Hi, please help, im a newbi to this site, Ive got a bmw 318is coupe at the moment 102k with fbmwsh, m3 wheels lowered its mint, put it up for sale, someone has offered a mint 98 escort gti as a straight swap, its red 3 door done 84k with ffsh, just been serviced + new mot, its seems to be in superb order, on the down side its got no air con - the guy did have it up for sale for £2250 is this about right ???? ive got mine up for £2295 so they seem to be worth about the same. is there anything I shoulb be looking out for? thanks James

 

mmm, im not too hot on that mark of Escort, but i've seen the arches go on some so check those. i doubt it will be rusting underneath yet so you'll be ok there, but check anyway.

its mainly the panel gaps that u need to check for. also make sure u HPI it.

And after u have taken it for a drive, leave the engine running and watch the temp gauge, dont want to buy it to find the head gasket has gone.

im not sure what to look for on the engines though sorry

 

That sounds spot on for the price mate

As for what to look out for, not much really just the usual stuff you'd look at when buying any car and check it idle's ok as the throttle position sensors are a weak point on these, not a hard fix but im sure you dont want to buy it then have to put this right.
Also check rear arches but you say its mint so it should be ok.

If all is ok then buy it

 

there others about for the less money...

my mates got a r reg met blue gti, mint, no rust. with lpg gas conversion (£1200 - 200 miles for £15), mondeo cossie style 16's, leather and air for 2k. that other one sounds abit dear for a lower spec...

 

my si has a little blob of rust by the spoiler mounts and i thought all gti's ha a/c

 

Is there an estate version?

 

No they didnt all have air con, some just had a sun roof and some had both if your lucky, mines got air con

 

ive just sold a pepper red 3 door escort gti with 17" alloys,74k fsh for £1800

 

yes, theres a gti estate, saw a green one today actually

 

We got our R plate GTI for £1250, and its fully loaded air con etc....

good little car for the money

 

Possible replacement for the Mondeo Doug?

How come the Si and the GTi are the same car but the insurance is twice as much for the GTi?

They're same power aren't they?

 

On Auto Trader website there are lots of SI estates but only a couple of GTI estates............so these are quite rare

 

Aye that they are. But as I said above, more insurance for the same car. it's that bloody GTi badge.

 

Not THAT much more and i think its worth the little bit extra to get the RS kit, 5 spoke alloys and the half leather.

 

When i insured the gti after having the 3dr, i was ASTONISHED, to see that it was the same as the 3dr

They wanted £978 for a bloody gti, i called elephant and they quoted me £500 fc