Any help appreciated

Firstly, apologies for thread - being a member of other car forums I hate this exact thread tbh (ie what's the common problems blah blah - when they've not bothered searching at all).

Secondly, hi lol. Have come from a VXR forum (same name). I sold my (4th) VXR a few weeks ago and am driving around in a hire car burning money whilst trying to decide what to buy next lol (sold privately for a great deal so had to sell quickly before I bought another car).

Amongst millions of others I've been looking at the new Astra VXR, Mazda 6, A4, A5, 335d, but have now ended up at a Mondeo Titanium X Sport .

I've searched for hours on the forum so got most of my answers however, still got a couple more questions please

Am doing a 4 hour round trip tomorrow to look at a couple and ideally want to buy one then, all being well. Looking at 2.2tdci's (200), although I'd probably prefer the faster petrol if I could find one with all the toys on tbh (none around my area at all within a reasonable area/price)

Soooo:-

1) Has there been an actual recall for the steering issue? (I'm presuming not). Should I be worried about it on 61 / 12 plate car?

2) Most of my driving is tootling to work and back on busy roads. Will I be needing to give the car a blast on the motorway once a week or so ideally? Never had a diesel before.(cloggy sooty things spring to mind )

3) Not had time to search properly on this, but, is there much scope for (easily) remapping one of these to give more than 20 extra bhp?

4) Any common problems to look out for / ask the dealer about? ahem

Looking at these btw:-

http://www.motorscoalville.co.uk/use...11/ford-mondeo

http://www.motorscoalville.co.uk/use...51/ford-mondeo

Presuming I buy one (I'll be surprised if I don't) I'll be frequenting this place, erm frequently lol.

Cheers,

Matt