USED Ford Mondeo Hatchback (07 - )

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I have owned this car 5 months and done 1200 miles.

The brakes are terrible, it's impossible to pull up gently without them grabbing. Jerky gearchanges with the autobox. Cheap uncomfortable seats same as used on other models (Focus,Fiesta). Bombs along the motorway ok, which i don't often do. Front visibility poor due to front windscreen pillars. Not very smooth engine. Be glad to see the back of it even if i lose £7000 for the six months I have owned it

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i have owned this car for 2 weeks and love it. {nearly more than my wife.} it as everything you could want in a car, so all my freinds tell me the nearest i will come to a aston martin as the stylish front is very similar. The power,smooth gearbox,interior, right down to the nice touch led ambient lighting at night is quite superb. forget the very expensive bmw,s and audi,s the £16400 i gave for my 3 month old ghia would not buy a 2yr old audi with same spec. only blemish on this superb motor would have to be as others have pointed out that when you open the tailgate on a rainy day water goes into the boot, but the joy of driving it outways this minor problem.

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I have had this car for just over 6 weeks & have completed about 2000 miles. overall i think the car is excellent. the finish is superb & the equipment level is very good. However i have to say that i have 2 disappointments. the first is that the seats do not give very good lateral support meaning that you do slide a little on cornering. My main gripe though is the fuel consumption. my previous 2 litre diesel mondeo returned an average of 50mpg over the 85000 miles that i owned it. my new mondeo is only averaging 43.5 mpg for the same combination of motorway & town driving. i did expect a bit of a drop due to the car being much larger but not anthing this. significant.

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I've just bought the estate with a Sport Pack (pre-reg deal): it is tremendous fun to drive.The 18inch wheels+stiffer suspension does mean that the steering is more focussed and cornering more controlled - I certainly prefer it compared to without it, in terms of driving involvement.The only trade-off is that on motorways, it's slightly tiring since the steering is more responsive/sensitive so you need to be concentrating more.Interior quality is comparable to the VW Passat although there are some B-features like the sunglasses holder that uses some "thin" plastics. Otherwise, this car is BIG:enormous boot, lots of rear/front passenger space.The driving position is pretty comfortable so no complaints there. Only 100miles on clock so hard to say anything sensible about fuel economy - esp since it is a diesel, insurance was pretty cheap so I was happy. If you get the estate - you need the parking sensors (not std) since the back end of the car is quite far away - the rear view mirrow is slightly magnified so this can distort your depth perception.