Death of a Mondeo
Posted: Sun 3 February, 2013 Filed under: Domestic, Driving, Getting Organised 1 Comment »Just under six years ago, I bought my first car, the Mondeo estate. (It’s actually annoying in an OCD way that it’s so close to six years – it’s five years, ten months, two weeks)
Two weeks ago, it crapped itself on the M1, diagnostics pointing to a fault on the Fuel Injection pump – which it turned out had pretty much exploded. That’s pretty serious, lots of money, and probably more than the car’s worth.
I’ve had to hire a replacement car in the meantime, which is a Renault Megane, and a more gutless piece of shit you couldn’t hope to find. In my opinion it’s actually dangerously underpowered, making overtaking manoeuvres into a really un-fun situation. I hate it, it’s a bucket of crap.
Anyway, I’ve now put the Mondeo onto eBay (as spares/repair – it’s been a good car up til now, but the costs outweigh keeping it) and I’ve started the process for buying a new car. Well, new to me – definitely not new!
On that one, more when I collect it (Wednesday) and know that everything’s good.
The Mondeo’s done me well for the last six years, during which I’ve put 130,000 miles on it. I hope the new one serves as well.
Good old Mondeo workhorses – people may mock them, but I had nine and a half years of good use out of my last one (and around 150,000 miles) with hardly any issues or breakdowns.