slugster Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 First of all a bit of background on me... For the last 15 years I've had Audi or VW and I liked them and then in the last 4 months I found myself 'down grading' to a 2001 Ford Mondeo 1.8 I put down grading in quotes because I thought I would be losing out - more fool me... What a brilliant drivers car that Mondeo is. OK the engine is a little gutless and rough and the interior is a little lower quality than the german stuff but boy is it good to drive..! And face it that's what counts. So much tighter and more responsive, a little bit of understeer and then very, very controllable lift off oversteer. And the chassis control give me the confidence to press on a lot more than the wallowy barges I used to own. Now that circumstances have finally hit rock bottom and are (hopefully) bouncing the other way and I've found myself in possession of a company fuel card (and most of my driving is for work so that's free petrol folks!) I'm wanting something with a little more get up and go. So I started to look at the ST220. What are they like to drive and own? As I enjoy my cornering I was worried a big lump of engine up front might make them very nose heavy. Is that a problem? And are they 'faster' in the real world than the 8.6 to 60 suggests? It's a false indication of performance and I'd hope that the big engine would make it a good overtaker. One more thing I need to think about is reliability of the electrics. The ST's seem to be fully loaded and that's a lot of stuff to go wrong. Especially as I will be looking for a 3 or 4 year old one. Can you good folk give me some feedback and also what I would expect to pay for a tidy example? Many Thanks Slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraYankee99 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Got a couple of mates with 220's. Quick, reliable cars. Never heard anything bad about them and I come from a Mondeo background. Try looking on www.fordmondeo.org and asking for recommendations on them Decent bunch of people I've been a part of since 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MondeoST220 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If your still interestted in the 220, I have one at the moment thats up for sale, price is negociable. 35k miles, 52 plate, black, its on the for sale section page 7 mate if you have any problems i can do another thread showing you the pictures. thanks,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Max Bob Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 had a few mondeos in my my time and always loved them, i have only had the 2.5 V6 st24 but always liked the ford v6's even the old essex engines ! the only thing is that the timing chains can rattle and may need a tensioner or guides if so walk away because its an engine out job to change it ££££££! with the st220 try and get one after 2004 i think it was 53 or 04 plate they facelifted the inside and you got the 6 speed gearbox !! great for long runs in a V6... good luck i was looking at them last night on autotrader i fancy one myself(i got fuel card too) 5.5-6K will get you a good one. cheeers bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 nice motors.. i hired one and i was well impressed with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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