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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hortlund on August 04, 2004, 08:15:39 AM
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(http://www.f-a-l.com/Mondeo%20Silber%20Viva%20Kombi.jpg)
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Very nice! Congrats!
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Nice:D Wonder if they sell that model here. Haven't seen it before.
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Well, to be honest it is not that exact car, but it was the only image I found with a quick google.
First impressions are good. A very solid car.
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F.O.R.D....Fixed Or Repaired Daily....
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FORD
(found on road ditch)
but congrats! i love buying new cars!!!!
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BTW you can get pretty much that same car here in the states. In the EU it is a "Mondeo", here is is called a "Focus ZXW", starts at around $17K.
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The FOCUS! Ah, of course. TY for settin me straight.
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F raternal
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Hope ya didn't get it new new, the depreciation'll kill ya on a new car off the dealer floor.
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Actually, I like the look of the Focus. :)
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Ford = Best trucks on the market. Dodge trannies blow, Chevy steering boxes are still weak. Toyota is a close 2nd.
Karaya
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shrecked
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Nice ride. Its actually badged as a "Ford" proper in Sweden?
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That's not a Focus but Mondeo; size is closer to Ford Taurus or Mercury Sable than Focus.
Nice car with very good handling (cops are having plenty of Mondeos here), bit old model already but also free of small bugs new models sometimes have.
Very good purchase IMHO.
Edit: Mondeos were also sold as "Ford Contour" earlier in some market areas; maybe in US too ?
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Congratulations - your mechanic is going to love you.
-SW
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Yup, Its got a big blue ford-mark at the rear. I suppose the bolsheviks will try to lynch me now for supporting the US war on Oil..or something.
Oh well... :)
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Hortlund like it or not but Mondeo is 100% European car, if you want a US Ford you better sell that mondeo away and buy yourself a Mustang; it's about only US Ford which is sold in Scandinavia.
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Eh..I thought Ford was a US car-company
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Originally posted by Staga
Edit: Mondeos were also sold as "Ford Contour" earlier in some market areas; maybe in US too ?
Yeah, it would be the Contour here.
Except I don't think we get the wagon in the US, everyone here thinks they need jacked up motor home instead.
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Hortland's a soccer mom?
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Single dad, 2 kids.
No tits though, so Im not sure if I qualify to be a soccer mom. How about soccer mom-wannabe?
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So, you'd check the "pre-op" box, then?
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I have *no* idea what you are talking about now, so here is a bunny with a pancace on its head
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(Since I hate that damn picture, you will have to settle with the improvised ascii-version)
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Learn your cars!
It's a Focus in the USA. Looks like an '05 Focus to be exact. The '05 has a distinctive front end compared to earlier models of Focus.
The "Contour" name is no longer used in the USA and hasn't been for several years now. Furthermore, no vehicle ever sold in the US under the "Contour" name ever had a wagon option.
J_A_B
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Nice safe family car.
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Originally posted by J_A_B
Learn your cars!
It's a Focus in the USA. Looks like an '05 Focus to be exact. The '05 has a distinctive front end compared to earlier models of Focus.
The "Contour" name is no longer used in the USA and hasn't been for several years now. Furthermore, no vehicle ever sold in the US under the "Contour" name ever had a wagon option.
J_A_B
The Mondeo is a Contour.. it's a little bit larger and has a new wagon option. We don't get to play with it.. or the Taurus much longer, although neither were worth a grain of salt unless they were SVT for the Contour or SHO's for the 89-95 Taurus.
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Originally posted by J_A_B
Learn your cars!
It's a Focus in the USA. Looks like an '05 Focus to be exact. The '05 has a distinctive front end compared to earlier models of Focus.
There's small difference between Focus and Mondeo, about 30cm and 5k$
You can compare both models easily in Here (http://www.ford.co.uk/static/all_cars/).
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yeah, focus and mondeo are different.
for european ford's look here http://www.ford.co.uk
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why not a volvo or a saab ?
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
why not a volvo or a saab ?
Because you get to pay 15% extra just for the name.
Anyway, Im not rich enough yet to buy me one of the newest model volvos, so I figured better to get a good Ford than a semi-good volvo.
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40,000 miles you'll wish you'd bought jap or german
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ROFL 40 000 miles...
I'm thinking I'll keep this one for 3-4 yrs and then get a new car.
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Originally posted by Hortlund
(http://www.f-a-l.com/Mondeo%20Silber%20Viva%20Kombi.jpg)
?RipHort?
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(http://www.f-a-l.com/Mondeo%20Silber%20Viva%20Kombi.jpg)
and when rolled over it reads....
"Built in Malayasia"
:rofl
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Calling it a Contour is incorrect.
Earlier (1990's) Contours were indeed = to a Mondeo.
However--2000 was the last year for this. For the 2001 model year the Contour name was discontinued and the Mondeo was substantially re-designed. It is no longer the same vehicle.
In all honestly it isn't exactly a Focus either, and I was exaggerating calling it such. It's a unique vehicle which happens to share some commonality with the new US Focus (like the same 4-banger engine).
J_A_B
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What do YOU drive Eagler?
Sounds like you bought the wrong American car.
One thing US automakers aren't really good at yet is copying the European or Japanese go-karts (they call them small cars). If I was silly enough to want to buy some sardine-can like a VW or a Honda, I would buy the real thing and not Ford or Chevy's inferior copy.
Of course I'm not silly and nor is my wife so we're both happy with what we drive. My cousin, on the other hand, just bought a new Cougar and sitting in the back seat of that should be considered a form of "cruel and unusual punishment". He already hates it.
J_A_B
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Originally posted by Eagler
40,000 miles you'll wish you'd bought jap or german
I love my caravan. Most any car will last if you take care of it.
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Originally posted by J_A_B
Learn your cars!
It's a Focus in the USA. Looks like an '05 Focus to be exact. The '05 has a distinctive front end compared to earlier models of Focus.
You looked quite sure at this point but what do I know, my Peugeot is surrounded at our parking lot by Ford Focus, Honda Civic, VW Passat and surprisingly a Mondeo...
btw wanna guess what's that white STW behind my 307's nose (http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/peugeot307.jpg)?
Oh well; you said "Learn your cars!" so guess I need to go out and look more carefully all those european cars here....
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Well I said that because someone had said that the Mondeo is a Contour. It isn't. The issue in my head raised due to the fact that in 2000 the US Contour was discontinued and the Mondeo was extensively redesigned.
Unfortunately I went too far in the other extreme--I was somewhat incorrect when I said that the Mondeo is a Focus. While the new Focus does indeed share some parts in common with the Mondeo (the basis of my own misconception), they're technically different models. I'm still not sure exactly how different they are, so I'm taking my own advice and looking up more info.
J_A_B
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Originally posted by J_A_B
What do YOU drive Eagler?
Sounds like you bought the wrong American car.
One thing US automakers aren't really good at yet is copying the European or Japanese go-karts (they call them small cars).
J_A_B
Another would be to build an automoblie that can be driven at 260 kph on a daily basis without rattling apart after a few weeks, seen any Vettes on the Autobahn lately?
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I haven't seen much of anything on the Autobahn lately since I don't live in Europe :)
J_A_B
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Originally posted by Torque
Another would be to build an automoblie that can be driven at 260 kph on a daily basis without rattling apart after a few weeks, seen any Vettes on the Autobahn lately?
They are working on it. First they must master the task of creating turn signal stalks with less than 3" of free play.
In our lifetimes Daimler-Chrysler will be the only US car maker, mark my words.
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Congratulations Hortlund
I have a ford wagon , but it's a little bit older than that one
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/596_1091685656_henry.jpg)
Hope your's is still going strong for the next 34 years :)
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My first car in the US (7 years ago), bought it $300. Could seat 10 people, or fit an entire couch in the back. It was so rusty that I could do like the flintstones. I had to put a woodboard to rest my feets to operate the pedals:D
Almost ended up on the road having sex in the back:o
(http://www.mercuryarchive.com/1979to1991/1984ColonyPark.jpg)
I remember mondeos, they look more like Hondas now it seems. Sure you will enjoy the practical aspect, WTG!
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Originally posted by Redd
Congratulations Hortlund
I have a ford wagon , but it's a little bit older than that one
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/596_1091685656_henry.jpg)
Hope your's is still going strong for the next 34 years :)
Shoulda brought a holden mate :p
Tronsky
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
why not a volvo or a saab ?
Lest I be mistaken, Ford owns Volvo now.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
They are working on it. First they must master the task of creating turn signal stalks with less than 3" of free play.
In our lifetimes Daimler-Chrysler will be the only US car maker, mark my words.
I agree mostly because the major corporate decisions come out of Stuttgart now.
Anyhoo, i had this baby for a few weeks to test drive and put her thu the meat grinder, sweet ride altho it feels like viewing the road from a 109 cockpit. The Harely guys luv'd her to no end.
(http://members.rogers.com/ereid/300.jpg)
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Originally posted by -tronski-
Shoulda brought a holden mate :p
Tronsky
Got one them as well tronsky - foot in each camp ;)
Redd
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Originally posted by deSelys
F.O.R.D....Fixed Or Repaired Daily....
F O R D
found on road dead
Congrates anyways.
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Originally posted by Torque
I agree mostly because the major corporate decisions come out of Stuttgart now.
Anyhoo, i had this baby for a few weeks to test drive and put her thu the meat grinder, sweet ride altho it feels like viewing the road from a 109 cockpit. The Harely guys luv'd her to no end.
(http://members.rogers.com/ereid/300.jpg)
I almost bought one too, fell in love with the art deco front and the choped top look. Refreshing nowadays. The rear sucks, maybe the old 300/condor model rear would have suit me better.
ALAS, in South central LA, there are tons of them. Any little gangster raper wanabee bought one, probably because of the Bentley look.
Thus I elected to hang on and restore my old bucket:aok