Dave, i bought an S reg mondeo TD from the trader a while back for £1750, its a verona LX and has leccy windows, central locking and air con and isn't too slow either, it's in god nick with only 72k on the clock, can't go wrong, 300 qiud to insure too!! lovely to drive and not qworried about leaving it anywhere!! have you looked how cheap mondeo's are now days??