Re: Help, Sell or Not to Sell?

"SteveH" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Robert <sorry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I want reliable basically.

<shrug> You're used to boring & bland already.

I've been to a few auctions since I bought it, and people still pay up to
£1800 for escorts. What it's *worth* and what people actually pay are
different matters. I now know the car isn't that great, and so want to
sell
it, but some other poor bugger may think "lot of gear in 'ere for the
price,
nae rust, sounds fine, i'll take it!"

http://search-completed.ebay.co.uk/ford-escort-2000_Cars_W0QQcatrefZC6QQ
fisZ2QQfromZR10QQfrtsZ0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ11QQga10244Z10425QQgetresultZQQgue
stZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ9801QQsaobfmtsZinsif

Having a quick look there shows that there's the very rare example that
goes over a grand. Most peter out, unsold, at under a grand.

I feel rather unready to line the pockets of the Ford Parts department by
buying a focus; are they worth buying?

Seen a T reg 56k miler, a/c, good condition, £1600. Seemed reasonable to
me,
also a 1.6 which i've driven before, wasn't too shabby at all.

They're not as good as the hype. Ride quality is odd, handling is
strangely rubbery, they're starting to rust. I wouldn't.

I'll keep it for a year, then get rid of it I think. I'm not going to use it
all that much, and to be honest a better car out on the road round these
parts is just going to attract keying or the usual crap.

Why the hell does honest-john (aye, honest my rear end) list more faults for
the focus than the Escort? The mark6 wasn't *that* 'good' was it?!


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