I'm looking to replace the fiesta now so obviously I'm going to be looking for advice, forums, Facebook, etc to see what's out there for my budget and what to look out for problem wise

In the past it's been a bit hit and miss to find a forum that does what you want so other than of, where else would you recommend I look?

 

fordguides.co.uk

on here

 

aha thanks for the advertisment

Fordguides.co.uk used to be F4oc.co.uk but now we do all kinds of Fords

 

I thought I'd get one in there! (wonder if I broke any rules? Wasn't intentional if I did)

 

Cheers peeps

 

Its a small forum but its friendly and has good advise.

 

Are you really asking on a Ford forum, what forum would be the best to use, to get info on a ford?

 

I think he is

What sort of fiesta you looking at replacing it with dojj? A brand new one?
Petrol? Diesel? N/a or turbo?

 

Yes, because of has lots of info about cossies and rsturbos if I wanted to look up stuff on those I'd browse here
If I were thinking of buying an escos I'd go to the Eco's forum to see what was what
Do doing some research about which forums specialise in fiestas means that I can browse them rather than asking 59 different questions that may or may not get an answer here

I all know that most car forums are split between the sporty versions and the more mundane versions so I'm going for the buying version and I might be able to get a newer motor for my money if I stick to a more basic model rather than one with all the bells and whistles
May be some colours aren't that fetching so they may be cheaper, for example silver foci were seeking at the auction for Ł5k yet I bought a blue one for Ł3k, which was exactly the same Ghia spec just flat blue rather than metallic silver

This is the sort of stuff car nerds know on specialised forum s rather than car nerd on the sporty forum

 

What can I get for Ł1500, Ł2000 and Ł2500?

 

Daily car? Track car? Road fast car? Mk4/5? Mk6?

 

Well for 1500 i'd look at a very nice mk5 zetec s, you can probably get one with a puma lump for that wedge, just make sure its solid and not rusty (rear arches are really prone!), unless your after really good mpg figues which in that case I'd avoid.

For Ł2k I'd be looking at mk6s but its probably base models rather than a high spec tdci, although if you hunt I'm sure you could find something

Ł2.5k gets you mk6s with 1.6tdci's is the sort of car you're looking at.

Hope that's some sort of help

 

5 doors
Ac
After that I'm lost because I've got a mk 4.5 and after that it's all about headlight lumps and everything is called climate that I can find on auto trader or eBay so it's a total mine field

 

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Ford...item2c85c5b345

Relatively low mileage, nice spec, full service history, T&T. Seems like quite a good buy to me.

 

thats the sort of thing yes, just need to know if i can diy it if it goes wrong or if i needs to go to ford for everything?

 

I would say vast majority is DIY, unless its a light on the dash. Then its garage time.

 

I had two of them.The mk6 and 6.5.Both ghia models.Nice car had not trouble with them mechanically or rust.Both was the 1.2 zetec engines.

 

Have a fiesta mk6.5 3 door that the misses drives but she is changing it in september