DaiRees wrote:£361.45 with RAC through Compare the Meerkat, no-one else is getting close though so I might have to go for it...
What do you guys think about motor legal protection?
I never take it out. They try to sell it to you on the premise that if you're in an accident & need to contest whose fault it was, or if you want to make an injury claim (or have one made against you) that the legal protection covers the cost.
The reality is that the insurance company is the one that has to contest or answer to injury claims & if you want to pursue an injury claim, there are plenty of no win no fee scheist... sorry lawyers, that will happily take your case.
lozz wrote:Bailes1992 wrote:Maybe I should play it safe and just get a MK3 Mondeo
My Dads had many and they've always been reliable.
The mk 3 is ok in petrol,
im not keen on the deisel ones after changing the water pump on one total Mare!
and there a bit of a pain for injectors needing re:coding,
ive Got anice little ford fiesta coming up for sale shortly (Deisel) 48k on the clock, and very clean, late 02 reg, if your looking for a good ford,
I've had both. On the petrol front, get a 2.0 (1.8 is a little sluggish, but not too bad) & get a post 2003 one as the early ones can injest parts. Can't remember if it was throttle flaps, but I do remember that it used to write off engines. As for diesels, stick with the TDDi. They still have the DMF issues, but the TDCis also tend to require injector replacement more often than most other diesels & it costs a bomb.
Only other problem is the rusty door thing though. They didn't properly fix that problem until 2005, but you may get lucky & find an older one which has had the warranty work done. Easy way to tell is to open the doors & look around the edge for the sealant. On one that has been done properly it is a very flat & even all the way round. The earlier ones look like a monkey was let loose with one of those bathroom gun thingys.
, what planet are they on???? 
