Just bought a Ford Escort 1.6 16v Zetec Finesse

Bri · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:10

Looks like a tidy example enjoy it.

2.5k sounds way over the odds for it though, you could probably get an early focus for that :/

Edit, just looked on AT & there are some for that amount. Can't believe it tbh :eek:

Manifest · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:12

Bri said:
Looks like a tidy example enjoy it.

2.5k sounds way over the odds for it though, you could probably get an early focus for that :/

Edit, just looked on AT & there are some for that amount. Can't believe it tbh

Yeh man i looked on there for ages, its standard price, parkers guide says so too. Dont forget what i said was included in the price.

triggerthat · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:13

For a 1.6 1999/T Finesse 5D, I wouldn't pay no more than £1600.

Manifest · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:16

triggerthat said:
For a 1.6 1999/T Finesse 5D, I wouldn't pay no more than £1600.

I hear what your saying, maybe i **** have come here first. That aside i still got myself a good car, used to have a 1.4 escort back in the day i shared with my mum and they real good fun.

Bri · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:18

Manifest said:
Dont forget what i said was included in the price.

Yeah, aircons a nice to have. You can pick a CD player up for sub £100 easily though

I'm just comparing it to my car & the cost of it. Fair enough,mines an old man Rover 200 & only a 1.1 but I paid 1k for a 2000 W reg & I don't see that you have 2.5 times as much car there

[TW]Fox · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:24

Manifest said:
Really...., so what are you saying at a decent price for one of them?

No more than £1500 tops and the extras you have, whilst nice, add nothing to the value.

For context, my V plate Mondeo was the price you paid and that was 2 and a half years ago.

But whats done is done - enjoy the car and dont worry about the price

Manifest · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:31

Bri said:
Yeah, aircons a nice to have. You can pick a CD player up for sub £100 easily though

I'm just comparing it to my car & the cost of it. Fair enough,mines an old man Rover 200 & only a 1.1 but I paid 1k for a 2000 W reg & I don't see that you have 2.5 times as much car there

Yeh man, infact i was looking at rover 45s and u get a lot more for your money. For £2300 could have got 1.8, ac, 6disc changer, alloys and spoiler

. I really wanted an escort though, was looking at civic coupe's for a while but it just didnt happen.

I think this escort may have been expensive because it had had one previous owner and hadnt been used much. I felt right too when i drove it, got a little excited.

Still nice car ey

Bri · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:37

Definitely, like fox says, enjoy it

Manifest · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:40

Thanks for your comments guys, and to think i spent pretty much double that car on my pc in 3 years :eek:

Kroegen · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:01

I think im gonna go for an Escort too, simply as parts are soo soo readily available

danza · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:15

What are the electrics like? I know of a few mkV's where if it's electronic, it can and will go wrong. Stuff to do with pulling the boot release and lights coming on, lots of niggles really so keep your eye open!

quackers · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:43

Get yourself over here

http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/home.php

Lots of information and some great people

needmorespeed · 11 Jul 2006 at 22:46

if you want rear dics you have to find some from a RS2000 or late GTI's XR3I's as i doubt the discs from a cossie will fit as it basically a sierra underneath.

Oakesy2001uk · 11 Jul 2006 at 22:50

jebus! £2500???? woah thats a lot, it looks really clean thouh mate enjoy. (should do for that money.

t_aitch · 11 Jul 2006 at 23:36

Yeah two and a half is ok for a good example, you can imagine a lot of escorts would have been trashed around and no service. A lot have been modded too.

Post more piccys

Manifest · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:09

Will post some more pics at the weekend, at the mo they servicing everything and doing the MOT, o yeh putting the cd player in. Dads driving me up sat morning to pick it up, tis fun driving it home fore the first time and then the rest....

Behemoth · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:30

Lookslike it orginally lived down here in Cornwall too

Nice motor mate hope you enjoy many many miles in it

My S reg Nissan Almera 1.4 Si cost about the same, but it was such a clean looking car, and they allowed me £500 trade in value on my Corsa so had a good deal on it really, I haven't worried much about the price, so long as it's the car that you want then job done

Sone · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:37

i had a 1.6 escort, quite enjoyed it. Was the dodgy old CVH though so it had no power.

Agree with everyone here though don't bother with any mods

edit: as someone mentioned earlier, was very easy to get parts from the scrappy, although its no more difficult for the mondeo.

Manifest · 12 Jul 2006 at 17:42

If im gonna get alloys then i have to have discs at the back, seeing drums really imo is not that nice.

For now im just going to drive it and learn some more about the car and hits some subtle mods in a bit.

Out of interest, what size rims are going to work the best. In an ideal world i would have 17" 5zigen's (Black powder coated) fitted but im sure that is the most expensive option.

Is there any UK based wheel manufacturer that could do suitable wheels for my escort that look a lot like this?

They look tight

Jez · 12 Jul 2006 at 18:27

Please dont put aftermarket alloys on a ford escort