seth Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I would. It's the cheapest 2 dr Escort I've seen in some time, and other than the welding it looks pretty straight. The mileage is irrelevant as all the running gear would be ripped out anyway Arches will get chopped out to fit "forest" ones or whatever they're called too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Looks good. Manual. Low miles (74k) long test, nice spec (TXE). Got to be good for someone? I've got something else lined up, otherwise I'd be bidding - or even BIN-ing (£350). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55bloke Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 That's GOTTA be worth 350 quid of any body's money! Built-in sat nav though? I'd like to see that, and they don't usually have catalytic converters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ratdat Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 That's GOTTA be worth 350 quid of any body's money! Built-in sat nav though? I'd like to see that, and they don't usually have catalytic converters.I bet that sat nav is useless. My Vel Satis has built in sat nav and even that's not much use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 That's GOTTA be worth 350 quid of any body's money! Built-in sat nav though? I'd like to see that, and they don't usually have catalytic converters.I bet that sat nav is useless. My Vel Satis has built in sat nav and even that's not much use. My assumption when I read the listing was that this is going to be some kind of home-made housing attached to the dash - a near guarantee of extra shite-points! (hopefully not at the expense of screw holes in that funky dash though - would be a shame). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Don't 25's have a voice synthesizer?Maybe the sellers getting that mixed up with a sat nav? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 £500 BIN... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 24 carat autoshite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 shit the bed! Here's a rare one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScrapman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 What's a Nissan Other? It looks huge!http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-Other_W0QQ ... 0146730327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That's a Nissan Stagea. They're essentially a rebodied Skyline, that one is good as it has a 2.5 turbo, might be 4WD too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScrapman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 That's a Nissan Stagea. They're essentially a rebodied Skyline, that one is good as it has a 2.5 turbo, might be 4WD too.Think it might be as sub text says "Stagea 2.5 RS Four Turbo"Oh that really pushes my buttons. Not too far away either. Now how do I convince the wife that we should upgrade her A-Class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Oooh, I'd love to see that with some Piffle treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I've been looking at Stageas with interest for some time. Even had a bid on one a couple of months ago, and was the high bidder when the auction was cancelled . They look like they could be a rather more durable alternative to a Legacy GTB or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 If you can find the parts, you can graft an R34 Skyline front end onto a Stagea. They look pretty good done like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Are bits expensive/hard to get hold of? Does it need specialist care, or could Dennis down the road look after the repairs and maintenance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Engine parts could be pilfered off a Skyline GTS25 I suppose, but at what cost I wouldn't know. Unique bits I suppose you could just get them off Yahoo Auctions Japan or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayd Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %26otn%3D2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %26otn%3D2And I thought my spelling and grammer could be bad..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Povo Fuego.. Nice looking 6 in the background too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I've missed the thread run, but one of those Stageas passed me on the M25 last week, and it was enormously wide (like W140 S-Class wide). I thought this was odd, given Jap road tax laws are aligned with vehicle width in some way, are they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 possibly built for the US market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Vehicle dimensions are part of the tax system along with engine sizes, if it exceeds any of them it goes into the next band. You'll find that largely, the widths of competing Japanese family saloons of any time (Galant, 626, etc.) is exactly the same to the mm as they wanted to use the maximum space available without going into the next tax bracket. They don't always take advantage of the full length though. It's all engineered towards fitting into the tax system basically, making the biggest sized/engined car within its constraints, that's why they love turbocharging stuff so much.That explains why the Stagea has big engines available too, usually it isn't feasible to go above 2.0L because it works out badly for tax, hence why you end up with weird 2.0L V6s in family saloon cars. Since the Stagea was going to be an expensive vehicle, tax wasn't going to be a concern so they just made it really big and put daft engines in it rather than compromise it into the same tax bracket as a Bluebird or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ah I see. Thanks, Hirst. I'd say it was a hell of a lot wider than a Galant or Legacy though, which I see as it's competition at the time...maybe it competed in a higher class.IIRC the reason the Rover 800 was so narrow for the class was because of the tax laws for the Legend - and we've all heard the story about Mk3 Cortinas being compressed at the rear door shuts for the Japanese market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordpoplier Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 How does one pronounce these Stagea things? Is it 'Stage ear' or 'Stag ear'? They certainly look large enough for the salad dodgers in my neck of the woods but I don't think I have ever seen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I go with Stag-ee-aah, but that's probably incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Metro extravaganza! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1985-AUSTIN-METRO-CITY-RED_W0QQitemZ250358896343 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-AUSTIN-METRO-1-3-HLE-RED-1275cc_W0QQitemZ260348525600 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/metro-gta-mini-metro-mg-metro-only-48k-from-new_W0QQitemZ130281783208 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1985-AUSTIN-METRO-L-1275_W0QQitemZ300286900821 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-AUSTIN-ROVER-METRO-1-0-ONLY-26K-FROM-NEW-STUNNING_W0QQitemZ250359430348 And I shall continue in this fashion until a) Someone else on here buys one I get banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 we've all heard the story about Mk3 Cortinas being compressed at the rear door shuts for the Japanese market.I haven't! How was that done then Mr Welfare? Bodies put in an enormous vice on the production line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Metro extravaganza!And I shall continue in this fashion until a) Someone else on here buys oneb) I get banned Love the van ,although it's a shame they never made the Rover Metro as a van,then you could have a GTI MPI version,or even one with a VVC lump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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