Looking to Buy Mondeo - What to Look For?

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Hi all,

New poster within the Mondeo section, although I have been reading the posts in here lately as I am considering purchasing a Mondeo. Currently looking at either a MA or early MB series XR5 . The reason for this age vehicle is that I can Associate Lease a car through work, but it needs to be either at least 4 years old or have at least 100,000km on the clock at the start of the lease.

Looking through the specs, there doesn't seem to be too many differences in features between the MA and the MB, so I'm probably leaning towards a low km (approx 60K) MA. Plus there appears to be a better colour selection of the MAs on the market compared to the MBs.

So, I'm comtemplating an MA at the moment through private sale. I'd be interested in hearing from any current owners on the types of things I should check out if I take these cars for a test drive. What sort of trouble areas are consistent (wish there was a thread like the one for FGs) for the MA/Bs?

Any suggestiosn greatfully welcomed.

Craig H