Goodbye my friend

[Alf W]

Every time we talk about cars on here I'm gobsmacked by some of the sh1te people drive or even aspire to drive.

Fords, Vauxhalls, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Lada, Skoda, Nissan, Honda etc - them's all chav / permy / photocopier salesmen cars.

VW, Audi, Saab maybe for the helpdesk level guys but after that surely we should be into Beemers and Mercs as entry level?

Where's your self respect?

[sasguru]

There's a difference between expensive and a turbo-charged fast car. Get something reliable is what I meant.

In that case I agree. I'm all for fast and sporty cars - just don't see how I can use one in London. When I had my Honda Civic Type R I had to make special trips to France to really enjoy it. Even went to Germany once so I could thrash it on the autobahn.

[sasguru]

Where's your self respect?

Not in any car I drive, that's for sure.

[SueEllen]

Not in any car I drive, that's for sure.

[BrowneIssue]

May I cry on your shoulder?

I just want my Mondeo back. Nothing else will fill the void left by that car.

At one time I would have thought you wrong to feel that way about a car.

But when that drunken bitch pulled out in front of us quite some years back and totalled my wife's beautiful burgundy red, long wheel base, 4 litre Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign (with all the options) (twin headlamps, not square), I could have wept. (Actually, I did weep quite a few times but I won't admit to that online.)

I don't think we could ever again own a car that was as much fun, was as comfortable, was as exciting and that had given us so much pleasure as that old Jag.

I miss that car.

[KentPhilip]

RIP Mondeo my faithful runabout

My beloved Mondeo, born 1995 died January 2008 is no more. It is deceased, defunct, kaput; it has ceased to be a mode of transport. Died peacefully today without warning after 10 years dutiful service. No previous illnesses, aside from an exhaust backbox replaced some years back. I had recently bought new wiper blades and had you MOT’d too. You will be sadly missed my friend.

The AA man said the cam belt had gone, and this often requires that the engine will enter into a mode of knackering itself to destruction and beyond economical repair. He was not confident about its future prospects in the field of independent travel, and towed me to a garage of its possible final resting place. A post-mortem will be carried out in the morning, but I am not hopeful that it can be restoring back to life. The AA man was diligent and proficient in his services and also gave me a contact name of possible engine donors, but I suspect performing such a large transplant operation would not be a practical proposition for such an old timer. I was wondering why the engine power wasn’t quite up to its usual enthusiastic levels yesterday. And I bet the garage didn’t replace your timing belt 40,000 miles ago, as I suspected at the time.

Oh well, I may be in the market for another sub £1000 car. I might get something smaller this time. <sob>

Donations can be sent to your local scarp yard.

First I heard about Sir Edmund Hillary, and that made me sad. Then I heard about Sir John Harvey Jones, and that filled me with sorrow.
But now Timberwolf I've heard about the tragic death of your beloved Mondeo, and I I I... I just don't think I can take it - the tears are welling up inside me. I think I might be going to.. cry boohooo ho ho hoo <wail>

[BoredBloke]

On a positive note - how is the rest of the car? Is its bodywork etc ok? If it is just the timing belt then yes it is a bigish bill, but not huge in the whole scheme of things. A few 100 and that should be it. If you are happy with the car (you obviosly know its history) then why not get it repaired rather than take a punt on some other sub £1000 car. I had a cam belt go on an old sierra years ago and it was just a case of new valves (although mine only had 4 in the engine) if it is a 16 valve engine obviously its more expensive to replace. My old sierra did another 50,000 miles after that.

[Diver]

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/11/stor...1161870100.htm

Brand new car for just over a grand !!!!

[Board Game Geek]

That's actually quite a clever little motor, and for the price, I reckon it's going to the the car of choice for the youngsters who have just passed their test. Small, compact, funky and affordable on McDonald's wages.

To be honest, so long as it goes from A-B, it'll do the job. Though I'd much prefer horses as they are more environmentally friendly and everyone should have one.

I'd have a white half-arab called Kilrogg, in honour of WOW.

[Diver]

Imagine what would happen to the car market over here if they started selling that car in Europe for twelve hundred quid,

I'd buy one for the missus.