typical inconsistency youd expect from a woman.

 

Shame that you restrict yourself to a 3i just because it fits in budget.

How about a 205gti? My MI16 cost me £1500 almost 5 years ago and i sold it for £1800

Bet there are plenty better cars there for £1800

 

Thanks for anyone who tried to help but i wish i had'nt bothered. Beguining to wonder why i joined this site

 

i love xr3is blinding little cars, nothing really goes wrong with em and ford sold a shitload of em back in the 80s one of the best selling hot hatches of all time so cant be that bad, id love another as an everyday car but nice ones do still fetch silly money.

Stop biting at chop etc as they are winding you up and you are falling for it its only banter

 

practical everyday reasons . and it was the first e30 cosworth estate known of. theres been a few that followed but mine was the first.
the saloon version is old news,thats been doen many times.

 

are you blind or cant read they want a 3i

 

I have mentioned a Pug 205 GTI but they all seem to have done so much mileage. She quite likes these. Thanks for your help

 

what do you drive? lets have a real life game of top trumps.



dude shhh!

nom nom nom.

 

Whats a 98 ish golf gti turbo worth now? Maybe slip into that value??

WELL worth a look over a 3i thats 10 years older again mate.

 

Thanks mate your right thats why she wants one and there cheap to run as well

 

putting a cossie engine in anything is practical somewhat flawed that

 

i'm using mine as a everyday car,well i will be when it's back on the road next month
brought mine for £200,had to do some welding and had a respray cracking car

 

I didn't think so, above average to average condition in certain areas, was an EFI model too.

Nevermind eh?

Big-Dan.

 

Had an '88 reg XR3i bout 15 years ago, Served me well and never gave any major bother. Would gladly buy another good one if i had the space for it. Obviously not as quick as an RS turbo. Wonder how many of the XR3i knockers on here actually owned one!!

 

Good post mate. I had an 83 XR3i in the mid 80s until it got nicked in the early 90s and i would gladly have another tomorrow. Regarding quality, again i have no complaints about mine and the interior was excellent for its era.

Would rather have one over an old BMW estate any day!!

 

what about this one http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C105382/

 

Think that's a little out of his price range mate, albeit a very nice car!

Big-Dan.

 

Can't believe the price is so high for these things! I bought mine 10.5 years ago and was in reasonable condition in red and first of the EFI's for 1500 quid! Insurance was the same for third party but 4K was good RST money back then. Car was great and paved the way for the cossie.

 

ive had a couple of xr3is over the years cracking cars that got thrashed to death but never let me down i cant say the same about the rsts i have owned

 

Thanks for the decent post's guys! Im glad other people like these cars to. We have been really unlucky every nice one we call up has sold the Mrs would love one like on carandclassic ad but they do seem to fetch a lot of money if mint. Im shocked how hard it is to find them as there seems to be more RS Turbo's around. If anyone finds any nice one's please let us know! Rich

 

Don't give up they always appear when you aren't expecting them to!

 

In general XRs are way rarer than RSs now I'd say.... but £1200-1500 should get a you a tidy and original Mk4 if you look for a while.
No need for £4k unless you want something insanely clean though!

You'll soon find out that's not the case when it comes to half the gobby posters on here!

 

im on the look out for a mk 4 or mk5 escort xr3i
i have my eyes on a mk5 tho really but xrs are the nuts i think anyway
have you looked at any orions mate there aint many of them about plus you can pick one up in good condition aswell for next to nothing

 

There does seem to be more RST's about and in that price range, but the problem is most of the RST's are rough around that price range, I like XR's and to put them down just because they are a "lesser model" is ridiculous, like I said the other day we probably wouldnt have some of the RS's we love today if it wasnt for the preceeding XR's.

hope you find one soon.

 

I had an F reg 3i which my dad bought for £700 in a stupid attempt to make me fall in love with it and not want an RS Turbo. As you can see that didn't work. I thrashed the living fuck out of for about 1 and a half years. Everytime I got in it I wished it was an RST, and every time I saw an RST I felt ashamed. I even raced an RST back from Southend and beat it with tears in my eyes lol. Broke numerous front exhaust pipes. Managed to break a couple of valve springs too. It had to have a lot of welding done to pass the final MOT and then it got sold for £650 and made way for a Mercury Grey RS Turbo. You've obvioulsy had experiance of these so there's no need for a lecture, just keep looking m8, for every shitter there is a Mint one hiding somewhere.

 

Apologies if this ones already been suggested

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-FORD-ESCO...item3caacd3d37

 

I've had 3 xr3i's over the years, 2 A redg and an F redg would love my old A redg back, thrashed em all for years and none of them let me down,cracking cars.

 

3i's are uber cool, all the marks, for everyday use of a modern classic you cant fault them, part are cheap and there easy to upgrade with rs bits, top choice fella, and keep hunting theres good bargains out there

 

just sat and read the bullshit that people post on here ... what a bunch o arseholes. good luck with car hunt and personally i kinda like xr3is especially a standard one

 

love a mk3/4 3i had loads of them, and id get any half desent 1 and spend money making it how you want it bud. best wishes

 

dont you just hate big mouthed key board warriors?
some people do come out with some funny replies but others just seem to make a hobby out of making them selves look like a C**T and generally ruining an otherwise great site... sod off and get laid or do somthing constructive with your life

on the subject of the 3i hunt i hope you do find a good one as they are getting rare i used to have an F reg XR3i in rosso red it was near enough mint but at the time when i sold it you could still pick them up for ten a penny so flogged it off for 250 needing slight attention to some rust bubbles on the passenger rear arch and a new dizzy cap, two years later and there suddenly going for 3 to 4 times what i sold mine for

 

had a few 3i's great cars and could take a trashing ,hard to get a good one now may get another mk3

 

Thanks everyone for the good response wish i had this help the other day! Glad to see there are some really decent people who use this site. Going to find out how much the XR3i is that mk3 escort sugested, Thanks again people!

 

Here's one to keep your eye on fella if you can stretch to it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT Good luck with the search and don't let the arseholes put you off. There seems to be a pattern emerging from the previous posts that anyone who's ever had one thinks they're great (me included) and anyone who hasn't just slags them off.

 

Thanks mate already watching that one!

 

Get it bought mate, looks a beauty.

Big-Dan.

 

that one looks a beauty i love the mk3 im tempted to get an xr3 (carb) and slap on some twin 40's

 

hi lads whats all the bickering my wife had 3 3is and 4 3i cabs great little go karts i have a 4x4 cosworth cant rag that down the lanes to big and cost to much money sounds like some people think there better than others just because of the car they drive have you thought of the latter escorts wife now has zinc yellow 130 bhp cab got all the toys 2 owner from new ffsh 1996 n plate 89000 miles might be for sale she whats a new mini lol

 

your telling us your cosworth does not handle better then a xr31 .i love the little xr3 but they dont handle that good certainly dont handle like a go kart

 

Fucking hell feel the 3i love

could be worse you could all like orions