Hi all new to the forum i have been a ford nut since i was 14 just upset at the moment.. my dad is trading his sierra xr4x4 in via the scrappage scheme for a new citroen ds3.. some pics below such a shame.. has 24v engine conversion avo suspension recaros although some bits will be removed and replaced with lesser parts.. its a fully working tax and tested car which is even worse.. thought i would share this with you all and hear your views on the matter..

 

look's bloody lovely!!

give him a big slap an tell him to come to his senses!!

or buy it off him.

 

well the annoying thing is cuz i am only 21 i cant get insured on it for anything reasonable or else i would give him 2k for it.. and its something he is forced to do cuz his wife wont go in it scares the hell out of her..

 

As said give him a few big slaps, till he gives in, or buy your mum a blindfold!!
tabetha

 

not my mum well step mum, my mum used to drive an xr4x4 2.9 years ago and drove like a bloody looney i think thats what got me into fast fords

 

surely he can get more than £1500 for it??
im near by. never seen it about.

itl get crushed if he 'schemes' it. can you not drop the engine an buy a £50 pinto and put that in, put some steelies on it and some base model seats.

surely the bonnet, seats, wheels and engine are worth a grand.

 

i was insured on one of these when i was 21 with tesco for 500 quid mate give them a try i defo wouldnt be scrapping it, the lad i sold mint to sold it on for £1800 late last year and it wasnt anywhere near as tidy looking as that

 

surely you'll get family rate's on buyin it. then the money you save there can go toward's the insurance.

 

well i think he is planning to swap the seats with crap ones, swap the wheels for steelies, swap the bonnet, but not the engine cuz we dont have the tooling or time, and its just not been succesful selling.. had it on ebay for 2800 for a month and had 1 bloke come and look but he offered 1500.. well if we scrap it and get 2k for it that way and sell some of the bits mentioned above he will get 2300-2500 for it that way.. i will go on moneysupermarket now and get a quote and let you all know how rediculous the price is..

 

A DS3 another reason to slap him

At least the scheme ends soon and hopefully this won't happen any more....

 

i insure myn with a shit load of mods for £300

 

cheapest i got was 931 with swinton which is only 200 more than i pay for my pug 406 but i sort of need an economical car for my job so just not an option for me really.. just such a shame... gonna list it on this forum for 2.5k and see if we get any luck..

 

im probably gonna have one of you come and knock on my door and slap me for saying this but there actually nice cars i think.. the 1.6hdi does a combined 70mpg and is 35quid for the year to tax also extremely cheap to insure obviously..

 

Regarding the engine, just drop anything in and get it towed to the dealers, does'nt have to run.

 

are you sure it doesnt have to run, i have been told it has to be able to be driven and road legal.. and unfortunetaly as mentioned we ain't got the tackle or time to swap the engines.. too busy with work soo

 

Salvage what you can of the good bits, and get rid cus you wont get £2k for it anywere else.

 

I've taken loads of cars in under the scheme that dont run and never had any problems

 

okay thanks for the heads up

 

advertise it for 2k if you dont get £2500 for it, i understand ul get maybe £2300 for it on the scrappage, but is it not worth more to keep the car on the road and
sell it to someone who is going to care for it and keep it on the road rather than crush it

 

yeah man definately will let you all know how it goes, will know in next week or 2 what ends up happening