180,000 miles

[speling bee]

And yet you feel no shame in showing what a ****** you are on here?

Don't mistake lack of insight for shamelessness.

[BoredBloke]

My 04 Mondeo Estate TDCi with 124000 on the clock got totalled by a *** delivering Pizzas in an 'R' Reg Nissan Bloody Micra on Wednesday in Huddersfield. I'd had it since it was six months old and put all but 4000 of them miles on it while contracting away from home, gigging at weekends and pulling my daughters horse box (as well as transporting bales of hay and bags of horse feed around). Sad end to meet, at the hands of a Nissan Micra held together with gaffa tape

My Mondeo is due to hit 100k this week. I've heard that they have flywheel problems in that it tends to disintegrate at about 100k and its a £1000 repair. Did you get this on yours? It still drives pretty well but pumps out tons of black smoke when you put your foot down.

[Freamon]

My 04 Mondeo Estate TDCi with 124000 on the clock got totalled by a *** delivering Pizzas in an 'R' Reg Nissan Bloody Micra on Wednesday in Huddersfield. I'd had it since it was six months old and put all but 4000 of them miles on it while contracting away from home, gigging at weekends and pulling my daughters horse box (as well as transporting bales of hay and bags of horse feed around). Sad end to meet, at the hands of a Nissan Micra held together with gaffa tape

Serves you right for visiting Huddersfield.

[DodgyAgent]

What do you drive?

a Hummer

[NickFitz]

You must have a large dick to be so confident to drive around in something like that

It's very nearly a classic now

Oh, and yes.

[escapeUK]

Sell your expensive car. Buy a cheap pile of cr@p with reasonable fuel economy. Spend the difference on therapy to address your feelings of shame and inadequacy, and you should come out ahead over a five year period.

I dont have an expensive car. I have a reasonable year old car, that gets me places without breaking down and like you say has reasonable fuel economy. Its to get me from home to contract. A Orion was never a "nice" car, its probably equivalent to mine in model terms.

Just because I wouldnt wear old raggedy clothes doesnt mean I must wear Armani.

[speling bee]

I dont have an expensive car. I have a reasonable year old car, that gets me places without breaking down and like you say has reasonable fuel economy. Its to get me from home to contract. A Orion was never a "nice" car, its probably equivalent to mine in model terms.

Just because I wouldnt wear old raggedy clothes doesnt mean I must wear Armani.

My version was better.

[TestMangler]

My Mondeo is due to hit 100k this week. I've heard that they have flywheel problems in that it tends to disintegrate at about 100k and its a £1000 repair. Did you get this on yours? It still drives pretty well but pumps out tons of black smoke when you put your foot down.

The composite flywheel usually gets replaced when you get the clutch done. Whole thing is about £700. Got that done about 86K.

Mine still runs like a dream, currently (or until last week) was doing roughly a 300 mile commute Monday and Friday at circa 100mph mostly and not a murmur from it, no smoke etc.

[TestMangler]

Serves you right for visiting Huddersfield.

Now, that IS hard to argue with.....

[BoredBloke]

The composite flywheel usually gets replaced when you get the clutch done. Whole thing is about £700. Got that done about 86K.

Mine still runs like a dream, currently (or until last week) was doing roughly a 300 mile commute Monday and Friday at circa 100mph mostly and not a murmur from it, no smoke etc.

Cheers for the info. The clutch has not gone yet - mine has lived on the motorway so clutch wear and tear should have been pretty light.