last night i went and started up my rst, first time in three months(in storage for winter)- it started at first time of asking and ran great while it warmed up.
all this cold weather and the old girl still springs into life no problem.
I've been thinking about selling up, moving on etc to something i can use more often but tbh i'm not finished with it yet and have alot more plans to do before i sell up or move on.
I've spent plenty already but just wouldn't get a decent amount of money back for the effort/knowledge thats gone into getting it where it is.
anybody else in a similar situation? couldn't sell it even if they should really

 

Mine owes me around 5G and if I broke it i'd make back about 4G so not too bad really! I addded it all up when my head dropped a valve seat a few months back and I thought about throwing in the towel!

 

got rid of the 3i rst cab and lost nothing, but my mk2 fiesta xr2 zvh owes me way too much to recoup, i rekon i'm about 6k in that, 2.5k in the last year alone.
that's parts and not time.
not a lot of money, but i bought the car for £520 six years back.

 

I got all my cars very cheap so I guess I would actually earn money if I sold them now. But I love them too much.

 

Just been up tidying my barn and thinking how much money and time I've put into it is stupid really. I couldn't sell it yet though, havent had it on the road enough to enjoy it. Just hope I don't have to sell it when I join the army. I'd be gutted.

 

Mine stands me in around 5K but i would never sell mine just because of the fact iv never seen another one like it and the attention it gets wherever i go

 

I've put over 5k into a £300 Orion and yeah, thats only parts.

 

would never think about that sort of thing

i spend on it when i have it

but then im putting on it whta i think is very good spec so i dont get to spend on it often as everything is soo blooming expensive

 

My old RS owes me £25000 (yes that really is 25K)...and its now on bricks on the drive, nearly stripped and heading to the scrapyard! Had it on the road for 2 years...then spent the next 2 off the road. Finally gave in and brought another shell.

 

had my s1 for 9 year now and it owes me quite close to 20k i reckon..this includes buying the car and recently restoring it..i should sell it as i barely drive it..about 50 miles last year..i would be gutted seeing someone else drive it away though

 

S2 before last was the one I spent big on. Car cost £2700, spent easily £1500 running and modding it for 18 months then started stocking up parts for a big power engine and mega spec, so took it off the road.

£6.5k later I went to town on the shell as I wanted a weld-in cage....and I found the rot . I'd been without anything quick for too long by then and was a stupid young prick So sold up the lot and bought a 'ready built' S2 zvh for £3.5k (blew gearbox within 3 months lol) and made another £8k from selling off the parts and braking the rotter.

No financial harm done but always regret not finishing it, literally had everything to bolt onto a shell, just got sick of the wait.

 

Really don't know what it would take for me to get rid of mine tbh. I wouldn't get anything near what i've put into it tho through its various evolutions

 

i was in a similar situation just under a month ago, came into a problem with my turbo'd cab and was debating weather or not to strip it, its worth a lot more in bits than it is complete, and its a half decent spec car for what it owe's me which is about 3k at the moment, but i cant justify stripping it due to the time thats gone into it and how little use i'v had out of it.

 

Exactly the same position Chris......as you know i've spent a few quid and would quite like to get rid in a way but just can't bring myself to do it, and still got plans i'd like to see through! You know you'll lose a load of money when you finally sell but it's just heartbreaking ain't it

 

blimey some people have spent some money on there rsts
and theres me worried about losing a few thousand.
every time i drive or start it up i know i couldn't let someone else drive it away cus of the little bits i've added in the years of ownership, not of huge expense or that apparent to anybody but myself lol

edit- is your on the road yet dave? i assume its ran in now just awaiting re-mapping or something? see wot it can do now the bottom end is stronger.

 

I've prob spent around errrr.......8.5K on mine since i got it 5years ago, fully restored this year. DID have it up for sale, but I saw sense and put it into storage! Going to rebuild the engine (once its got a new engine and box i'd hope it's worth 5K, maybe a bit more?? so not too much of a loss if it ever came to it, you cant take it as a loss if you enjoy it imo), got a new gearbox for it, still buy bits and bobs for it here and there even tho i've got a 200sx I recently bought for some fun.....ah it's never ending but I dont think I could ever sell it now, my first car, spend soo much time, blood sweat and almost tears on the fecker it's a part of me!

 

spent 8k on my fiesta back in 2000, sold it for various reasons, bought it back 2008 in buggered condition and i think ive just breached the 5k mark this time round and the bloody thing is still on axle stands!!!

Why do we do it???

 

Crazy what people have spent ive spent a grand buying the car,and 1500 painting it and 300 refurbing wheels and want to do a lot more

 

well im well and truly in the hole now bought the car just over a year ago and have replaced alot modified ect luckly i had alot of parts from the last money pit lol just bought a cts stg 2 box ap clutct last week and this morning the car got very hot on the way to work (bottom of the N) under further investigation tonight i found cylinder 4 to be low on compression dry and a duff waterpump so fitted the new pump i had lying around and now am wondering where to get the cash from to build a new engine

suppose im about 4k in on this one so another 2 k wont hurt lol

wish i got the porsche 944 i looked at b4 the rs now lol

 

Well I havent added up what Ive spent,but the engine alone cost more than a decent Saph Cossie taxi!! And you know what,I don't give a fcuk,cause no one expects a poxy Mk 4 Escort to pass them on a trackday,thats what give's me the buzz.Sure I could get a evo/scooby or whatever,but then its too easy to lap quickly,plus its no big deal,as every evo laps quick!!On the plus side,cause my escort is light,its easy on tyres/brakes/petrol,so the actual running costs ain't too bad.If you want to make money on the sale off a car,the best way is not to buy the car in the 1st place.Regards,Micky

 

i spent 10k on a fez a few years ago, it ended up being broke for bits, got 4k for the bits and the shell went to scrap yard

thinking of getting rid of the van, it isnt rotten i just fancy putting my zvh in a black rst

 

good lad bezo

expect a parcel from me before Friday, and no, its not drugs

 

Mine prob owes me 4k in 2-3 years lol. And it is no where nere where i want it to be. Vlol

again it had not been started since early november; weekend just gone - kicked over 1st time and sounded great.

just love it

though if i use the Money towards a new Focus Rs then maybe i would sell

 

yea another fez would be awsome mate although i must say the van is so different really does look cool

 

Yeah ran it in back in september lol, it's under its cover in the garage for the winter at the moment so yeah just an oil change, few bits and then get it mapped again! Hopng to be doing the first trackday at the end of february so better drag it out shortly and get it ready

 

i bought mine for 2 grand and have spent ten on it and its still not finished,would love to get the underside painted at a later date.

 

Mulla you know you want your underside looking like mine!!! just get it done mate.

Ric.

 

just want the car bàck on the road for now hopefully

 

mk2 escort had it 5 years = just short of £10k so far, and its still in the body shop on a spit, hahaha

 

mine inc what i am about to shell out end of this month when its finished and ready to come back out will owe me around 5k which in the cold light of day i know i will never get back..... but i love it too much anyway to part with it and i made a good profit on my gti a few months back so im hapy with that

 

ah but mk2s are worth it

 

I bet people didn't say that 25 years ago when they where worth naff all, only another 10/20 years and us with mk3/4s will have a car worth serious money

 

so true!

 

spent a bloomin fortune on mine!
still not totally finished,

 

And me Jon. On the most pointless of mods as well!

 

I have had my rst for 10 years most of the time it has been in storage when i bought i payed 600 grand it was mint and had pe 233bhp stage 3 engine i have now spent about 15 grand on her she will be a 300bhp+ car now. I get her back next week hope to keep for 10 more years.

 

Well i bought my escort van for £500 7 years ago have spent around 7k on it it think and there is still so much i would love to do to it. There's been a lot of times in the past that ive thought of selling it and even now im kind of tempted but i just wouldn't be happy knowing i have blown a load of money, time and effort for nothing. 7 years and its still not running!!!

 

i think its a nicely modded car muz,

ive thought about selling mine a few times now,but everytime it comes to people offering to buy,i think about how much time effort and moneys been poured into it to give it to someone else

 

what is the spec of your van mate?ive seen a few pics and looks quite nice