Not my first car - I had four others before this one. A 1985 Telstar was my first car, an 87 Telstar EFi was my second - both of these in NZ before I moved to Australia. Then had a Peugeot 505 (absolute head of crap) and a 87 VL Commodore. So the Mondeo is a much better car than any of the ones I had previously.
I would recommend the Mondeo as a first car though.
Also, regards the dash having to come out to fix the air cond. That was only advice from the mechanic who looked at it. Haven't bothered with a second opinion yet - not sure if I will. I plan to return to NZ next year, so will be selling sometime in next 12 months anyway.
Its possible that I will buy a new shape Mondeo when I return to NZ. I'd love to buy a 2001-2 Mondeo 2.5 ST V6 when I return. About NZ$18,000 with less than 100k on the clock.
Hopefully funds will allow it....
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