I'm looking to buy an Escort from a friend of a friend and would like some help making sure I don't pay too much as I'm not too sure how Rs's hold their value

Car details;

The car is on a D plate and looks in good condition, looks like its had a decent amount of body work done hardly any signs of rust.

Engine has had some work the car seem fairly quick atleast 200+ was wheel spinning in 5th (damp conditions bald tyres)
It has a diesel gear box so no LSD

its got a Viper cat 1 alarm (the one that pages you if its broken in to)


Interior is standard in decent condition as are the wheels.

Bad points which hopefully I can get him down on;
needs two new front tyres
petrol cap is opened with a flat blade screwdriver lol
front light lens cracked needs replacing
I think it needs a new map sensor (apparently the boost switch sometimes doesnt work this looks like a wire leading to a map sensor, I could be wrong)
Bonnet catch needs replacing



He's looking for £2200

Do you think this is reasonable

Any help appreciated Thanks Rob.