Comments on: Ford Mondeo Review and Road Test

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:39:43 +0000

Hi I drive one of these new mondeo tdci

and it is the worst engine gear boxes combos i have driven

there is no power till 2000rpm and then wheel spin. at 1500 in top gear the engine labours. It needs a serious engine gearbox reprogram. I just spent $ 6000.00 to repair a water in the fuel system at under 15000klm from new not covered by warranty ford say. it some times wont chenge out of first gear in drive.

Not happy Jan !!!!! dont buy to TDCI the Mazda 2.3lt is a beter combo.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:28:07 +0000

BOTH ARE FORD PRODUCTS

Difference is

FALCON is Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) BUT

MONDEO is Front Wheel Drive (FWD)

In terms of durabilty and toughness , RWD is better than FWD .So Falcon still rules in this sense for most buyer considerations

Mondeo pricing is just too expensive to be on par with FALCON built for toughness and durabilty.

Just my two cents worth !!

By: Will

Will — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:38:41 +0000

Ok thanks for telling me what a cleanskin is. I hope you do well when you sell the Grange. I wish you long healthy happy life.
Cheers

By: Allen Henwood

Allen Henwood — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:52:17 +0000

Yep, I am a Croweater!! A cleanskin is a bottle of wine that has not been labeled. Usually an over-run from a big winery, a less than premium wine from a large winery, bottled for social clubs or a fresh new wine from a winery made from unusual blends of grape. Most cleanskins only cost less than $4.50 a bottle, and I will drink them anytime. I have a collection of “Grange”. 12 bottles back to 1971, all perfect corks and they are to be sold on my retirement.
Not driving today, have three days at home. Have driven virtually non-stop for 50 years, and when I go on holidays, I usually drive! At least to Melbourne or Sydney to get on the boat!
Enjoy life, laugh as if no one is watching, dance if you feel the need and drive as if your life depends on it……..you never know when I will be coming in the opposite direction!!!!!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:23:59 +0000

Allen back once more. I know what Grange is, but what is a “cleanskin”? I assume you live in South Australia. I am a Victorian and a bloke from Tasmania told me once “you can tell a Victorian but you can’t tell them much”.
When I drove the Mondeo I was buying a car for my nieces 18th and we test drove everything on under or just above $60000. She doesn’t like small cars and chose Hyundai Grandeur much to my surprise and it has turned out to be a fine car. I note the Grandeur now has a diesel grrrrrrrrrr. I don’t buy cars for the badge, I buy what I like just as you did.
Cheers once again and Happy and Safe motoring.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:49:09 +0000

Thank for the message and good wishes. I apologise for baiting you, with much sarcasm but you’d didn’t bite too hard. There a few complaints on the air-cons performance, but I have read in magazines that European cars air-cons, do not cope well here in Australia and I guess in other hot climates. I will buy an E class if I like the drive and my partner will get the Lexus, partner drives a thing that looks like a poached egg at present Audi TT. I don’t like the look of the thing and don’t drive it now,once was enough. A friend just had an 80,000 kilometre service on a Merc coupe’ can’t remember the exact model and the service cost $8000 which to me seems to be excessive as nothing out of the ordinary was done, so he says. Luckily I only keep cars a short time. I will drive the XF as well it looks the goods. Oh I do about 5000 kilometres a year now and just looked at my average speed 41kph ha ha ha, mostly city driving. Do you ever get tired of driving? 42 out of 68 hours that is a long time. Ok Allen thank you for your honest opinions. Happy and safe motoring.

By: Allen Henwood

Allen Henwood — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:25:29 +0000

Like the “E” Series, but recently had the opportunity to drive an XF Jag for some 400 kms.Better than any Jag I have driven, quite impressive actually!
Have always admired the Mercedes, never had one, but a friend has had several….about 9 I think. They have always been great cars, but one, a 560SEL, when traded out of lease after 2 years, cost him a very big quid. He said that it was like,” tossing 750 dollar coins down the loo every Monday morning!!!!!!!”
Enjoy your journey overseas.
Always remember that Vinegar is usually the product of a winemaker who stuffed up!
You say, “defensive and passionate” about the Mondeo…….we bought a 6 month old vehicle, with less than 5000km on the clock as a demo vehicle……it had all the works and jerks, and we got it for $18,000 of new list price. We were totally unaware as to what the vehicle would be like. We have been impressed, and have no complaints, except for the fact that the air-conditioning was designed for travel from Amsterdam to Munich at 27 deg C. Not from Adelaide to Mildura at 42 deg C. It is adequate, not acceptable!!!!!
I might add, that after getting out of a Kenworth, having spent 42 of the last 68 hours behind the wheel, a Lada Nava would be a fairly acceptable form of conveyance.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:14:09 +0000

OH please enlighten me, when did the V6 Corolla go on the market ? I thought it was only available with 4 cylinders, like your tractor. If you are interested, I spend our Winters overseas or in the North of Australia and knowing you like expensive watches. This year it is overseas and if you wish to sell your Mondeo, from the proceeds I could buy a secondhand Rolex whilst I am there. Let me know by May 28th as I fly out on the 29th. I hope you enjoyed your expensive vinegar (grange) or similar at dinner last evening.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:56:10 +0000

Allen
I was not trying to be rude to you about Jags. I loved them, but they always seemed to have mechanic problems and from chilhood memories, they were my favourites and the ride terrific. Don’t know about them now though as I have never owned one.I know all about the V12′s, not at all good, I loved your description of it, very amusing.
Lexus one of the worlds quietest cars, worth paying for a quiet Corolla. However I think later this year it will traded for an E series Merc Coupe’ V6 petrol (naturally), my choice.
you wrote “We humans have a wonderful right…….the right to choose” Yes we have the right of choice in Australia as well as in a few other nations, but try it in China or Indonesia (for example) and find out what your rights are there.
I do not drink alcohol and I do not own a watch, my choice.
You are very passionate and defensive about that Mondeo. I don’t need to defend my GS300 it is one of my sets of wheels at the moment and I like it.

By: Allen Henwood

Allen Henwood — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:01 +0000

Lexus…….the world’s most expensive Toyota Corolla!!!!!!!!!!!
I did not say I liked the Jags, I just owned them!
Jaguar, the most comfortable car, in which to sit, whilst one waits for the NRMA or the RACV, or the RACQ or the RAA!!!!!!!
My XJS V12 sounded like a Circus Fat Lady having an orgasm in a railway tunnel, when the oil consumption was the same as the petrol consumption, I was happy!!!!
I own a Mondeo diesel. I like the Mondeo diesel, I also eat Borscht, sauerkraut,Pickled Pork hocks, brains, tripe and kidneys and liver!!!!!
We humans have a wonderful right…….the right to choose, and I choose to spend my hard earned dollars in the way that I am comfortable with.
I do not buy Polo St. Laurens shirts, I own a Rolex, and a Seiko, and an Omega, and several other expensive watches, because that is what pleases me.
My choice is my choice, and I would not own a Lexus in a fit…..that is your choice. I must be off, dinner is ready, and I may have either a “Grange” or a cleanskin with it. Because that is my choice.