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Nice one, Adam. I do like Mondeos, as the engines are sporty and usually perform very well. I love the interior, which is really tidy, but I'm not keen on the colour of the car itself. However, that's just me. I'd also like to see some fatter, sportier alloys fitted with lower-profile tyres, which I think would set the car off more and showcase its sporty DNA
Anyway, enjoy it, and I hope it serves you well
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Really is a very nice car. It and the later models were designed by the same team that do work for VW and it shows. Yours has a real peach of an engine too.
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Toshiba SR-370/Mission 774/Van Damme cable with MS Starline plugs/Ortofon Quintet Black
CD
Cambridge CXC transport/modified Musical Fidelity X-DAC/modified Musical Fidelity X-10 V3 tube buffer
Network Player
Cambridge NP30
Amplifier
Denon HA-500 head amp/Nakamichi CA-5E pre-amp/Chinese passive RVC/Proton AA-1150 DMC power amp
Speakers
Mordaunt Short Signifer on original factory stands
Cables
Mogami with Rean Neutrik plugs/NVA LS5
Headphones
Sennheiser HD600/Sennheiser HD650/Koss Pro4 AA
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I'm Adam.
Maybe it's a diesel thing. The last Mondeo I had was a 52 plate TDCi and it drove superbly but was an unreliable shed that cost me £1300 in the 5 months that I owned it. In addition, parts prices were double what I was used to as it was diesel - it put me off diesel for life! On the other hand, I later had a petrol Focus and that cost me absolutely nothing in repairs in my 2 years of ownership. As an aside, I was recently looking at its MOT history since I sold it 5 years ago - PASS(No advisories)/PASS(No advisories)/PASS(No advisories)/PASS(Worn tyre)/PASS(No advisories)!Originally Posted by Roy S
No, I like the whole 'Q-car' aspect of it so I won't be fitting any sporting additions to it! Also, I really like the colour - it's a deep metallic blue and the finish is superb. I was lazy with the Merc and took it to the local Polish chaps for washing, but I'll be going back to doing this one myself. I've even found myself glancing at car cleaning and detailing products which is a horrendous slippery slope!Nice one, Adam. I do like Mondeos, as the engines are sporty and usually perform very well. I love the interior, which is really tidy, but I'm not keen on the colour of the car itself. However, that's just me. I'd also like to see some fatter, sportier alloys fitted with lower-profile tyres, which I think would set the car off more and showcase its sporty DNA
Anyway, enjoy it, and I hope it serves you well
Marco.
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Certainly the dual mass flywheel was, it's some kind of arrangement to reduce the vibration from a diesel engine but was prone to faults. I was told by someone who looked at it for me that mini cab drivers with diesel mondeo's replaced it with a solid flywheel from a transit.
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Never understood why it was suddenly decided we needed dual mass flywheels in the first place. Older diesels drove fine without them. More pandering to the gimmick market.
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Certainly expensive to sort out when they go wrong. I sold the car on with the problem (& a number of others) to a friend of a friend who was aware of all the faults, a bit of the exhaust fell off on his journey home.
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That's cool, mate. It's for you to like, not me
Detailing is a lot of fun, and if you think the car's got a good paint finish on it now, wait until you see it after it's been detailed! Also, it's always better cleaning the car yourself with proper products. Halfords carry a great range of car cleaning items.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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mine is needing washed. keep forgetting
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They washed mine and hoovered inside yesterday when it was serviced. First clean it's had since September!mine is needing washed. keep forgetting
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Yup needs hoo wring too. I've got a cordless. Just need someone to do it.
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FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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