james.dylan83

Anyone got/driven/been in one? Looking for a quick daily driver that can also do the big miles and Diesel fuel economy would be helpful. Any honest no holds barred opinions would be much appreciated.

swerv

what model?

FasterFords

Mondeo or Fiesta ?

st3v3

I have the mondeo Duratorq tdci ive done ,so far,335mls all town driving on £50 BUT i still have a quater of a tank of diesel left.

My insurance has dropped,my fuel bill dropped,tax has dropped im glad i had my scooby but wish i had sold it earlier just to save the money i am now.

Diseasel

Had the Mondeo it was a very good car for a derv, had it lowered, tinted and full leather looked the tits

DangerousBryan

would guess he means fiesta? same power as the petrol and more torque,just don't rev like a petrol. we have a little test at work that is uphill off a roundabout to a certain point on the hill.
both petrol and diesel do 62mph.st170 focus do's 70 still in second gear.bosses xkr do's 77. my old cav turbo did 85 and a zx12r of one of the other lads did well over a ton.

bryan

TrevCos

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I've got a Mondeo ST TDCI. Cracking diesel car. As quick as most petrol cars, feels like a petrol when you're driving, very economical, I do mostly motorway driving and I'm averaging about 45mpg, and very comfortable to drive for long distances. And they're very well specced as well, well mine is.

Fiddy

I was going to get a derv but bought the v6, good cars, drive well. wish i had bought a derv when you see mileage like above, i got 500 miles out £100+

Fiddy

I hope your rite fella

Redkop

I've got a 2003 1.4 Fiesta TDCi with the Duratorq... IIRC it's something like 64bhp with 120/lbs/ft. It's capable of cruising at 80-90 mph easily. Handling has improved vastly with the new shape Fiestas compared to the old shape ones.

It's a cracking little car and gets me to places just as quick as the Evo does, at a fraction of the price. Hard driving I get over 50mpg, normal driving 70+mpg

Year's road tax = £35
Year's ins fully comp & protected £150

TrevCos

iTrader: (1)

Now that is impressive mpg!

Fagin

I have just bought a new shape Mondeo 2.0 Tdci (140bhp) Titantium X. The car is an awesome bit of kit (quality wise). MPG is not too bad considering the size (weight) of the car.

Bags of room though and I think they look a million dollars.

Series1Dry

I got a Zetec S 2.0 TDCi and goes very well for a big motor. Got 50+ mpg on a run from The Lakes to Great Yarmouth and 40 ish round town. I'm happy with mine so far

zetec s 130

Had my mondeo zetec s tdci for 4 years, done 80k in it so far and its never missed a beat, no complaints very happy with it

FasterFords

he's still not come back and answered "what model ?"

Series1Dry

Presuming he won't wanna do big miles in the Fiesta. Just my opinion though

Jimbo.

He says he wants a quick daily driver so he can't be talking about the fezza zetec-s tdci because i've been in one and they are bit sluggish to be honest, unless you fiddle with the induction and swap the turbo for a mondy st tdci one and have it all mapped

Jimbo.

apparently it does as i know of 2 people who have done this, they say it makes a big difference

xr2i-carl

what HP are the mondy STD's?

can you re-map em?

im booked in for a re-map!!

cant wait

james.dylan83

hello,

sorry for delayed response, been at the rally

Was talking about the 1600 fiesta, appreciate it's not gonna be crazy fast but it's a diesel fiesta so can't complain it's not.

Thanks for your opinions folks

swerv

cracking cars, mine does 52mpg average, been reliable, cheap servicing.

also done 1100 miles in one trip and didnt have a back ache after.

they are noisey and quite slow though on a negative side

HTH

Jimbo.

very cheap to run, and isn't the road tax £35 a year or something?

Also, if your going to do big miles in it, i would get the leather armest from Team Torquesteer, think its about £50, makes cruising on the motorway alot more comfortable

swerv

yeh £35 tax