Sunday 21 March 2010

A one man mission.

Well not quite.One man and his understanding missus lol!!!

But putting it bluntly,im very much geared up with this car to go further with it than any other project i have undertaken.

Dont get me wrong,i wont be handing over 5 grand for a supercharger conversion nor will i commit a good £1500+ for a re spray,but i will be pushing every aspect to select the right choices for this car.

The ST220 as a model of car is very much being elevated by its generation of owners who i feel are not like the original 20 grand plus buying punters the first time round.

What i mean by this is the second wave sale phenomenon which ive seen with the ST24 and ST200 cars.

I vividly recall when nearly all were left standard due to the enormous outlay the car presented when new plus the average age of the buyer of these cars was credibly higher than you might find nowdays.

So an expensive taste just got a lot cheaper.the 220 is a terrible investment from new and im glad i had to wait so damn long for the prices to fall to what is,a sensible deal and gives you a lot of car for the money.

Serious competitive car rolling at very reachable cash.Id even go as far as to say its the purchase of the decade car wise.What else can you buy for 4-5 grand that delivers such a feeling as one of these?

The old 24 and 200 suffered many slings and arrows in there time.Grandads cars and sporty taxi's to name a couple.You were always asked where your pipe and slipper were and some of this crossed over to the 220.

I guess it all begun with the exec/middle management or sales rep image and its grown into a tired stereo type of wannabe racer dads hacking it across country trying to grasp a seam of there youth all the while making trips to Asda and picking up the kids after school.

What you see in abundance is a younger crowd and perhaps more willing scene now these cars have come done so much in price and left a wake or many years to divide them from there costly warranty period.
Would you dare add and modify a 20 grand car during this period in fear of killing all hopes of warranty and being left with parts and fords exorbitant labour charges?

Now days you dont have that.You just need to justify the petrol costs to yourself and then to everyone who asks 'how much does that cost to run then??'

answer .>> > lots lol.
Its my little crusade to elevate the 220 even thou my modding peers are very much in the ranks pushing it along before i even appeared.I wont to give it a nudge more and i believe the recent feature in PF has done this already.

Even if this reward is a small but humble nod from the RS and cossie boys as if to say,your acknowledged but dont get carried away lol.
but then we are gracefully rewarded with a car that isnt spending half its life on the hard shoulder or with smoke pouring from it either and every git in a mile radius trying to race you.

The ST220 hasnt quite had its day yet.Like the 24'200 before it these cars are now being appreciated.Hell,you cant even visit a ford forum of any kind without seeing a clutch of them whereas years ago there might be the one if you were lucky.

Im not a massive follower of mondeo owner clubs athou i am a registered user on many.
Not to make me the greatest hypocrite that walked the earth,ill explain.

As valuable as these sites are and i find them extremely useful on a number of levels,but sometimes it can get a little serious.

Dont get me wrong thou,ive seen serious on a whole other level with some car makes clubs!!!

I like to wander a great deal across all the known ford clubs as much as possible.
The main reason is to get to know other owners of all cars and make friends.
Cos after all the whole scene is pointless without all the characters it creates and it very much does this.
People online are a curious breed and forums seem to bring out the worst in some.
Like being drunk and thinking its ok to blurt out just about everything and anything thats bobbing about your tiny mind and in the belief the whole world wants to know.a little bit like this blog really lol.

But back on track>>>>

I created a forum of my own in network-220 and i think it has its place.If again,it helps elevate a model of car a little more then im happy.If its just aplace people like you 'wander' in and out of,then by jove your just like me!!!

End of ramble

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