Just checked my insurance on one its only £950 fully comp and as i pay 1600 on a fiesta Si so i am considering buying one as they arnt exactly expensive!!! any one got any tips or hints, what should i look for!!!!!

 

tips??? Stay away from the 1600 ones....boring!

 

fuck that, utter toss car, your fiestas way better, tho fuck paying 1600 for that too, lol

 

any reason they are boring!!! was thinking about having the diff weled and just having it as a messaround!!!
yer £1600 is a piss take!!!!!

 

1600's are SOOOOOOOOOO slow.....look for another alternative

 

slow as shit, pointless welding the diff on a such a toss car.

if you want summat RWD, plenty of much better stuff for the cash, tho insurance sounds like itd always be bad

 

exactly thats the big problem iam just 18 with 1yr ncb so no decent car is easy to insure!!!! just want somthing thats Ford, Nice looking, RWD, bit of fun and i can afford to insure it!!!!

 

Welllll i have just check the insurance on a 2000cc capri S, £984 fully comp!!!!!!!!! whats every body thought on th 2 litre one!!!!

 

better, if u like capris.

id rather jus get a 2litre saff TBH

 

i do have a soft spot for capris!!!!

 

i think i capri looks way better than a saff IMO.....its a shame you insurance won't stretch to a decent 3.0S ....I've driven a few of those and had some real fun. But like Stavros said,you could get a mint saff cos rep for peanuts these days...

I know insurance is a killer,i remember paying £2000 third party for my series one when i was 17 way back in 1990.....it still haunts me till this day

 

If your gonna get a capri, make sure it has Essex V6

 

with janspeed's

 

2 litr capri's are as slow as fcuk too,stick with the Fiesta.Regards,Micky

 

Thats good coming from somebody with a japanese granada!

 

which hasnt got a toss 1.6 engine, shit suspension and brakes, etc etc

 

i cant believe you just said that....

 

But it was designed over 30 years ago,not many cars had tidy breaks,suspension back then. Everyones has their own opinion,just pisses me off people making comments like that.I got 2 capris and yes the brakes are crap compared to modern cars,but still a lot of fun and cheap and easy to repair.Until you put a yb in one like me and get all the problems of a cossie aswell.lol.

 

There are endless tuning possibilities on a 2.0 pinto, can make a quick car with some head and cam mods.

I've had a few 2.0S in the past and currently have this

 

we talking about a 1.6 tho dude, base model, not exactly a 2.8 etc is it

 

The only good thing about Capri's ...they don't make them anymore.

.

 

I Had a 2.0S when i was 17... Awsome fun, much better than all my mates fiestas and corsas... and faster... Taught me how to drive a rwd car....

18 I got a 2.8 special with lsd..... mahooosive fun

20 I had a 2.8 injection stripped out with a quafe atb diff.... mucho fun

 

the also made a capri 1300!!
My m8 had an early mk3 on an s reg..
I also have a soft spot for capri's specialy the 280 variety

steve

 

Save up for the 3.0 S

My old one



I had a 2.8 but it was soul less ( the 3 litre did have the Swaymar Holly, big valve heads, Janspeeds, 3.1 conversion and 2.8 billies though)

Mark

 

2.8 Special, or a Brooklands...................uber

 

If you do go for a Capri,make sure you check it over properly for the dreaded tinworm...They are well known to rust easily like most 80's fords and are especially vunerable in the bit between the bumpers

mark

 

i got this which will be for sale in april

owned it for 17 years

70k from new and kept in a carcoon in a heated garage

 

how much buys that ?

 

i aint put a price on it as yet fella

 

I have a 1600 Capri and i love it!!

 

Top, top money mate.......worth every penny.

 

My old capri!! God I miss It!!

 

exactly what i want it for my m8 just got a 318 and thinks its the muts nuts!!!!! the 2litre ones seem more sparce than the 1600, but even if i did get the 1600 it would be decent one and would spend some money sorting it out! but iam not sure reli i just want bit of RWD, good looking ford Fun!

 

RWD Capri or a FWD fiesta ?

lol I think the Capri anyday
Esp now the winters getting nearer

 

lol yer and the FWD fiesta has been broken so thats out the question!

 

i can vouch for that car it is one mint Capri one off the best around

 

Go for a 2lt if you can.... Or get a 1.6 and dump a 2.L in such an easy job!

 

This was mine...



was my second car....

 

yer well i would put a cossie lump in! in my DREAMS!!!! yer would just mess about with it!!!! i just love the look of them, other than that mint one, any one know any being sold near kent area!

 

Thats more like it