what about wtiting to previous owners.

they might have 'q' ed an xr3i and then someone used that plate book etc..for the escort cos.

 

He is writing to the previous owner, i tried to call KTS and as soon as i mentioned that Cossie, they hung up

 

Oh dear, sounds like they know something not too clever about it unfortunately doesn't it?!

 

i have seen complete floorpans put into a stolen car,from a crashed
RS so when a "expert' looks at the number it looks fine.
still would not want a tug from the old bill in that one

 

Its been bought from KTS!!! on all the boards i visit they get a real
hammering every time and warned to stay away form them.

There cars are shit full stop, They go bust every 6 months and then
reappear with a slightly different name.

One of the mods done a check on them form the mkiv supra club and
found that they were getting closed down down for selling bent motors.

I went there once to look at an RX-7 and was really pissed off as it was
a 300 mile round trip the car was a pear bigtime.

Safe to say i will prob buy my next car from an owners site.

Cheers matt

 

Yeah KTC are a bunch of complete cocks, i went there a few weeks back to look at an RS4 and it was a complete turd. Never again

 

MONSTER

agreed

 

I went there a few months back to have a look at some supras and evos. Some of the cars inside were awesome and looked pretty good, but the majority of the ones outside were absolute dogs. Whether they were the ones that had just come in and were going for work at a later date i dont know, but i couldnt quite believe they were actually ''on sale'' in this state.

 

Keighley Trade Centre!!! Uh Ohh!

They are very bad news in the import world. Seem to import a lot of cars no one in their right mind would touch.

If you search on any Jap owners forum (supra, skyline etc...) you'll read nothing but bad experiences

 

seems strikingly familiar
on auto trader as we type
1995 FORD ESCORT 2.0 RS COSWORTH LUXURY MODEL 1 OWNER From New

 

if you look at the engine bay in the pic it looks as it had a fire under the bonnet was going to have a look at this car in the next couple of days.
im glade that ive came across this posting before i wasted my time and went to have a look at it
thanks

 

doesn't look the healthiest for the price does it?
it wouldn't suprise me if it was on a MK2 XR2 logbook
the guy seems to enjoy sellin' piles of old arse fruit

one good point to warrant the price...the seats look tidy...ish

 

Looks nasty that. Seems covered in engine lacquer and looks like the coolant needs topping up too!!

 

its deffo been left outside for a length of time, check out the corrosion on the actuator & strut tops. Maybe been sat in a salvage yard awaiting insurance loss adjuster

 

Under bonnet does look fire damaged! Its logged as Red, but that could be from factory tbh

 

Last owner had it for 10 years too. It does look pretty good in the other pics though, but because its from KTC and the fact the engine bay looks horrible, it certainly raises suspicion once again.

 

You are joking right???????

 

its prob been sat drying out after being in the river

 

deffo...

 

 

LOL stay away from keighley trade centre appears in nearly all the jap forums i browse/post in!!! best to go back and get you money back there cars are well dodgy and many peopel have goen back for refunds and im sure the authorities are aware of them aswell!!!

i dotn like fellow members egtting ripped of just take the car back fi he 12k to sepnd i.e sayin he bout the car for 7.5k and 5k for build he can egt a cossie for 12.5k im sure from some where else

 

Just went to have a look at a blue escort cosworth reg R999 COS limited motorsort edt has anyone seen or heard of the car it looks as its been shelled vin plate on car but no 2rd dater plate also the chassie no is stamped in the wrong size stamps its posted on flee bayto
can anyone shed any light on the car?

 

if its an r plate and a motorsport then it will be a homemade jobbie,built from parts

 

That reg definately sounds familiar, Imperial isn't it? I think this is the one that keeps cropping up for sale all over is it not, the seller keeps saying that he's "gonna break it this week if it doesn't sell" and never does

 

the vin no starts;sabbtvr is this the norm?

 

RS_Cosworth330
hi mate yes its the blue escort cos with sat nav in it the vin no starts :SABBTVR is a correct vin no
thank you for help

 

A HAD WENT TO SEE THIS CAR CAUSE A WAS IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS AS SOON AS A GOT OUY THE VAN A COULD SEE IT WAS ALL SCRATCHED AND THE FUSE BOX WAS HANGING OUT OF IT BUT IT WAS ON A K PLATE AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS ON EBAY EVERY CAR A LOOKED AT THERE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT

 

This is not a cosworth vin number, they start WFOBXX

The only cars i've seen SAB chassis numbers on have been cars with dubious history

 

KTC have got a nice-looking Pacifica blue Escos for sale at the moment - up for Ł10,995 - it's on Autotrader now. Think I'll be giving that one a wide berth though

Are Escort Coswoths in general really that much of a minefield then?

 

Oh yes............... buy a well known car

OR take someone with you who REALLY knows what to look for ..

 

THATS TRUE WHAT URE SAYIN MATE , MA PAL WENT DOWN TO SEE THAT R999COS AND SAID THE SAME BOUT THE FLOOR NUMBER BUT THAT WAS ON EBAY BOUT 9 MONTHS AGO WITH 30000 ODD MILES AND NOW ITS GOT SOMETHING LIKE 44000 A RECON THE FIRST CAR GOT BROKE AND THATS THE I,D THATS BEEN BOUGHT AND PUT ON THAT ONE AND ITS IN A GARAGE TO . STAY CLEAR OF IT GUYS .

 

souns like a right rough car and very dodgy dealers!

 

i viewed this car there aswell cos it looked so nice on the pics but when the guy explained that it was on a xr3i log book no chance was i buyin that heard some bad stuff about that place,he wants to be carefull the inside was rough aswell fuse box hanging out and door card hanging off?

 

These numbers are indeed issued to cars with dubious history, but by the dvla as i don't think q plates are issued any more, the give away is usually on the log book where it states date of first use and its usually years from where it should be, a lad at our club had a k plate ecos, first registered 2002 with SABTVR chassis number!

 

big andy w

 

Wasn't mallard green with clear rear lights was it?

 

Hi new on here.Have seen R999COS in Thurso (Scottish Highlands) a young lad has bought it.My cousin was after one a few months ago and phoned about it but it was obvious over the phone it wasnt right.Also used to see M129JEC in Thurso think it must have been someone who had relatives up here as it used to appear for a couple of weeks every now and again.Whoever had it must have had it for a while,last time I saw it must have been a couple of years ago.Have heard some horror stories on Scoobynet about KTC.

 

i saw this car alogn time ago, its not an xr3i shell its a proper cossie shell t

100% just a ringer blantantly, i wish i had kept the emails there was a private seller originally, who nearenuff confirmed this, told me everything about the history of the xr3i, which is not the same history for the cossie

so therefore it is a ringer stolen escos

then a dealer had it and they took ages to sell it if i remember correctly

now your friend has it

 

OMG look whats back on the scene KTC's anal dogsex creation

ringer

maybe its about time someone bought this to smash it to pieces, so some poor git doesnt end up with a ringer that looks like its 5 cars all squished into 1!

 

That can't possibly be the same car its got a different number plate.