Regret buying a escos

[1TJH]

I had mine about 7yrs before I bought my first place, and never really spent any money on the car in that time, I'm lucky where I live now and i love it, that couldn't of happened if id blown loads of cash on the car...

[D J]

you got any pics of the lesbos pal ??

As they say, every cloud has a silver lining.

[steven mc kay]

we all make mistakes in life, spending 75k on a escort cossie was mine . real waste of cash . but you only live once and cant take the money with you when you die, i did get a good return when i broke and sold it in parts ..




thanks steven

[Sunnysidebb]

we all make mistakes in life, spending 75k on a escort cossie was mine . real waste of cash . but you only live once and cant take the money with you when you die, i did get a good return when i broke and sold it in parts ..

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...p/101_0289.jpg

thanks steven

Thats interesting.........did you return it to standard and sell the power related bits or just strip the whole car and sell the lot

[steven mc kay]

Thats interesting.........did you return it to standard and sell the power related bits or just strip the whole car and sell the lot

hello frank,

i broke the complete car and sold all the parts ,

gear box , diffs, drive shafts , suspenion, scs beam, fuel set up, stack dash ect ect , i sold the shell trimmed, my escort only had 20k miles from new, the man that baught it then built it into a std car again, i kept the engine for my track car , which i melted a piston in, that engine got re built into a 2.2 stroker then and is now ready for the fiesta .

thanks steven

[Sunnysidebb]

hello frank,

i broke the complete car and sold all the parts ,

gear box , diffs, drive shafts , suspenion, scs beam, fuel set up, stack dash ect ect , i sold the shell trimmed, my escort only had 20k miles from new, the man that baught it then built it into a std car again, i kept the engine for my track car , which i melted a piston in, that engine got re built into a 2.2 stroker then and is now ready for the fiesta .

thanks steven

Thank Steven , its interesting to see that there is a " Escape Lane" when overspending on these cars.

[The Radman]

i must have spent £30k+ on the monte when i had it ,its a ridiculous amount of money when you think about it,ive spent a bit less on this one though and now its back to standard even less lol,what ever i get next is going to stay as it is [hmm ive heard that before ]

[steven mc kay]

Thank Steven , its interesting to see that there is a " Escape Lane" when overspending on these cars.

frank its funny how thing go, some times you can buy a good spec car for a bargin price, this escort was built by scs for a customer in the south of ireland , it came up for sale and i baught it also . it was 500 hp t4 set up, r and d 6 speed dog box, leada suspenion, scs bear, ect stack dash , it had all the toys. i loved this car it was great fun, however i only kept it a short time, got a small turn at it so sold it on, its now owned by julian on this site ,

[Sunnysidebb]

Going to PM you later Steven.Thanks.

[dom123]

i think these cars aren't a great idea to spend loads on because you cant leave them anywhere which means its is a garaged 99% of the time. I have stopped using my escos these days because i can never just go to a friends and park it up for the night and go have some beers and pick it up in the morning, i cant go to my girlfriends for the night and leave it in the road.

all these things just make me drive my van all the time even tho mine is fully working, taxed insured and MOT'd. i don't think i've used it since fireworks night to behonest i cant see a time when i can be arsed to get it out again. im just trying to pluck up the guts to sell it.

[Davecos 4x4]

i dont regret buying the cars i have had as most have been cosworths and i dont think i have lost any money on them unlike buying a nice top spec bmw,merc etc....then i would of regretted buying one of them.

[COZZFATHER]

i must have spent £30k+ on the monte when i had it ,its a ridiculous amount of money when you think about it,ive spent a bit less on this one though and now its back to standard even less lol,what ever i get next is going to stay as it is [hmm ive heard that before ]

you want to buy a old rally car and mint that up and make a nice change, they are the only car i'd go daft on spending and eventually you will make a bundle on it, old cosworth works rally cars are gonna go up in value i'm telling yer

[D J]

old cosworth works rally cars are gonna go up in value i'm telling yer

But they are mega expensive already.

[COZZFATHER]

But they are mega expensive already.

Not if yer buying a shell and build it up over time,thats the best way to one day owning a cracker and not notice a huge chunk of brass gone.

[AGAR]

I am generally pretty sensible when it comes to money. I am not materialistic at all but the one thing I have always hankered for is an EsCos. After starting my first "proper" job I saved like mad for a year and put down a big deposit on my first place. Getting my house had to come first. My mortgage payments aren't sky high, and my thoughts were that my salary will naturally increase, so this will allow me to save more money on the side as time goes on.

I was originally intending to hold off buying an EsCos for a few years, but when mine came up with my ideal spec and very good price, I knew I'd regret it if I didn't buy it. I have a plan of what I need to do to get it perfect, and it'll take about £5K over the next few years. The one thing I have promised myself is to work on the car in stages every winter. That way I'll be able to use the car every year for 6 months from April to September. I know I'd loose interest if it was sat in the garage for over a year not getting used.

If my circumstances change and I am in desperate need of money, I am sure I could break my car for more than I bought it. I don't think I'll ever need to do that though