Goodbye (for now)

The 147 has finally gone after 168,000 miles over 4 years 8 months - for
princely sum of £1600.

A year of Ford ownership while the economy sorts itself out (touch wood) and
lease prices come down to something resembling sensible for 40K pa users!

cupra > wrote:

> The 147 has finally gone after 168,000 miles over 4 years 8 months - for
> princely sum of £1600.

Wow! That's quite impressive.

And a fairly decent sale price, given the mileage.

> A year of Ford ownership while the economy sorts itself out (touch wood) and
> lease prices come down to something resembling sensible for 40K pa users!

I've had a Kia Rio 2 hire car for a week.... now, I believed it to be a
heap of ****e when it was delivered, but I've caned it to within an inch
of its life this week and almost enjoyed it. I can see why Ford are in
trouble, as the list price for it is £4k less than that of an equivalent
Fiesta.

Anyway, back to my point.... I've got a Focus 1.6 TDCI cominf tomorrow
morning, as all new car orders are on hold for a few weeks, so I had to
take something from the pool.
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"SteveH" > wrote in message
k...
> cupra > wrote:
>
>> The 147 has finally gone after 168,000 miles over 4 years 8 months - for
>> princely sum of £1600.
>
> Wow! That's quite impressive.
>
> And a fairly decent sale price, given the mileage.

Yeah, I was quite please - was expecting a grand or so.

>
>> A year of Ford ownership while the economy sorts itself out (touch wood)
>> and
>> lease prices come down to something resembling sensible for 40K pa users!
>
> I've had a Kia Rio 2 hire car for a week.... now, I believed it to be a
> heap of ****e when it was delivered, but I've caned it to within an inch
> of its life this week and almost enjoyed it. I can see why Ford are in
> trouble, as the list price for it is £4k less than that of an equivalent
> Fiesta.

Yep - these days the gap between cheaper brands and expensive has come down
massively in terms of quality etc... but the price differentials are still
there...

>
> Anyway, back to my point.... I've got a Focus 1.6 TDCI cominf tomorrow
> morning, as all new car orders are on hold for a few weeks, so I had to
> take something from the pool.

lol - and that's exactly what I've got for the next year Steve! Not too bad
really (although doesn't compare to the 147 of course!) and it'll do for a
while....

> The 147 has finally gone after 168,000 miles over 4 years 8 months - for
> princely sum of £1600.
>
> A year of Ford ownership while the economy sorts itself out (touch wood)
> and lease prices come down to something resembling sensible for 40K pa
> users!

Ford, are you mad.... can't get the spares

All the best with it

<whispers> he'll be back.

Alan
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"Alan Rogers" > wrote in message
...
>> The 147 has finally gone after 168,000 miles over 4 years 8 months - for
>> princely sum of £1600.
>>
>> A year of Ford ownership while the economy sorts itself out (touch wood)
>> and lease prices come down to something resembling sensible for 40K pa
>> users!
>
> Ford, are you mad.... can't get the spares
>
> All the best with it
>
> <whispers> he'll be back.

Cheers, I will be back - that's a given!