Hi I'm new to the forum so hello and i'm a young driver (17 years old just passed) so yes i'm expecting a lot of hate and banter Anyway just got myself an Escort van 1.8d N/A 51 plate 130k on the clock. It's got all full service history from brand new, brand new cambelt+water pump and full 12 month mot ticket on it plus full body respray. Reason i bought it is because for some weird reason they are really cheap to insure for young drivers; £2,700 for a Corsa 1.0 got the escort van for £900 on my own name fully comp 25K miles per year. Just want to ask what are they like maintenance costs etc. I'm doing around 500 miles per week so far i'm impressed with the economy will do around 100 miles on a tenner doing(55-60mph on motorways). Anything i've got to watch out for on these? Going to probably put some mondy zetec alloys on it, side skirts and get the mirrors, front bumper and rear 1/4 bumpers colour coded, think they look quite smart when that's done to them.