OK Stu, I will explain, lol....

My Zetec Escort (which I have only had a week!) is playing up like crazy. Most of the times when I start it up it drops below idle and just splutters and dies when I put it in gear. It specially hates reverse. In neutral it's usually ok and doesn't normally die but occasionally it does.

When I drive it it tends to be OK most of the time in 3rd and above when I'm really going, but today it did give me some bunnyhopping at about 70. In first and second however, it's terrible. When I come down to a junction and I stop it often splutters then dies. If I'm coming to a junction and I hit the indicator or I'm on the motorway and I indicate to change lanes, it starts jerking and bunnyhopping(even if I put my foot to the floor) and then when I take the indicator off again it's fine. When I do indicate and it starts jerking, the indicator flashes really fast, faster than normal.

Also it seems to falter when I have my foot on the brake but when I release the pedal the revs raise a little. Very odd to me.

I tried putting a new idle speed control valve on and it hasn't helped. Other than the indicator and brake stuff, the article I quoted above seems to fit with what my car is doing.

I'm just so frustrated.