Ford Mondeo Diesel -Yuk!!!! (Ford Mondeo (2000 on) in general)

Member Name: Themaddog74

Product:	Ford Mondeo (2000 on) in general
Date:	18/08/04 (3663 review reads)
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Advantages: comfort, handling, powerful engine

Disadvantages: Firm Seats

3 weeks ago, in July 2004 I drove a 3 month old Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDi from North Wales to Kent where I live, due to my Peugot 406 being written off in an accident at LLanrwst.

At first, I was not really keen on the idea of driving a diesel..... That was until I got in and started it up.

The car had loads of power, which matched, or was better than most petrol cars that I have driven which have been of a similar size and engine size. I climbed some very steep hills in this car, the boot was fully laiden with cargo and there were 3 bikes on the roof, but this did not effect the power that this car had.

The car handled - No glided around bends brilliantly, and with the 6 speed gearbox, I was able to squeeze just over 400 miles out of the fuel tank before the computer display told me that the tank was empty. Lucky for the reserve tank.

Inside, the car was finished beautifully, (this was just the LX model too) and everything was in easy reach of my finger tips, meaning there were less distractions for my eyes.

I would recommend this diesel model of the Ford Mondeo to anyone, forget the taxi cab / sales rep image, it's a great car to drive. The next car that I will be will be a Saab, but that's just personal preference, the Ford Mondeo is almost as good as a Saab 9-5

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