Are these worth anything yet?

A neigbour is selling one and I might go have a look tomorrow...

 

all depends on how much your payin mate, at the end of the day they are only a 130ps version of the xr2i 16v, still a good car tho

 

depends what rs1800 your talking about a mk2 escort rs1800 is worth a fortune a fiesta on the other hand ?

 

As above if its a scort then snap it up, if it's a fiesta leave it with him

 

Only ones smothered in Carbon fibre are worth anything I've been told

 

LOL!!

Yes its a festa I've seen cheap

 

If it's cheap and decent, and you have space, it might be worth a punt. Certainly can't see them going in down in value. RS2000s/RS1800s will start to pick up as they're getting more and more rare now.

 

true but arnt frst not getting rare?

 

Hardly an RS in the true sense of the word (or the least appealing rs anyway)....but the badge is there so bound to always be worth slightly more than a rusty xr2i!!

 

Don't see how its any less of an RS than any of the others. Boggo production car with a big engine, what more do you want

 

Pmsl...'Big engine'!!! Take a look at how different an escort cosworth is to an xr3i for example and tell me how an RS1800 fiesta is not less of an rs!

 

fun cars, got to be worth a few hundred quid if its in good condition!

 

A turbo! There shit lets be honest. Not worth alot imho!

 

fuck you , ive got a very clean daily runner with a 120,000 miles on it , never been rebuilt (but serviced every 5000 miles) bounce it off the rev limiter every day and give it hell , everyone i know says ' iam surpised you aint blown that car up yet' and isnt the engine 2 bhp less than the standard erst and frst? yes you can tune the turbo alot more but as a standard car there great fun , 4000 rpm then it starts to go well , all i would say is check the body shell if its clean then buy it and have some fun.

cheers paul

 

Have to say most of you arent being fair to the Fiesta RS1800. They are underestimated alot and are much better than most of you give it credit for.

Definately worth a gander for the right price

 

I'd buy it and break it for parts - I think you would make at least a few hundred quid out of it, depending on how much you paid for it though.

 

Extreme example. RS1600i, tuned XR3i essentially, MK1/2 RS2000, Escorts with big engines. FRST, XR2i with a turbo strapped on it.

So RS's need a turbo? That's a shame isn't it. Does that mean a MK2 Escort RS1800 isn't a proper RS?

They aren't worth a lot at the moment, but lets be honest, Cosworths and stuff went through a phase of being worth a lot less than they are now.

They'll pick up, they've got the badge, they'll always have some desirability, even if it isn't to the turbo blinker brigade

 

i would have an rs 1800
i like em

 

Nice cheap fun car, if its in good condition, go buy it

 

I like them, just not sure that the power steering takes the fun out of it

 

i own an erst and have owned 2 rs 1800's fezzies in the past and they are great little cars imo, and as a few people have said them and rs 2000 escorts are starting to creep up in value. Go for it mate with a decent exhaust and filter on and some konis they go and handle well.

 

wow is that all they do?
An rs doesnt need a turbo, to make it an rs. But am i right in thinking that the rs1800 only came about because of the emission laws killed the frst? And there not 'hardcore' like the others

 

i thinks its a great car and def worth a RS badge

 

i get wot your all sayin, an im not sayin it aint a good car but bar the engine bein 130ps rather than 105ps its evactly the same as a xr2i 16v, some even have the same seats instead of the recaros, not to mention most other major components, the rs 1600i had a lot of parts bespoke to it as did the s1 and s2 and u cant even begin to put it in the same catogory as the mk1/mk2 escorts, it was just a bit of badge trickery imho