Matt George's Ford Mondeo

[Toledo Man]

I've been reading Matt's Staff Car Sagas in the current edition of the mag. His escapades with the Mondeo took me back to when I owned mine.

I know that mine was a MK2 but they're not much different and mine also had the lovely 1.8 Zetec lump. Anyway, I had the airbag light come on one day so I had a look on a Mondeo forum and found out that the fault was with the seatbelt pretensioners. All I had to do was disconnect the multiplug (they're located under the seat), reconnect it and the problem was fixed. I thought he would've tried that first before replacing the clock spring in the steering column.

Matt, if you're reading this, please tell me you tried this easy fix first.

[JPB]

David, apologies for the slight O/T but is that a lifesize Postman Pat clone sitting in the back of the white Datsun in the photo?

That red Mondeo looks very shiny there, was it new at the time?

[rich.]

David, apologies for the slight O/T but is that a lifesize Postman Pat clone sitting in the back of the white Datsun in the photo?

That red Mondeo looks very shiny there, was it new at the time?

looks like a womble to me...

[JPB]

By jove, you're right there mate! But if you take the side of the womble's face to be the front, and your eyes trick you into thinking that a chunk of something behind the car is a postman's hat, then it can also be Pat.
Rich, is that a Sunny?

[rich.]

it looks like a sunny to me.. but im no expert... as for wombles thats something else

[TerryG]

I think you are both wrong, I think it's one of those garfields that has suction cups on it's feet to stick to the glass.

[JPB]

Hmm, every new suggestion regarding the identity of the character in the back of the Datsun causes me to doubt my eyesight! Yes, the bit that Rich thought - and caused me to think - was a Womble's snout could in fact be the soft underbelly area of the orange cat from American fiction.

[rich.]

can you take a closer pic of the fluffy toy to settle this?
thats a very nice mondeo by the way

[kawasaki kid]

It is a Garfield the cat - I used to have one in the window of my car was the girlfriend who later became the wife's idea.

[Toledo Man]

To be honest, I've never really noticed before. It does look like a Garfield. The photo was taken in February 2004 so the car was still relatively newish. When I bought it, it was the newest car I'd ever owned.