The story goes..... me and the mrs wanted rid of her focus and we wanted a car with a bigger boot. Ive always liked the ST220s but they were a bit out of my budget. So the next best thing is a 2.5 V6 zetec s.

We went to milton keyenes to pick this one up a few weeks back. After i drove it i said to the mrs i love it and im gonna keep it and sell the ST.

Heres some pics. The first day we got it home.






Gave it a good cleaning session.


Clay bared the car. This was the panel that i started on,the osf wing.








I really love the car its so quiet and and smooth to drive. The ST17O was defo the quicker car. I wish i got a mondeo ages ago now lol.

 

Its got a decent spec too.
Heated half leather seats
Climate control
Cruise control
Elecy windows all round
Lights where the interior door handles are
Xenon headlights (has had angel eyes fitted)
6 speed gearbox
Ive bought a pair of complete doors from a titanium mondeo cause they came with folding door mirrors and they also have the puddle lights in the mirrors.
Im sure these doors also have the uprated sony door speakers too.

I also wanna put a interior light in for the passengers in the rear.

 

Nice colour Glenn

 

 

As i said before, you can't go wrong with a Mondeo, they are class.

 

£500 a year road tax ?

 

Looks nice glenny!

 

Not on a 2003, I think it will be the same as my 2.0 ? Around £280

I see st220's are dropping in price. I would love one with the red leather. I may skip the st170 and go for the 220 instead. Less rust

And the boot is great, I came back from Holliday two weeks back with an st170 engine and Holliday gear in the boot....

 

Yeh its a rare colour for the Zetec-S. Its called octane blue.

 

I wouldnt of bought the if it was 500 quid road tax.

 

Defo they dont rust that much either apart from the bottom of the doors. Im gonna take my door cards off and squirt some waxoil in.

 

Thanks matey. I really liked my ST but this is just such a better car.

 

The cheapeat decent looking ST220 i could find was about 3k. Tbh i like the front bumper on the zetec s better than the ST mondys.

 

Nice one, how many miles has it done? This might not have felt as quick as the st170 as these are just so quiet and effortless to drive at higher speeds,

 

Nice car, but there are cheap STS on Facebook if you want to look at a later date

As for the folding mirrors, you need the complete door loom, the relay stuff in the fuse box under the glove box etc

Plus you need to run the extra wires for the light

And then you may also be able the change the wing mirror covers if they are compatabile but remember there are at least 3 different types

Mods are limitless on the Mondeo, but just make sure the engine oil is topped up and checked regularly as they have a habit of suddenly going pop if it's not checked

Real nice car

 

That does look nice well done

 

I like that, nice car.

 

Looks really nice Glenn, love that colour and well spec'd.

 

Nice car Glenn.

You cannot go wrong with a Mondy!!

 

that's a good investment!
you'll enjoy it !

(i really like it, but i like more the white sapph cozy in the crib )

 

Had to be good for you to go all the way to Milton Keynes.

Nice Mondeo but I'm most jealous of your big garage. A house and garage like that around my way would be over £1m if it's in the right street with access to trains etc.

 

Nice new car mate, I love mondeos. Cracking looking garage also it looks massive!! Love seeing the snippet of the Cossie sat there too

 

Cracking car! Can never go wrong with a Mk3.

Just look out for rear bushes, handbrake cables and rear calipers binding up. Other than those very minor issues they're bomb proof.

Doesn't look as though your rear bumpers dropped yet either - winner!

 

Look like a nice example that

I'd always liked the st220s as well but could never justify the extra premium for one.

 

Dojj i bought a pair of complete doors of a titanium so they have the wiring. I thoughtif you had the looms the wing mirrors and the relay it would all work including the puddle lights. Ive also seen if you wire an extra relay in you can get the door mirrors to fold in when the car is locked and unlocked.

 

Its just gone over 100k. The ST17O did feel quicker but it might of been cause its a smaller car??

 

I wouldnt of been able to afford a house this in the town i used to live in so we moved just out of the town. Ive always wanted a big garage.

 

Thanks the rest of you for the comments.

 

I fitted a rear interior light this afternoon.

 

I fitted uprated sony speakers too.


The bottom of the doors on mk3 mondeos always rust. So since i had the door cards off i thoughti would put a bit of waxoil in the bottom of the door.

 

Did I read you've also bought a mk2 focus? What model did you go for?
I also have a mk2 focus and a mondeo, now I just need a saph lol

 

Yeh we are picking it up on monday. Its a mk2 facelift.

I took the cossie today. Its never moved in over 2 months. I put the battery lead back on and she just fired up first time. I had a play with a seat leon cupra on my way home from work. I had a slight misfire and i was still pulling away from it. Luckly the misfire cleared up. I still live the old girl.

 

If you look in the fuse box under the glove box you should see two relay holders
Blue and brown
If these are there they the door looms are plug and play
They you have to see if you have 8 pin or 10 pin plugs for the mirrors
Over all its very fiddly rather than complicated to run the wires, due to the very limited space where you need to access, but it's easy enough to do

 

Yeh the brown relay holder is there. Also the looms ive got with the doors have all the wires going to the switches.

Ive found this site to be full of info.

http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php?...ith_Remote_Key

 

Can I ask why ? Genuinely interested, cheers.

 

It just drives so smooth and the ride is so comfortable. I also like big cars too.

The ST17O was a bloody cracking car too. There nippy cars imo.

 

Same here, mines only a 1.6 petrol but its perfect for what we need. Its quite a decent spec too. Probably the most reliable car I've owned, apart from servicing it hasn't cost me a penny and its on over 100k now.

 

The wife's mk1.5 focus was the same. It didnt cost us much at all. It had 150k on it when we sold it.

The mk2 we are getting is only a 1.6 petrol zetec model so its nowt flash. We both like the the zetec s models

 

Nice change.

Different driving experience but back to back my ST170 felt livelier on the road against my ST24. You definitely had to work the focus a bit harder to achieve the same pace but the Mondeo felt easier to get up to speed, just the focus felt nervous on the road.
I'd have a decent cone filter on there it definitely wakes them up a bit.

 

I like MK3 Mondeos, they drive really nice. Always liked the Zetec-S, it's still a nice looking car.

I had an ST220 and loved it. Did 30k in it in a year (it started on 115k) and it never missed a beat, great cars. Sold it for £1200 but people seem to ask quite a lot for them.