine being sold at the same time one was the Jaguar X-Type variant for British luxury wafting and the other was the Swedish quality Volvo S40 (the R version is the fun one). I prefer the estate variants of all of these cars and the Jag even had a 4wd option.
Stunning looking car. Pure class. I had exactly the same, best car I ever had. Unfortunately was stolen from my driveway
Next week 2nd cam belt change on my 2002 v70 d5 190,000,still going strong!!!
My bro's 2003 honda hornet 600cc which he has owned for 16 years has done over 160,000 miles on the original engine.
Hardly uses any oil as well.
Services it every 3,500 miles 3 times a year with castrol power 1 fully synthetic oil and done so since 2007 when he first bought it.
Goes to show even motorbikes have plenty of life in them after 100,000 miles if serviced regular.
Mondees. Some of the most underrated motors ever built
What a world we live in, cars became so complicated to satisfy emissions, then they break in ways that are unrepairable which means that you have to scrap the car and buy a new one... even "cleaner"... and the story goes on...
Keep old cars alive , EVs are not gonna save the planet, we need to keep everything as long as possible, my old car reached 21 yrs old and 168 k my 2005 mk3 Mondeo is on just 71k has plenty of time left.
Totally agree, repair. Look after it far better than any new car and millions of miles ahead of an EV .
Another great common sense video.
I have an 11 year old 2011 Mazda 6 Sport in silver with 127k to date. I've owned it for 7 years having covered 70k myself. It's been fantastic and shares many of the characteristics with your ST.
I'm daily driving an e39 530d msport touring with 320,000 miles on it. The Mrs's saab 93 is on 240,000. Both are well if not over maintained and I'd be happy to drive either of them anywhere anytime.
Ps. I took the head off a just under 15,000 mile 2019 ford kuga last week. Flawed design engine block with grooves between the cylinders which got superseded by revised smooth deck design in 2020. Just a head gasket wont fix it any more than temporarily. It needs a new engine. Out of manufacturers warranty, and the warranty policy the customer bought with the second hand car won't cover it. Times like those I'm glad it's not mine.
I absolutely loved my mk3 Graphite. Have always lusted after an ST though 😍
Awesome cars m8 had a fue of them I’ve currently got 5 of them (st220 v6 petrol ones )
Great video 👍 i had a mk3 mondeo st tdci, 2007 one of last registered mk3 mondeos. I bought in dec 2015 with 128k and sold in feb 2017 on 142k. I'll be honest, it broke every month, abs pump, both rear calipers, power steering hose, all 4 injectors, 2 egr valves, 3 turbo actuators the list goes on. If you have them remapped, you can have the 1st & 2nd gear torque limiter removed.
I have a 2016 MK5 mondeo now, in 3 years its needed a rear caliper.
I like the idea of your stickers
I did a clutch and DMF on a 2.2 ST, I was so impressed with it. Then I bought an Alfa 159 2.4jtdm. Also have an 06 Cmax 2.0tdci brilliant car
I completely agree with you that’s well made good point. Everything has become so much more throw away than recycling it or just being made to last in the first place. I thought these politicians were supposed to be well educated and smart doesn’t seem that way to me 🤔🤔
Best decade for Ford, definitely. My 2005 Focus(!) ST with the 2.5 Volvo Turbo engine is close to hitting 200.000 kilometers.
My Merc C220 has 210,000 miles and uses no oil or water. I have had to spend some money this year, on steering pump and rack, and timing chain, but compared to paying £600 every month to keep renewing the car this is fair do's. I like my old Scimitar Coupe better though - no electronics to worry about.
Ive got an ex Royal mail. 20 year Vauxhall Combo 1.7Di (Isuzu engine) with 460,000 miles.
Full service history. Had a set of clocks 120,000 miles ago. They wanted to charge me £100 more to have the mileage changed to the current value (told them to fkoff) so I started from 0 with the new clocks.
Being a mobile detailer. Ive seen year old ex lease cars that are in an aweful sorry state.
White cars are often the cheapest option than something with a decent colour.
I just got rid of my Saab 2.8v6 twin turbo had over 2,00000 mile and ran like brand new but was very juicy though like the Mondeo. Stay safe 🤙🏻
I agree with the era but would push it back to the late 90s as well. My friend had a T reg VW Bora which took us half way around the world. The late 90s VW group built awesome reliable cars.
Late 90s were better built and longer lasting. Says a guy with 650,000 miles worth of Volvo 850 on the drive.
I love my mondeo mk3 Ghia 2.0 tdci. 133,000 miles. Serviced regularly. Only thing I added is an android head unit.
I bought my car when it was 5 months old back in 2011, it had under 3000 miles on the clock, it's got well over 140,000 miles on now, it still starts up first time, running costs over and above servicing and tyres, one set of front coil springs and a wheel after hitting a pothole on my way into work one night, it split the wheel, didn't burst the tyre, I got into work and when I left the tyre was flat, I tried to pump it up and the air was escaping through the crack in the wheel, I replaced the battery last year, and it's had two diesel particulate filters, one at 70,000 miles and one at 139,000 miles so the lifespan of a filter is around 70,000 miles, rather ironically, for such a small car, it's got scrapes on all four corners, all done in car parks whilst I've not been there, and I always try and park in an end space away from where others park, yet it still got clobbered, am I going to change it? eventually, when it stops working
You didn't say what car it is? But that's brilliant, let the first owner take the depreciation hit and iron out any gremlins... I was saying this to someone the other day, when you own and love a high mile car (sometimes not even a high mile car), when you do your own maintenance and are 'into it' then you know the car inside out. I can tell you every part I replaced on my red volvo and I can tell you exactly what's going to break next, ha ha!
@@GeoffBuysCars if I told you that my car is an 800cc Smart ForTwo diesel, the mileage reading is 146201 as of when I parked it up this evening, what I really like about it is that it is so basic, no touch screen, no electric this, that and the other, no leaking sunroof, it's just a plain and simple get me from A to B vehicle that does a 60 mile round trip daily getting me to and from work, mostly motorway mileage, it has its quirks, but for what I need a car for, it's very practical and extremely economical to run
I bought a 10 year old Volvo V50 with 11 000 miles. Surprising number of problems. They don't like sitting around. Snapped coil springs surprised me.
It depends where you sit them. I am a keen cyclist and did 300 miles a week training on my bike for decades and commuted on it also. During this time in 2004, I bought a mk2 mx5 1.8 in razor blue brand new. It hardly came out of the garage because of my cycling. A neighbour up the road who used to manage a garage always used to comment his disapproval to me about not using the mx5, keeping it garaged up and hence in his eyes doing it harm. Today, it has done just over 7 k miles at nearly 19 years old. Looks brand new and runs very well after it's last service and MOT, as do I, even after hundreds of thousands of miles whilst vigorously rotating my knees. My neighbour however died years ago from a heart attack. There is a moral in there somewhere ?
Could be worse, could be like my 2006 Saab 9-3... Drive it off the end of the drive and wait for a coil spring to snap.
Definitely the way to go and is what I try to do. My daily is a 2013 seat exeo (a4 b7) which I've had since it was 3 months old. Shame I didn't buy a volvo back then as do like them. Anyway I look after it and have no plans to get rid anytime in the next decade. One of my other cars is a Y reg vauxhall corsa with just 13k on it... family car from a relative no longer with us but no one else wanted it and the younguns preferred to lease fiestas etc. Madness. The Corsa drives like a new car.
However - oi - white is all colours, 2 of my cars are white... black on the other hand.. :)
I've got a 2005 ST TDCi estate. Great car.
I have a Mondeo that is in over 100,000 has full service history from the main dealer it’s a great car and was cheap no rust no advisories would highly recommend Mondeo
Very happy of my second (actually 3rd) hand 2008 MK4 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium Estate Automatic - counting 350000km (approx 217000mi.) I'm targetting 400000km even 500000km.
My Subaru Forester has 110,000 miles on it. It's diesel and does well over 50mpg. Can I have an "appropriate" sticker please? Love it. 😃
Before vvt, direct injection etc 100k on a car was just broke in imo. Now ya can barely make 100k before the timing is starting to rattle, CVT is acting up, valves are carboned beyond belief, turbo is wonky etc. Hardly serviceable by your regular shade tree mechanic. Have to essentially become a tech to maintain the cars without going broke. Late 00's is where my comfort zone ends 300k+ mile cars.
Great comment
CVT gearboxes are vile I despise them. Nothing wrong with VVT Toyota has been using it for over 2 decades without it causing problems. Direct injection is new technology and some are getting it badly wrong including Honda, Toyota engines with direct injection don't seem to have any issues either. Carbon build up is an issue but you can easily get your engine carbon cleaned it only needs doing every 100k miles just like standard belt or chain work.
High mileage means reliable in my book
Have mondeo mk 4 diesel 155 k drives great.Had a Vauxhall Cavalier 2l 8v petrol sold it with 198k miles changed oil every 6 k.
Very nice car well worth looking after 👍