Next car?

They do, but you were worried about insurance on a Golf GTI - a Scirocco will really shock you.

Jetta GTI 16v. Real sleeper, HUGE boot.

Richard

No great issues in my Mondeo. Plugs & leads can be a weak spot, as can the front wishbones.

Apart from that, they're really solid, drive well, plenty of room, and you should be able to pick up a Mk 2 for ~500.

Pete.

Dodgy handling though, i pulled one out of a bush last night :)

Inept driver IMO.

The Mondeo is renowned for its good handling.

Pete.

Notice the ':)' :)

Don't know about the cheese but I fear that you're right about the handling after nearly spinning the thing at a 'straight on' roundabout and also (incredibly) on a 40mph downhill curve at Port Solent!

My mk1 4-door seemed to handle better than my wife's mk2 5-door!

Still, if you don't mind 'not so good' handling, they're great!

Adam h

I drive a Volvo 340. That's what I'd called "not so good" handling. I'd also like something that isn't *too* likely to cause comments along the lines of "There's no way I'm getting in that shitheap". And for that, a Proton's even worse than a Volvo.

I saw one of those the other day and thought to myself that it would probably be a cracking secondhand buy. Do they handle as well as the Golf?

Peter

Or you could spend a bit more and get a later 24v one, if it's a VANOS one all the better. Though I would have thought minimum for one of those would be about a grand. Timing chain though, so no belt to worry about. Just an expensive chain instead...........

Peter

Better. The weight at the back makes them more balanced. Lovely cars and the boot is /huge/.

Richard

In news:J0J0d.5188$ snipped-for-privacy@news-text.cableinet.net, Pete M decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Damn and blast, two Welsh blokes turned up tonight and bought it. No haggling or f*ck all "Here's the cash then"...

In article ,=20 snipped-for-privacy@blue-nopressedmeat-yonder.co.uk spouted forth into=20 uk.rec.cars.modifications...

Do the paperwork ASAP, they probably want it for sheep rustling or=20 something.

Nobody does that. Everybody wants some money off if they can get it.

--=20 Carl Robson (The poster formerly known as Skodapilot)

You didn't care what your Ka and Volvo looked like, otherwise you wouldn't have bought them ?

You want the moon on a stick, you do !

:)

Bottom ends are pretty strong, afterall they shoved these lumps in transits :-) Timing chain needs doing at 100K, just make sure you have receipts for the work done, much smoother motor than a pinto.(not hard..)

A mate of mine has his Citroen BX TD estate up for sale - it's quick, plastic-bodied, and can have three bikes slung in the boot. You should be able to find one for less than 500 notes too. Since it's white, (well, various shades of grey) huge and generally knackered, it got christened the Millenium Falcon. And it can sit at the ton without bankrupting you as well.

Cheers,

James Dore ( snipped-for-privacy@new.oxford.ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No, it's not. The bonnet and tailgate are, but the shell is steel. They don't rot badly, though.

Easily.

The message from Adrian contains these words:

I looked at two when I was looking for a diesel estate - and they were both rotten really badly inside the boot floor.

Indeed - lots of nice galvanising.

cheers, clive