turbopete
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- 2017 '17' Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi ST Line X 180 (sorry)
Thanks, turbopete. Why would you not buy from a franchised dealer - price? We've found that most of our local dealers aren't interested in negotiating. Do you tend to buy from independent dealers or privately? We used to buy privately, but you hear so many stories of scammers etc that it's put us off, plus there doesn't seem to be much in the way of private sales in my area these days.
The 1.6 Fiesta wasn't an EcoBoost, only the 1.0. In fact, the 1.6 was a powershift model and it there seems to be a lot of problems with this over a number of years. I think it may have been resolved now to some extent.
Wow ... a year is a long time for a car to sit in showroom, but you seem to have got a good deal.
yes exactly that. price. usually a Ford (for example) from a Ford dealer has been a good chunk more expensive (even as a deal, not just the ticket price) than buying from a non Ford dealer or even a generic used car dealer. however with this car, the prices were so close it really made no difference either way. I only stayed with the diesel as the tax was a ridiculous price for the equivalent sized petrol engine and, whilst my mileage is relatively modest, I don't have any issues with DPFs blocking (mainly because the system uses a fuel vapouriser to heat up the exhaust to burn off the soot from the DPF, rather than the types that rely on the fluid (eloys? not adblue) and exhaust heat from the engine alone to burn off the soot.