Aristotle, you may find it hard to believe, but having the benefit of doing back to back tests on a daily basis i can assure you it's true - I own a 130tdci estate, and drive a T5 as my "company" car. I said it's comparable - not the same; however, it will blow a D5 into the weeds.
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FORD Mondeo 2.0TDCi 130 Zetec
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Posted 2 years ago #
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I own a 130tdci estate, and drive a T5 as my "company" car. I said it's comparable - not the same
Unless you've got a particularly fast 130, I suggest that you get the T5 looked at! People often make wild performance claims about TD cars because of the low-rpm torque fooling the seat-of-the-pants-dyno, but a grunty 2.5 turbo petrol with an additional 100PS is going to have a significant performance advantage over a 2.0 TD.
it will blow a D5 into the weeds.
Strangely, from experience, mine won't blow a D5 into the weeds in a straight line. The D5 is faster.Anyway, having gone from a much quicker 5 dr family car beforehand, the Mondeo is adequately quick and a good car to own.
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Obviously, when I said 'fast as buggery. I was comparing it to small, performance-oriented petrol cars because this would be a sensible thing to do.
For a practical, economical, mid range, affordable car. And in the context of this discussion, I think that most people with normal driving experiences would concede that it is pretty quick for what it is.
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+1!
EDIT: For aristotle, that is...
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I think that most people with normal driving experiences would concede that it is pretty quick for what it is.
Yes, anybody who's not driven a car with ~130 torquey horses under the bonnet may think that it is quick. Anybody who has won't.
Anyway, this is getting off-topic!
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God damn it you're right.
Ok, so "....and is as fast as comparible cars but in some cases marginally slower or faster" ;o)
VEctra 1.9 CDTi 16V SRi (150ps) 5d (Sat Nav) 9.5 s
passat 1.9 S TDI (130ps) 5d 9.9 s
406sw 2.0 HDi Zenith (136bhp) 5d 9.8 s
2.0TDCi LX (130ps) 5d (05) 9.8 s
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My Mundaneo TDCi is a fair bit swifter 0-60 than all those
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SteveH
DMF is about £600 from my local garage in Sheffield.
Which one is that?
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