SOLD - My 2005 Ford Mondeo 2.2 ST TDCI, in performance blue. My pride and joy.


I have owned this car for 7 years, and bought it with 17,000 miles on it. It has now done 153,000 miles, virtually all being motorway miles by myself to work and back.


I am the second owner and bought this car from the chap who bought it new, and he literally picked all the nice extras off the spec list, so it has xenon headlights, rear parking sensors, rear light reactive windows, remote boot release, Sony 6 Disc CD etc etc. And everything works!


I have kept all of the history of work I've either done or had done on it. It has every Mot certificate from new, all being done by the same garage in Lincoln (F1 Autocentre). Most of the work I've had done on the car that I haven’t done myself has also been done by this garage. It's Mot'd til June.


The bodywork is generally excellent, the only thing of note is a couple of tiny 'trolley' dents on the drivers door, done by someone careless in my work car park, and a few little scratches on the rear drivers door (where I ran into our wheelie bin on the drive). There are a few chips on the bonnet but not really many for a car of this age and mileage. The half leather interior is excellent, with only normal wear being on the drivers seat. The rear seat has probably only been sat on a couple of times since I've had it, so still looks like new, as does the passenger seat. It has the brushed aluminium interior finish too, which is in lovely condition. I have also replaced the gearknob with a new genuine Ford leather one with the red stitching, and the gear lever gaiter with a new leather one with red stitching.


Mechanically the car is generally good. It does puff a little bit of smoke when you first start it from cold (don't they all) but runs really well on the road, and the engine is very quiet and torquey.



Recent work includes new auxilliary belt and tensioner, exhaust heatshield, front CV gaiters, rear brakes and handbrake cables. And I had the rear exhaust rear box with the proper one with the straight out end, rather than the one that most garages supply that point down and don't look right on a car like this.


I always use Castrol Magnatec for every oil change and have just changed the oil, oil filter and air filter. I do all my own oil and filter changes, because then I know it’s done properly. Obviously I do them quite regularly because of the mileage I do. I’ve recorded all of these changes in the service book.


I have the original 2 keys for the car, the spare key still looking brand new because I've never used it, and all the original handbooks and documentation are there too.



Before its first Mot I took the original number plate off, replacing it with my own cherished number (B19 TJA), which has now been removed and it has gone back to its original 05 plate.



It has never been trashed, crashed, thrashed, painted up or written off. But feel free to do your own checks.


Just a couple of things to note, the wheels could do with a refurb (as always with these cars). And there was a chip right in the middle of the windscreen which happened a few years ago. I had it repaired by Auto Windscreens but it does still show, although it won't get any worse now and it's nowhere near the drivers view so never affected the Mot.



I really think you'll struggle to find a more honest car anywhere, obviously it is high miles but it's also been well looked after and has loads of expensive extras you won't find on most of them.


Here's some pics taken from today 21/02/15 after I just gave her a wash.















I want £2,000 cash in my hand and not a penny less, so if you want to pay less please try and find another one, I wish you luck. If I wanted it to sit about for a bit I'm sure I could get more but I want to sell it, and sell it to someone who will appreciate it, not just rag it to death.


I've never owned a car as long as this one, it's honestly never let me down and I'll be sad to see it go.

Please no joyriders or just coming for an afternoon out please, I won't be impressed and you certainly won't be driving the car.


MIGHT DO SOME SORT OF PART OR EVEN FULL DEAL ON SOMETHING, YOU CAN OFFER ME ANYTHING, I CAN ONLY SAY NO. BUT IT MUST BE SENSIBLY PRICED.