new car time

[toseland]

S40/V50 is a Mondeo in disguise anyway isn't it. The last Mondeo I drove (57 plate admittedly) was HORRIBLE. Back end shimmied like the old mk3 Cavaliers on 13" rims used to. Cruise was TERRIBLE. On a hill, the speed would drop a couple of mph, then suddenly it would decide, ah, hang on and give itself a bootfull and shoot past the set speed then lift right off until it got back to set speed, then repeat the whole process again.
It could have been a one off and just that particular car, but I hated the thing and couldn't wait to give it back.

Nah, Focus underneath... I find mine great tbf - people will vouch for it being a pretty nice place to be and not horrific in the corners.

And to be fair, it's done a hundred'n'something thousand, other than the electrical fault which simply appears to be caused by an incompetent garage, it's been reliable as hell... I've done 30k or so and other than it's hiccup with the electrical fault, it's not put a foot wrong. Only items I've replaced are oil, tyres and a wheel bearing which was £55 and 3 hours to change it myself.

had the D5 SE Sport AWD, with the 18s... tiny tiny bit stiffer than maybe it should have been but handled like a dream, and was mega comfy.. the difference in ride was solely due to the fact that i was running 45 profile tyres on the 18s... 17s as standard are perfect methinks but dont look quite as nice

At least, if you get one go for the 2.0 or the D5 diesel, both are nice engines, 2.0 is the ford unit with the lovely 6speed box