I hope you picked it up and took it home for tea then!
despite the speed I didn’t kill it, so a guy came with a big gun and dealt with that, I believe he took it away also.
I never liked the mondeo, it seemed like a weak follow on from the sierra. The cosworth and xr4x4 cars really stood out for an every day car, the mondeo was just too bland.
You say that but what made the sierra so famous was the fact, if you owned one you wouldn’t own it for long, it was the most stolen car of the 80s. The excitement of those cars came from the teenagers hooning around and joyriding.
The Mondeo was a bit more sensible. But also came in options with more power.
The XR4x4 only had 150bhp, which is pretty average these days
The Cosworth was 200bhp, which would see it lack behind most hot hatches now.
They did the Mondeo ST200 and the ST220 which had 200 and 220hp respectively, so its not like there wasn’t a hot option.
Ford shifted its focus to smaller powerful cars by the 90s and early 2000’s so you had the
Ford Racing Puma with 150hp
Ford Focus ST170 with 170hp
Ford Focus RS with 200hp.
Ford did not like the reputation they gained from the cosworth cars which is why they calmed down about, bit really the power stayed the same and the cars got a bit heavier.
The newer cars were less likely to kill you though.
Earlier on I found myself looking at the back of an old Clio2 an early 2000s car but of the 2001+ facelift. It had a big “BecauseClio” sticker across the back window and bumper sticker saying something like “punch it” I very much doubt it has the power to punch anything, tinted back lights some alloys sticking out to far and it got me wondering why this car has survived, then as it turned a corner I clocked it was a 5 door. Now if I remember correctly the “nice” models like the sport were all 3 door, only the shopping carts and mum-mobiles came in a 5 door, so the likely story for this car was it had been owned for a long time my a mum or older person, probably well looked after and cared for, but now nearly 20 years on, has fallen out of grace and some boy racer had bought it, wrecked it with glue on parts and probably drives everywhere in 2nd gear because it’s well fast.
Will probably be scrapped or crashed in the next year or two
Edit: I should add the driver of the Clio was wearing a high vis coat just to add to the picture