FORD ESCORT COSWORTH Lux, 97
P diamond white, air con, 300 miles only, 1 owner £29995.
Rod Allen CarsDealer's Location Tel: (01702) 471472


I wish that i had £30k right now. But is this car worth it?

I dunno. But 300 miles!!

 

97...... thats a P or R reg ? must be one of the last made ?

 

30k is a lot of money...but 300miles

 

you wouldnt want to drive it if you bought it anyway! imagine the depreciation on tht fucker would be worse than a new alpha romeo

 

now that is bad!!!

300 miles? surely if its only done that amount in the past 7 years the engine would be no good anyway? or am i just talking poo?

 

bet it leaks oil everywhere -

 

or it has a new engine with only 300 miles on it

 

i thught they were only about 20k brand new?

how can a car like a ford escort increase in value after time?

even RS500s dont fetch more than the original pricetag!

 

Bit mad aint it,

although theres also a RS500 on there for 19,995

 

would much rather pay 20k for the minter at jct28 which has just sold and got 7k on the clock from new! at least you would feel like driving it, with 300 miles on it i wouldn't dare drive it anywhere!

 

if you found a 500 with the same miles on it, it WOULD fetch alot more than the original price!

I know of a concours one that went for 24k but was valued at 28k by the RSOC. It had 14k on the clock and was completly standard

 

doug's 500 has 19k on the clock & is completely standard & mint. he said his is only valued in the 20k region.

 

no jim they were about 28 grand new.

Id buy it if i had the money

 

Prefix: P… (1997 MY)

Engine: 2.0 Cosworth

Model: Escort Cosworth LUX

Doors: Five

Colour: Diamond White

Mileage: Delivery Milage

Specifications: This Vehicle has never Been out in the Wet, Usual Cosworth Refinements

Right Hand Drive



Price: £27,995



Picture: Sorry no picture available at the moment.

5 doors

 

ive seen that car its been for sale for ever just like new it is he also had\has a rs2000 mk6 with 17k i think it was but he wanted like 13k for it 3 yrs ago

 

This car has been for sale for ages!!!!!

And he just keeps putting the price up and up and up...

To be honest it's not perfect either, it may have only done 300 miles but it wasn't that well looked after during those miles, I've seen better examples that have done over 40000!!!

 

like i've said before and people above have also....

i dont think milage is that importeant at all - its the condition and how well its been looked after, and the two go hand in hand, its obvious to see if a cars cared for and plain to see the condition, the think with the cossie is, its not the end of th world if you have to recon the donkey or box, as long as the bodywrok is tip-top, it could have 300 miles on it and go pop the 1st time you push it hard.

 

I don't give a fuck if it has -300miles It ain't worth more than the original selling price

what were the new? £20k? £25k?

£30k is a joke

Look at it this way - you got £30k in your hand and you want a performance car. What ya gonna buy? an 8yr old second hand Escort or a brand new Mitsi Evo FQ300?

Hmmmmm, hard choice that

 

I know where that is its a car dealer in leigh and its been for sale for a bloody long time was
£23.995 last year with only six miles on the clock think the dealer is dreaming
as someone else mention above the price is like a yo yo keeps
going up and down

 

Escort
Whats an Evo gonna be worth in 10 years time?,they will be on evo 73 by then,keep the cos with that mileage and it wont lose money

 

i can see how a mint 100% unmolested car with v low miles could be a collectors item - but only for the rich and insane in my eyes, there are tycoons that will store all saorts of cult cars. and how can you say a can can naver be worth more than its new price?!?! what about the ferarri GTO etc these boys bring around the 1 MILLION quid mark, and they were not a 100th of that new!!

 

an evo 6 TME might well hold its price as it too is a classic. but tru, i paid 21K for a mint evo 6 , only 3 years ago, 2 years ago wheni got stopped, i sold it for 18K and now you can pick the same spec /condition car up for 12K, LESS than i paid for the escos, BUT i had a look in an old parkers guide from 97, nack then escos's were at 14-17 K , 7 years later still up at teh same price.

 

So your gonna spend £30k on that Escos and then not drive it for another 10yrs? You won't be able to drive it if you want to keep it on that mileage

Waste of money, far rather have the Evo and I won't be keeping it for 10yrs either, don't like keeping cars longer than 3yrs anyway

 

Ah but I already have an Escos so I could drive that one, if I had 30k to burn then why not,small investment and something nice to look at in the garage

 

So you already have an EsCos, yet you want to WASTE £30k on an Escort you WON'T drive, and in ten years will be lucky to sell on at the price you paid for it?

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, makes sense

 

Thrush i think ya talking bollox. Id spend 30 k on a escos before a evo wether new or not. Evos look wank...escossies look sex and have road presence like no other car in its price range. If i had 30k now in my pocket and the escos was like new...id buy it....and if they were still making em and they were 40k new id borrow the extra 10k .

 

Thanks mate,I'm glad you agree
we both must be as Thrush says

 

if its makes you happy to go in the garage & takes off the covers every now and then good luck to you! (can imagine myself sitting in the seat making brum brum noises!! )

but its not my cup of tea & i can think of a lot better ways in how to invest 30k in order to make a profit over 10 years!

 

Don't get me wrong if thats what floats ya boat then fine go ahead but I can't understand buying a car at well over the original (8yr old) new price to only have it sit in the garage doing fuck all, specially if you already have one anyway....

I sure do agree that they have a much "harder" road presence and look far better than any Evo so far, but truth be told, the Evo is a better car (IMO )

Sorry but I see the Escos as a £10k-15k "fun" car, and don't come into the £20k+ catergory as there are far better cars for the money in todays market

 

Fair play mate,we can each have an opinion


better than sitting on the fence
cheers
Mat

 

So true.... Get splinters in nasty places if ya do that

 

But whats profit got to do with owt? Plus, if i had 30 k SPARE, id buy it and use it...there'd be no covers on it in garage and it would get used. Notch up maybe 20k on it, it would then be worth about 18-20 k if MINT! So id lose 8-10k. What NEW car could you buy for 30k and not lose about 10k on it over a few years?????

IMO if you have got 30k to spend on a car then ya in a position not to worry about how much money you lose!

Hell my uncles last Audi A8 was 58k new, 4 years later it sold for 10k Same as this m5 hes got now, 64k with all jobbins sat nav etc, 4 years old soon....what will that be worth....fook all

 

It's only not worth 30k to people who can't afford it

 

Better figure on a bit more coin to replace all the rubber bits and seals

There's no way I'd pay that kind of coin for a garage queen

 

but if you had that much money , the sort of money that if you dropped a tenner on the floor, it woulf not be worth your time to pick it up as you've earnt it back in interest in the time it took for you to think, bollox to it...... you would , just becuse you could, i would anyway