Mondeo loan car :(

mr smith · 01-11-2013, 05:46 PM

I agree they look good, Titanium Wagon especially. But they just don't perform. Bad ergos, pox motors, pox dynamics and too much doing on the dash.

GK · 01-11-2013, 05:50 PM

My Mondeo Zetec TCDI is great to drive. Yes, it has a little lag on takeoff but once moving is smooth and powerful.

It handles very, very well.

GK

black13 · 01-11-2013, 09:20 PM

its a bit like comparing oranges with brocoli, completly different driving dynamics.

5tumpy · 01-11-2013, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GK

My Mondeo Zetec TCDI is great to drive. Yes, it has a little lag on takeoff but once moving is smooth and powerful.

It handles very, very well.

GK

+1 to this... I have a 2011 MB Zetec TDCi, and I love it to pieces... The build quality compared to my previous car (BA XR6t) is so much better that I can't even express it in words... I'm 6'5" and 140kg, and I have no problems whatsoever with the ride comfort, until of course I get into one of my mate's Falcodores or my wife's Escape, and even then the only problem is that I miss the Modeo... I get 1100km from $90 worth of diesel, and I can easily seat 5 adults with a bootful of luggage in it... The torque of the thing is fantastic!

**DJM83** · 01-11-2013, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mr smith

I agree they look good, Titanium Wagon especially. But they just don't perform. Bad ergos, pox motors, pox dynamics and too much doing on the dash.

Yeah cause a falcon is the epitomy of dynamic.

EcoBoost is great.

Fordman · 01-11-2013, 09:47 PM

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Yeah cause a falcon is the epitomy of dynamic.

EcoBoost is great.

It's more fun that's for sure

**DJM83** · 02-11-2013, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Fordman

It's more fun that's for sure

Each to their own.

mr smith · 02-11-2013, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Yeah cause a falcon is the epitomy of dynamic.

For Australian country back roads, not much better than an XR6 Turbo.

5tumpy · 02-11-2013, 09:27 PM

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For Australian country back roads, not much better than an XR6 Turbo.

Where do you live mate? I live in Goulburn, have owned both a BA XR6t and a currently own a MB Zetec TDCi and I can tell you what I'd rather drive on the country back roads around where I live...

The Falcon was awesome in a straight line, and around corners on smooth roads, but on actual country back roads that are littered with dips and pot holes, the power was next to useless...

FWD cars are not what they used to be... They've come a long way...

mr smith · 02-11-2013, 09:33 PM

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Where do you live mate? I live in Goulburn, have owned both a BA XR6t and a currently own a MB Zetec TDCi and I can tell you what I'd rather drive on the country back roads around where I live...

The Falcon was awesome in a straight line, and around corners on smooth roads, but on actual country back roads that are littered with dips and pot holes, the power was next to useless...

FWD cars are not what they used to be... They've come a long way...

Country Vic, my FGs have had no problem with potholed and bumpy roads. I used to be worried about the 18's but I have taken some big hits and no probs. I always go leather and the interiors are perfect for me.
I have also spent some time in Mondeo wagons and I don't like'em.

5tumpy · 02-11-2013, 10:08 PM

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Country Vic, my FGs have had no problem with potholed and bumpy roads. I used to be worried about the 18's but I have taken some big hits and no probs. I always go leather and the interiors are perfect for me.
I have also spent some time in Mondeo wagons and I don't like'em.

Fair enough mate... That may well be the case, the only FG I've driven was an FG XR50 rental I had for a week on holiday in Melbourne in a couple of years ago... I can guarantee you though that my Mondeo handles as well, if not better than my BA did on country roads... My parents had new Falcons from EB-EL (my Dad had a company car that got updated every 2 years) and I've owned an AU, BA and BF and in terms of build quality and ride quality, they can't hold a candle to the imported Mondeo...

I love my Falcons, and like you I refused to entertain the idea of a imported Ford, until Ford announced the demise of the Falcon, and I realised my efforts were in vain, and caved... I do 1000km a week and got sick of paying $200+ for petrol a week... I could have bought a diesel Mondeo for $18k second hand, or one of the new ecoboost Falcons for $40k+... I test drove one of each, and bought the Mondeo without hesitation... For me, with my size, and what I was looking to do in the car, the extra $20-odd thousand wasn't worth it... To get the level of kit I have in my Mondeo, I was in G6 territory in the Falcons, and even then it was lacking... My Mondeo still had new car warranty, and I extended that for 3 years... So there was literally no benefit in it...

I was still weary of the Mondeo, because I had previously been a die-hard Falcon man who thought exactly like you do... But as I drove the car more and more, I love the thing...