JayD said:The ZZR12 is more economical, due to the fuel injection and the fairing. The ZRX1200 is like riding a brick through treacle! It's the retro bike, mine looks like the GPz's, unfortunately the fuel consumption is very retro aswell.
Carbs on mine. They ice up sometimes at motorway speeds, which is interesting.
Here's mine - ignore the awful iPhone pics!
Here's mine - 135i - fun on four wheels!! Can't help thinking of it as a go kart with a jet engine
I know it's "only a Mondeo", but they do look damned good don't they?
What's the bike?
2006 Mondeo ST 2.2 TDCI
I bought this earlier this year, a great mix of affordability & fuel consumption & goes like stink when it needs to on these rural country roads for overtaking & that. I also love the sporty look of it to be honest, much much better car than my 2.0 1999 vectra and is pretty much top spec with plenty of toys, plenty of room, BIG boot & very comfortable seats. I dont regret buying it at all
Daz
I know it's "only a Mondeo", but they do look damned good don't they?
As your a Mondeo owner yourself, I know your only quoting those that have never even tried a Mondeo.
Mine (in Panther Black) was posted several pages back, photos probably gone now. They are great cars aren't they. I've never sat in standard ST TDCi seats, but have to agree the Recaros are very comfy, they were my only "want" when looking for a car. I seldom use Sat Navs so wasn't disappointed in not having one. Sunroof would have been nice though.
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how do your seats compare to mine, these are half leather recaros.......... (which i believe are rare)
I love the sat nav, it wasn't an actual requirement, but the car i found had it so hey bonus. Also it has Bluetooth phone system via sat nav screen and the system can be controlled all via voice and it works well (i didnt know this at the time) for radio, cd, mp3, telephone & sat nav & climate control.......very neat bit of kit.
also the heated front screen is brilliant especially on the cold frosty morning we been having
Daz
Yep, I love my Mondy to bits!!!
It's the 130bhp, tunes and chipped and is knocking on the door of 180bhp, And cos it's diesel....all the luvvvvverly torrrrrrrrque!
No replacement?im about to be carless.. the ibiza has hit reserve on ebay with a few hours to go..
No replacement?
I have the same half leather Recaros as yourself. I believe they were something like £1000 as an optional extra. ST220's have full leather Recaros. The standard ST TDci seats are similar to the Titanium X seat except Tit X had cooling as well as heated seats. Also Tit X seats are only two way movement electric seats where as ours are 8 way.
I have the standard Sony 6CD stereo although the CD carriage now plays up and wont allow CD's to play. Relegated to just radio until I can be bothered to buy an mp3 player or phone I can connect to the Aux socket in the glovebox.
Are you on STdriveRS forum? Lots of helpful tips on there, if you should encounter any problems.
I was a bit lucky on that score. 2 months before I bought the car, the DMF was replaced with an SMF, new slave, the lot at a cost of over 1k to the other owner! I don't accelerate hard anyway, I was brought up in the '80's on 2-stroke bikes where the common rule was build it up gently in the first 3 gears, then rip it in the top 3 gears. Saved a fortune on crankshaft rebuilds! lol. But ripping a KH750 (widowmaker) in 3rd, 4th, and 5th was downright dangerous! haha.Just becareful you don't use it all in 1st and 2nd gear too often. I killed my slave cylinder last month with 190bhp and 326lb/ft torque. As clutch was worn and dmf starting to go (92k aint too bad I suppose) I had the lot replaced.
I was on Talk Ford, the sister site to the STDrivers. I found them to be awful people, for the most part. Damned do-gooders some of them and a lot with over inflated egos, delusions of grandeur and an unlikely view of their own self worth! They almost all went on about modding their cars, some with ridiculous amounts of bhp, then, when I mentioned that I like driving at night, I can drive faster, I got SLATED by all these car modders who, of course, never ever break the speed limit with their 250bhp Focus'. I think I disappeared, along with many others after a tirade of abuse by a forum mod (in private messages) about setting a bad example, albeit with many swear words. This from a mod who NEVER EVER drives his modded Focus RS at more than 59.5mph.I am on StDrivers Forum
Daz
I was on Talk Ford, the sister site to the STDrivers. I found them to be awful people, for the most part. Damned do-gooders some of them and a lot with over inflated egos, delusions of grandeur and an unlikely view of their own self worth! They almost all went on about modding their cars, some with ridiculous amounts of bhp, then, when I mentioned that I like driving at night, I can drive faster, I got SLATED by all these car modders who, of course, never ever break the speed limit with their 250bhp Focus'. I think I disappeared, along with many others after a tirade of abuse by a forum mod (in private messages) about setting a bad example, albeit with many swear words. This from a mod who NEVER EVER drives his modded Focus RS at more than 59.5mph.
Rant over.
Here's mine - 135i - fun on four wheels!! Can't help thinking of it as a go kart with a jet engine
Good call on the EGR blanking plate Jamie
The ones with holes, won't save your egr. The soot still gets through and will still likely make the egr fail. .
I've already posted this in my XF thread but I'm so excited that I feel a need to post it again!
GP appointment tomorrow and if he gives me the OK, I can reapply for my license. Once the application is on the DVLA's system, I can get back behind the wheel. After the GP, I shall be heading to the Post Office with the forms to get them off special delivery. Never know my luck, could be back on the road by (or very soon after) xmas.
Is it safe to use an aluminium one without the hole?
It's gotta be thick aluminium. I have 3mm steel on mine. Something the thickness of a coke can will just blow straight through.