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| 2191.1 | | EICMFG::FARRELL | | Tue Dec 14 1993 10:14 | 18 |
| > I'm looking at replacing the family car and we are sort of knocking
> around a few ideas, at the moment the short list is (in rough priority
> order and all are "estate" versions):
...
> Any comments, what should we avoid, have I missed any other possible
> cars that fit the sort of dimensions and price bracket...?
I believe there are some new models out soon (March) which might be interesting
if you can wait that long - VW Golf Estate and Rover 400 series Estate.
I saw a new shape VW Passat Estate advertised in Germany, I don't know if that
is available yet in UK. Nissan have something in their range too, Carina(?)
Estate. The Astra has some good safety features as standard which is an
encouraging trend from Vauxhall. I don't know anything about the Mondeo,
except it looks good.
I'm thinking of getting an Astra myself, and welcome any comments.
--Chris
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| 2191.2 | Another one to consider in the future? | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Tue Dec 14 1993 13:25 | 16 |
| Reading/hearing the Top Gear review of the Golf Estate, if I remember correctly,
they weren't exactly flattering about it.
I hear that a Xantia Estate is due sometime next year, earlier rather than later.
That should be very well worth waiting for it, if it is anything like the Xantia
hatch. I still haven't done a long journey in it but impressions are very
favourable so far in the VSX 1.9 TD. I'll tell you next June about long
journies (sp?) when I come back from Gibraltar (2,800 mile round trip).
Apparently, the official figures show that the Xantia Diesel is quieter inside
than the Mondeo petrol engined cars - and that is not a knock at the Ford either!
If you want to get away from Japanese "Blob" styling eg. Ford/Vauxhall, you may
wish to consider the Xantia.
Malcolm.
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| 2191.3 | ZX not Xantia? | TOMMII::RDAVIES | Amateur Expert | Tue Dec 14 1993 13:38 | 4 |
| I believe your mistaken about a Xantia estate. There's a ZX estate due early
spring, but I don't believe they decided whether to do a Xanta estate yet.
Richard
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| 2191.4 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Tue Dec 14 1993 13:46 | 5 |
| From a marketing point of view, I don't believe they'd market both the
Peugeot 405 Estate and the Xantia Estate. (They being the company that
owns both Peugeot and Citroen). A ZX estate is coming out though.
tp
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| 2191.5 | Maybe I got a bit carried away with what I heard. | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Tue Dec 14 1993 13:49 | 14 |
| Richard, I had a quite non-reliable source of information on this - someone who
would be interested in the Xantia Estate, but the time scale is too long for him.
I haven't heard anything myself because I'm not asking questions, having only
just taken delivery of my Xantia hatch. I am quite willing to agree that there
is a ZX Estate coming out very soon, but, I'm not sure if the BX Estate
continues in production/sale pending the availability of the ZX Estate or the
Xantia Estate. It is just that the Xantia is so much better than the 3 BX
Diesels that I've had - which I liked very much more than the Sierras and
Cavaliers that I've driven.
Malcolm.
PS. 2CV, now there's a real car! Only for small families though. 8^)
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| 2191.6 | Xantia Estate it's on the cards | VARDAF::CHURCH | Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125) | Tue Dec 14 1993 16:41 | 6 |
| When at the Citroen garage in Antibes a week or so ago the guy there
said that an Xantia Estate will most certainly happen but they hadn't
decided when.
If the Xantia does turn out to be a comparable price to the Mondeo then
it could be interesting to wait a little longer...
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| 2191.7 | | CHEFS::TOWNSENDS | STEWART TOWNSEND @REO | Fri Dec 17 1993 09:54 | 7 |
| I read a short piece recently on the Rover 400-based estate (including photos).
Lokks nice. It's debut will be at the Geneva Motor Show. This report compared
its standard of fit-out and finish on the pre-production model favourably with
the BMW Tourer estate. A version of the XUD Turbo Diesel unit will be amongst
the engine options although the report suggested that Rover have been
negotiating with BMW to use their Diesel package in the replacement 800 range
and the 600. Maybe they might use it in the estate too.
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| 2191.8 | Oh what the heck - Mondeo 2.0L Ghia estate (clipper) | VARDAF::CHURCH | Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125) | Wed Dec 29 1993 08:44 | 21 |
| In the end we got a deal on a Mondeo 2.0L Ghia estate (clipper)
basically it was a showroom model and we got FF15000 off the price.
Plus he left in the 4 speakers and as we asked about the roof rack he
said it would be thrown in as well (Xmas present) - mind you when we
got him to confirm this yesterday, signing the papers, he then found
out how much they cost (FF1500) and was hesitant - we held him to his
promise!
What with the FF15000 (straight Argus/book price) back from our old car
it worked out pretty well - now we just have to pay for it over the
next few years!
At the end of the day it worked out a difference of under FF7000 with
us buying the 2.0L Ghia compared to the 1.8 GLX (which was our original
first choice with the necessary extras). In addition, if we had gone
for the GLX I would have also wanted front fog lamps (besides the ABS
and met. paint) but this would have required a different front bumper
as it doesn't have the necessary slots! So all in all it may have been
around FF5000 difference between the 2 cars.
Roll on Friday morning.
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| 2191.9 | Have airbag - car will travel! | VARDAF::CHURCH | Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125) | Mon Feb 21 1994 08:24 | 42 |
| Number of forwards been removed...
Is this true? Perhaps I'll go down to the local Ford garage and ask
for a demonstration - glad I had an alarm fitted though!
From: UUCP%"[email protected]" 18-FEB-1994 10:52:52.14
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WhiteBoard News for February 14, 1994
This item comes from Dennis Willingham:
London, England:
A British Ford dealer set out to impress potential purchasers with the
burglar-proof features of the new Ford Mondeo by staging a break-in
in his showroom.
As a room full of potential customers watched, the hired thief walked
up to the front of the car and gave it a swift kick in the bumper, near
the airbag sensor. The bag inflated, AND the central locking system
disengaged. The thief then opened the door, quickly broke the steering
column lock, hot-wired the ignition and started the car.
News spread quickly, and copycat incidents have followed.
Autoweek says "Sales of The Club should increase."
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| 2191.10 | Mondeo ABS grinding noise when moving off | VARDAF::CHURCH | Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125) | Mon Oct 23 1995 10:15 | 19 |
| We took our car into a Ford garage [for a 12th time] this morning in
a hope to get the still remaining problems fixed!
We demonstrated to the chief mechanic a problem we have with the car,
you start the engine and move off there is a single "grinding" noise
after 5-10 metres, he said that this was normal.
I explained that other folks that I know who have either the 2.0L Ghia
or the Si versions do not have this problem. In fact another garage who
spent about � a day trying to fix the problem admitted that something
wasn't right but they couldn't find out what was causing it.
So have any of you folks out there, with a Mondeo which has ABS, have
or have not got this problem. I need to know pretty quickly as my wife
will go to pick up the car this evening...
Thanks,
Dave
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| 2191.11 | Mondeo, but no grinding | 42619::GRAHAM | Graham Smith, Solution Support Group | Mon Oct 23 1995 10:23 | 8 |
| I've got a Mondeo 1.8 GLX with ABS factory fit option.
It does not make a grinding noise after 5-10 meters (or at all, unless
the ABS gets "used").
Does that help ?
Graham
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