I was just the software, not the hardware.That is very cool! As it was the last of them, I can't turn up at your door demanding you fix your shoddy workmanship when the ECU goes to shit I suppose. Mine's pre the final revision. Damn!
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Wow, that's low mileage. That cream interior often looks really worn in adverts, so nice to see one that looks pretty good. I think i'm right in saying that '06 is the one to go for, it's final facelift where they had ironed out a few bits but is much cheaper on road tax than the very last ones registered on a '07 plate.
There is very little in the 'normal car' bracket that floats my boat these days so i hope to keep my Mk3 for as long as I can. I'd maybe consider a top spec Mk5 Mondeo, but new cars don't really do it for me.
Whilst the MK5 is a great car, it’s back to “Granada size” for me. From what I’ve read, make sure that you have a spare rear subframe for a CD132, sorry MK3, as they’re all now heading towards 20 years old.
I’ve had three, early red 5door TDCI (51 plate) brand new, much later a 2.0 petrol ‘05 estate (aka Bertha) a ly got rid ‘cos I got a shiny company car (XF Sportbrake), and then Maya, when there was a hiatus in shinies - 3.0l Ghia X five door (aka ST200 whithout the ST tax
).Part of the love for CD132/Mk3s is my involvement with them. My last actual bit of real software change before heading into the world of SW project management was adding 6spd functionality (vs 5spd) to the CD132 software stream.
Thanks @BerthaPog, luckily I broke a Ghia estate for spares back when I had a LX 2.0 D, so one good pair of subframes is in storage. As part of the accident repair I'm giving it a bit of extra attention so may refurb the back end as part of that.
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