Cavcraft Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The escort is great for one thing - for making you realise how good the focus is. That's what I've been saying for years. The Focus is nothing special at all, really nothing special, but nothing could possibly be worse than the car it replaced, which is why people rave about them imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 That's what I've been saying for years. The Focus is nothing special at all, really nothing special, but nothing could possibly be worse than the car it replaced, which is why people rave about them imho.For a mid sized mass produced FWD car they are sharp to drive and also still look good - the escort is neither. sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The Focus totally rips the arse out of the Mk4 Astra in every way except possibly rust resistance. warren t claim and CortinaDave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Never liked the Focus in any incarnation, the dashboard of the mk1 is particularly offensive. Given the choice It'd have to be the mk5/6/7/999 Scrote. Admittedly never driven a mk1 Focus when new (probably all feel sloppy now anyway) but driving dynamics have never worried me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobietoo Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Every other car ever built totally rips the arse out of the Mk4 Astra in every way except possibly rust resistance. Ftfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I hate to admit it but FWD mid market hatches probably peaked with the mk1 Astra. sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The late escort and mk4 Astra are similarly cynical, built down to a price, crappy cars and it's personal preference which offends you least. I owned two of these late escorts and found them... Alright. Last one was a diesel W plate bought from auction for £120, and for that money it was the donkeys knob. 50mpg and a decent stereo and good heater was all I was after. When the test ran out I weighed it and got £200. The focus, although design wise isn't my taste - is leagues ahead. But this is autoshite so natch I'd have an escort instead. With such low miles this one would probably be nice enough to drive and plod in for a fair while at low cost, but the initial hassle of registering and testing it etc makes it probably not worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I have to agree. I know mine was an exceptionally bad example but things went wrong with that car (newest and most expensive car I've ever owned) that I have never experienced before or since in 27 years of owning rubbish cars. Every single bit of it was precisely engineered to be not quite up to the job. I've just noticed your avatar! I've got a saloon version and I can confirm after 1000 miles of ownership that it is ordinary. Even with a Sheryl Crow CD stuck in the player, life in the escort is best described as average. Still, ever day is a winding road In The Pit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 That'd be tight on the tree. These cars are just inexcusable, soz, the only thing to do with them is crush the whole sorry lot of the last ones remaining.Just a hunch but i am guessing your not a fan?? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Scrap collection scheduled, awaiting company to make final collection date/time. Sad that we couldn't get a new home sorted for it. Seems a bit of a waste but what can you do. It could only sit in my mate's yard for so long tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 No bad news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nope Had a quick drive of it and it does indeed drive very nicely. I guess you really can't save them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 This'll cheer you up then: The Terios I sold blew up on the way back to the buyer's house. I told him it would, advice I repeated just as he was getting in it to 'see what it's like' down the back road. Full tilt in the first gear or so.He didn't mind as he has another with a good engine that he rolled, so he was making one good one out of two. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Your Terios with a fucked engine but tidy body, the Escort with a great engine and rusty body. Maybe they could mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Head on, on an oval. RobT, Pillock, Twiggy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Fair enough Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Escrote death drive/hiab experience c/o the local breakers scheduled for tomorrow. Car to be collected and disposed of by lunch time. Bye bye Escort. We tried, by goodness we tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I guess it was a combination of the visible rot (in a car which is known for plenty of hidden rot) and the whole re-registration thing. Those two factors outweighs the 40k genuine mileage. Plus the fact that the model doesn't have many fans anyway....you did your best, move on to more worthwhile shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 There was some guy on FB who paid £200 for a scrapyard 1.6 zetec engine for his escort and when it was delivered it was smashed to fook and had obviously suffered cam belt failure. Just thought I'd throw that into the misery mix. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 You are of course correct, found quite a bit of rust by the battery carrier yesterday when jump starting it. C'est la Vie. Still, it served colc well with his move, so it did what it was intended to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Can I still have the rubber mats and badges please? Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Shame. However I am sure that if you really started digging you could have disposed of the car via Henry the hoover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Have the mats here, sorry I didn't get the chance to take the badges off. Please PM me with your address details. Cheers. Ken Now scrapped, it will live on in bean cans used to fix our shitty exhausts. Maybe. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Site is'nt what it used to be etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Site is'nt what it used to be etc....Damn right it isn't. I was expecting photos of destruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hi have you still got the escort? Its just what I'm looking for etc. Cavcraft, CortinaDave and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Ken.......pm'd you my address.........many thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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