"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
10/14/2013 at 11:30 • Filed to: Ford Mondeo
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"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
10/14/2013 at 11:30 • Filed to: Ford Mondeo | 2
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I got to drive a current Mondeo wagon recently. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Party-vi
> Speedmonkey
10/14/2013 at 11:31 |
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HOW IS IT NOT FRIDAY YET I WANTS DA 435i M REVIEW!!!!!
PS9
> Speedmonkey
10/14/2013 at 11:49 |
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I don't need to read that review. I already know what it says.
"Yeah, mate. This car is the business. If you're in the market for a above-par estate, then you need to- Oh wait. You're in america, ya? Oh. Wow. Sorry to hear that. Well, you still have the CTS-V- Oh wait. Thats over three times what a mondeo would cost if you got them. But you don't get them. So you're only option isn't much of an option at all, is it? Well. Bugger that, then. Right kick in the teeth that is, and I'm quite the git for dwellin' on it aren't I? Yeah. Yeaaaah...."
davedave1111
> Speedmonkey
10/14/2013 at 11:59 |
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Good review. You're right about the prices, but how about the same car, in blue, six months old and under 4k miles on the clock, for £16k?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv…
You can also pick up a delivery-mileage 12-plater for the same price.
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Speedmonkey
> PS9
10/14/2013 at 12:10 |
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That's what I love about Oppo. Bringing you reviews of cars you don't have!
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Speedmonkey
> davedave1111
10/14/2013 at 12:10 |
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Residuals are dreadful. The Vignale's will be worse. Prices are kept up by fleet sales
duurtlang
> Speedmonkey
10/14/2013 at 12:19 |
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I get a chuckle out of that as well. I feel for people lusting after perfectly fine vehicles that they aren't allowed to buy due to protectionism and/or bureaucracy, but I do like to tease a little. What was equally interesting to me was when I found out I pay less for fuel per distance driven in my Peugeot 406 coupe in Europe than a specific North-American with a smaller recent Civic (non-hybrid and non-Si) sedan. Because LPG.
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davedave1111
> Speedmonkey
10/14/2013 at 12:24 |
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Vignale will probably be worse, but it depends on who buys them and why. If they're mostly bought by people who then keep them for a few years, depreciation might be OK.
Of course, it's hard to tell, sometimes - I'm not sure why you say fleet sales keep prices high, because generally having lots of cars flood the secondhand market would tend to push prices down.
And then you get stuff like the Volvo S80, where official first year depreciation is massive, but in fact that's because almost the only ones that come up for sale at a year old have done 200k miles for Addison Lee.
But yeah, luxury car from non-premium brand is normally a big loser.