Fiddy

Will i get a good one for about £3.5k-£4k ? Ive decided its time for a new car, probs about 6-8 weeks time, my budget all in is about £4k plus whatever i can get for my car, and i want to make sure ive got enough left to change the water pump and it give it a full service, so is a 200 doable for that money or am i better off looking for a nice 24 ?

And any 200 owners got any advice, what are they like to live with day today ?

Coldo

Deffo get one for 3-4k

I was looking at one to use over the winter and could see some higher mileage ones going for about £2800 give or take.

4k should get you a nice one!

The Youth.

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hi m8, you will deffo get one for 4 k, you know what issues they have, water pumps are 50 quid max, just listen for ticking at tickover if it does don't walk away........... fookin run!!!lol
good luck, my m8 got one they go very well

steve

Fiddy

Ill no doubt be sounding you out closer to the time steve, you being mr mondeo and all that lol, tbh, im no mechanic, but i do know the water pump/headgasket probs they suffer from, and thats what worries me.

Csm

Yep as mentioned

metal propeller water pump will cost around £45 and easy to change

as you know if you hear ticking on idle run ,lol, you may only hear a slight tick on the test drive so make sure you drive with stereo off and windows down to listen for the cuntin thing but , they are guilty of just being the exhaust gasket aswell

They are nice cars and go well for its size and handle brilliant

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Get 1 bought mate alot of car for the money.

turbodan

alot of car for the money my mate had a standard one for 4 years, not a penny was spent

The Youth.

iTrader: (1)

the 200 doesn't really suffer from the water pump issues as found on all other V6 mondeo's, this is due to 2 reasons, age, the earliest are not yet 9 years old and so mileages are still below 100k in most cases and the water pump itself, they are fitted with a plastic impeller still but to the later design, they do still need changing tho,

steve

Fiddy

If i can find a good one for my budget glenn i am buying one