Im glad your listening to us, It may be hard to realise your "dream" is not what you wanted, but believe us we are only thinking of your hard earned cash here!
I wouldn't choose a Fiesta rst, they can be more expensive than a cossie to insure at your age! And its hard to find a clean rust free example these days
If it has to be Rs the a cheap Series 2 escort is buy far the best bet, its the most common, so parts are readily available and plentiful. And they can look smart in totally stantard form.
Best thing you can do i think is go and get some insurance quotes before you make any decisions, as this will probably be your main deciding factor.
What is intresting is you mentioned XR2.
This buy far i think would be your best bet. If you can hold out a few years for an Rs, it will be a much better plan in the long run.
If i was you id buy either an Xr2,Xr2i or Xr3i. If you fancy tinkering with it then you could try putting it back to as near factory standard as possible.
ie, get some original wheels, source original radio etc.
So not only are you enjoying your car, your adding to its value come resale time and also there are not many cooler things than retro fords in standard trim.
Even if you look at the rs turbos and cosworths you will notice a subtlle trend where people are moving back to wards standard, ie putting the original orange indicator lenses on, original wheels back on. its the way foward!!
