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The End of the 3.0L Hybrid ST24 Mondeo :-(

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Mark T

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I've been busy over the last couple of days stripping the ST & today it was taken away from me to be lined up & crushed next week. As it's had it's fair share of pics taken of it over the years i thought it was only right to take some of it's last couple o days so here goes....

How it was on Wednesday morning
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Then it started
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Then it was time to be loaded
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.....and then it was gone....goodbye ST, it's been a fun 7 years of ownership :) I’ve now got a garage load of bits to get rid of

Tomorrow though is collect new car time

I wonder if any of those pics are calendar worthy, lol
 
Having owned a RHD car here in the states I can honestly say the novelty wears off really quick. You can only get so much entertainment out of going through the drive through backwards or getting pulled over because the person in the passenger seat is asleep and people are calling the cops.


Mark, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with the car so why the drastic action?
 
WorldTour said:
Having owned a RHD car here in the states I can honestly say the novelty wears off really quick. You can only get so much entertainment out of going through the drive through backwards or getting pulled over because the person in the passenger seat is asleep and people are calling the cops.


Mark, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with the car so why the drastic action?
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Answered in this thread: http://www.contour.org/ceg-vb/showthread.php?t=51582
 
WorldTour said:
Having owned a RHD car here in the states I can honestly say the novelty wears off really quick. You can only get so much entertainment out of going through the drive through backwards or getting pulled over because the person in the passenger seat is asleep and people are calling the cops.
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that's something i would have never thought of and had a nice chuckle imagining!
 
Yes from the thread I started once I read about it over on the STdriveRS forums this was Mark's reply...

Mark T said:
Yeah it is very true the 3.0L Hybrid powered ST24 you see above will be at the crushers within the week.
There is nothing wrong with the car at all & it drives perfectly (& goes rather well as well :)). I'm buying a brand new car so did try selling the ST as a complete car but only got stupid offers. The government over here are doing a scrappage scheme & they will give you £2000 but it has to be crushed.
I did a deal with my Ford dealer that I can bring the ST in minus whatever bits I wanted to keep (& then sell on) as long as he can push it about to get it on the trailor for the crusher.

So Wednesday I'm taking the 3.0L Hybrid engine out, all teh interior, suspension, wheels, exhaust, bodykit & a load of other bits.
If I sell everything I'm taking off & along with the £2000 I'll get for the rolling shell I'll make about double what I advertised the complete thing for.

It will be a real shame to do it but it makes financial sense to do it, apart form a bit of work stripping it.

I'll update you with some before/after photos
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