.....as the wife is starting to have doubts because of there age!!

 

good question cos i am in the market for buying one in the new year

 

no only you cant park them anywhere

 

Usual suspects:

Wiring loom can give issues
Fusebox
Main loom plugs under bonnet vent
Front bushes are crap, leads to erratic handling & poor tyre wear
Some P8 ECU's suffer form 'P8 syndrome'

Most of the above common problems would have been fixed by any caring owners Other than that, they generally fair better than other 'normal' escorts of similar age, as they are usually looked after. But as with any car, do all the checking you can etc, as some can afford to buy them, but not run and care for them properly....

 

as billiabong. If it has the receipts and the work is completed properly, then the car will treat you well.

 

As billabong buy from a careing owner, Ive had mine over four years, no problems other than self inflicked ones.

Dave

 

no more than any other rs, i'd say. defo no rot problems

 

well apart from destroying geaboxes, throwing diffs, melting pistons, thowing rods, headgaskets, rust, silly electrical faults and eating tyres etc there actually quite good

 

lol @ apples, no problems with mine yet

 

If you can get a good one probably no bigger problems.. if not... well I could write a book :-((((

 

pmsl @ apples {only if you drive them hard} i take it

 

If properly modified - none more than any other car.