bub2006 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Usually stating offers and a price figure like that,ive found they want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatdaft Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Only one way to find out . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 It's cheap because there's zero market for them. Anyone looking for banger would buy a equivalently priced Focus. The point im making is ones which appear ropier on the bay of E are at like £3k, surely theres no more a market for those £3k ones than this one? There was even the shite mk6 Mexico special edition up at £3995. I realise nobody with half a brain would pay that, but surely the guy selling that would be thinking "the others are going for crazy money, I could treble my price and mine would still look cheap because ive undercut those other ones" As Lacquer Peel says, ive stated what I want and thats not it. I am however going to the breakers in Dumfries tomorrow, if that R131DGA one they have is still there and hasnt had a CoD issued, I may just be findinging a local guy with a recovery truck to bring it up here and launch it on my mates drive along with his collection of tatty old Fords. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatdaft Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Well? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 My Dad bought BRAND NEW mk6 Escort W701SWL warren t claim, alcyonecorporation, Cleon-Fonte and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 I remember going to view an orion with my da in the mid 90s. As soon as we got back to the safety of his 205 he announced "that was shit. Never let me go view another escort again" He was right. It may have been a fairly good example but it just felt nasty. He went on to buy a mk1 Renault 19 which was a far far better car. Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Well? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The one in the breakers met its maker and is now on the crusher pile with a CoD issued. My mate says if I had a garage he would sell, or actually just give me his local plated low mileage tidy Escort because hes got a Leyland double decker bus, a smiley Transit, a mk3 Mondeo and an E46 BMW all lying too and wants to cut back, but he doesnt want to see it rotting away which hes convinced wouldnt happen anywhere near as fast if it was stored in a garage every night as opposed to out on the street so he wont sell me it, at least not unless I can acquire a garage. So the search continues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Use your car funds - or some of - to rent a garage and then acquire your pals motor? oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I'm happy to get it for you and sit on it a bit; I have an unused policy still running and Kettering is 25 miles from here. Then when you get here I'm just 40 minutes from Stansted. Doug did it from Ayr to buy my w124! You're welcome btw. Cleon-Fonte, The Reverend Bluejeans and beko1987 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 The one in the breakers met its maker and is now on the crusher pile with a CoD issued. My mate says if I had a garage he would sell, or actually just give me his local plated low mileage tidy Escort because hes got a Leyland double decker bus, a smiley Transit, a mk3 Mondeo and an E46 BMW all lying too and wants to cut back, but he doesnt want to see it rotting away which hes convinced wouldnt happen anywhere near as fast if it was stored in a garage every night as opposed to out on the street so he wont sell me it, at least not unless I can acquire a garage. So the search continues!Tbh a garage wouldn't make much difference as these rot from the inside outTell him how you plan to dip it in waxoil up to it's door handles........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 But this one one gumtree Coatbridge is closer to not EDL SCOTTISH NOT RACIST registered special editionness. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThey will be the usual shitbags that want £52,000 for it because rare innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Unless it's sat in the said garage for 20 years it will be rotten, creates a perfect environment for rust putting a wet car in a warm garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I've owned a Mk6 Escort. Not by choice, I was given the thing. I felt like I'd been ripped off. Lord Sterling, alcyonecorporation, inconsistant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 This looks like a billy bargain to my eye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Reading registration? *spits* overrun, Supernaut, They_all_do_that_sir and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Bit of black electrical tape on the last 2 letters would make it look like 'GE'. Box ticked. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 How is this thread on 15 bastard pages?! blakey79, Heidel_Kakao, The Moog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 How is this thread on 15 bastard pages?! SiC's MGB thread got to 22 pages before a car was actually bought so it's got a way to go yet. Junkman, Skut and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 SiC's MGB thread got to 22 pages before a car was actually bought so it's got a way to go yet. [sighs too loudly and goes off for a Jamaican woodbine] Lacquer Peel, Cleon-Fonte and plasticvandan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Dundee plated example. What's 80 miles between friends? It is located in Egham near DA ALI G bloke, mind. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201708238613723?year-from=1995&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&model=ESCORT&sort=distance&make=FORD&postcode=sw1a1aa&year-to=2000&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=2 Boom. Sir Snipes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Reading registration? *spits*I read that as reading not Reading which confused me, that is if if read it right and you meant the red one. Lacquer Peel and inconsistant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 [imbibes] Lacquer Peel and Pete-M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 SiC's MGB thread got to 22 pages before a car was actually bought so it's got a way to go yet.Time wise though, I bought after a month. This thread is a week over that. Heidel_Kakao and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Dundee plated example. What's 80 miles between friends? It is located in Egham near DA ALI G bloke, mind. escy.jpg http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201708238613723?year-from=1995&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&model=ESCORT&sort=distance&make=FORD&postcode=sw1a1aa&year-to=2000&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=2 Boom. obama-mic-drop.jpg I have to admit I was very very tempted until I clocked the fucking rancid wheels on it, which also immediately made me think, what other chav trinkets does it have, aftermarket double din wanky flashy led head unit? check, lexarse rear lights? check. Verdict, its been barried, fuck knows what else Kev pikey ned has done to it that doesnt show in a picture, yes lights, wheels and a stereo can be undone, but what if you pull the stereo and lights out and the wiring is fucked, choc blocks and scotch locks everywhere, 1 key, not a scrap of paperwork with it, and just scruffy where stuff has been pulled off, ripped apart, broken bits everywhere, verdict? scrap fodder, am oot! I could use my car funds to invest in a garage and get my mates one, but no garages available around here I could find doing a search, if i did find one? My Mrs would probably insist on putting her brand new car in it and then the stepson would be on my case to do it too, can just see it now "why you putting that ancient worthless old heap of junk in a garage when weve a brand new car lying on the road?" and hitting out with "its my garage i want my Escort in it" would probably be met with a look that could kill, and in the doghouse for days. Thats even if my pal stuck to it and gave me the thing. Lives very much in the past, my old Ayrshire plated Fords are a reminder from the place and era I grew up in he'd say, such old relics they mean too much to me I cant part with them, hes told me a few times he would gift me the car when ive offered to buy it, IF i had a garage, hes then said hes thought about donating it to a museum because he wouldnt want it going to someone who would ruin it or for it to not be taken care of, and then changes his mind and has fell in love with it again, its almost a weekly occurence. It seems this may be a long term task and one will most likely turn up in the most unlikely of places when im least expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 [migrane intensifies] beko1987, twosmoke300, privatewire and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 So you're looking for an Escort that's never been messed with?....Good luck with thatWheels can be swapped,lights put back to std and possibly sold to another ownerWiring soon returned to std as well with a bit of time and a soldering iron fordperv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Fuck me blind. The Moog, bigfella2 and bub2006 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Buy me dinner, first. Rusty_Rocket, r.welfare, bub2006 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I can picture a Mk6 Escort rusting in the car park at Myreton now. oldcars and Richard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I was nearly driven into by a Mark VI Escort when I picked the 960 up from Motherwell - can I have supper? Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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