So sold the golf and missed the v6 grumble from my vr6, so looked at mg zt's and Mondeo st24's as always had a soft spot for once since my dad owned a higher spec ghia x when I was a teenager, so bite the bullet and walked away with this for £400 with tax and mot, recent service and 2 new tyres, not my favourite colour (green), but it's very nice to drive, feels nice and tight and runs smoothly, bought as a stop gap until I have saved a few pennies and looking at either an ep3 civic type r or a mk5 if funds allow, the mondeo has a yellow lotus mesh grill which will be taken off and sprayed black over the weekend and possibly look at trying my hand with a fly eye kit on the headlights, will get some photos up soon