1997 Ford Mondeo ST24 from UK and Ireland - Comments

Fuse blown on seat height adjustment motor - but probably my own fault for leaving stuff under the seats and jamming the mechanism!

Did 50K miles in my old 1.6 Mondeo, and was pretty pleased. A few reliability troubles - but you gets what you pay for.

This time I decided to let the environment go hang, and went for the serious gas-guzzler. You get much more for your cash than some of the rivals (Audi A4, BMW 3 series). V6 engine is excellent - tons of power, very smooth on motorway journeys. Handling is wicked, but harder suspension and wide tyres on ST24 mean you've got to have a strong constitution to take on the speed humps in the supermarket car park.

Stereo is marvellous - very good sound quality, so easy to use. Only downside is 30mpg - and as bad as 27mpg with the air con on.

All in all, 10,000 miles done, pretty pleased.

Please advise. How do you get 30mpg? Mine does about 22mpg. I had a Rover 600ti that was much faster when pushed and if kept off the blower would return in the mid 30's.

I get a good 27 on short distances and 33 on a run maybe more.

Well I can do Great Yarmouth and back, which is a fair way from Sutton in Ashfield, and that's with having the occasional concrete boot on, if you get me... LOL.

Well Rover driver, you must have had a crap ST24. They're just as fast as the old Rover 600/800 turbos, and give a regular 30mpg on a run.