RS500/364

is there a pectel monitor in there and how much 1st on it !!

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

Yes it is, but it's not gonna be worth as much as he paid it is it?

I just don't understand why someone would spend lots of time and even more money building a mental car, only to break it as soon as it's done - either drive it and ejoy it for a while, or sell it as a whole and accept you will lose money on it (as by spending loads of money on new bits for the car then selling the parts for less means you can't be THAT worried about the cash)

DaveEscos

a) the car is worth MUCH more than your typical 16k esc cos. Id want to see at least £24k for the car as a whole. This isnt going to happen, so it will be broken

b) Im realistic, im not out to make loads of money by breaking it. BUT there are a hell of a lot of top notch parts that wont be cheap.. but WILL be cheaper than going new. TBH, i just want rid.. so everything will be priced well to sell

INCLUDING the shell.. I will let that go with the ID at a very favourable price depending on what the buyer wants to have left on it

RichardPON

About bloody time!

Shotgun the M3!

Anonymous

Well done Dave i got 13k back on my replica...more than i paid!!!!

Atleast you realised its a replica WRC car with a sunroof and looked like it and everyone thought that no matter how good it looked.


It just aint worth it...BUT be warned this M3 you so want will loose a hell of a lot more money!

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

Interesting......
I'll be keeping an eye for for certain

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

i hope your not doing it for an M3, sooo many better cars out there

and they are as common as you like

EIL132

But, be a damn sight more fun and would have it anyday over the Cos no matter what the tuning/breakdown potential the Escos has. Sure in the long run it'll equal out

EIL132

Driven many CSLs or indeed M3s?

maxest

iTrader: (1)

No, but breaking it, is going to see more of his money returned!

tonyk

Fudgeass, what cars are better than the M3 for the same sort of money?

manoj

iTrader: (4)

sent you a pm mate.

thanks,
Manoj

DanRSturbo

Dave,

M8's rates and all that, 300 gig drive full of porn for the wagon ??

CossieRich

iTrader: (1)

DaveEscos

Thanks for all your pm's.. ive replied to them all I think.

Will be putting up a proper post over today hopefully and will update as I go along.

As noted, am awaiting the sale of the shell.. so if anyone is serious, get in contact and im sure I can sort out a good deal on it for you for an asap transaction. Can be trimmed / rolling or bare -ish ....

Kev.H

shame but you have owned it done what you wanted to it enjoy ya new car

Paul Eggleton

Engine and gearbox Rich, its all you need

Rolls

iTrader: (2)

lol- i wish i had that amount of money hanging about.... lol!
Would be nice though!

Barry_GTi

EIL no offence mate but you have the WORST blinkers I have ever seen. One of my best mates has an E36 M3 Evo AND an EsCos(Stage 3) and there is no bloody comparison in fun stakes......... and as for reliability, his Cos has not let him down once in the 2 years he has had it(and believe me he drives it!!!), same as the M3.

Don't get me wrong there are days he takes the M3, and loves it for what it is(and so do I!!!), but you HAVE to admit that sometimes the M3 isn't the be all and end all....... no car is........

To say an M3 is more fun than an EsCos(Stage 3+) is just mental IN MY OPINION!!

Out of the 2 cars the BM will ALWAYS be more sensible, but at the end of the day that's why an Escort is fun, it's not sensible, it's a bit lairy and that's why people love em............

Over and OVER again you go on about the M3 as if no car in the world is better.

Maybe Dave wants to go more sensible and that's fine, it's his choice and all, but just take the blinkers off for once!!!

And finally I have to agree with Phil, EsCos in good condition do nothing but keep their value........

jasonp

Dave, not thinking of that cheap CSL on auto trader are you..?? Its a scam

Still good luck in whatever you buy its gonna be alot better than the esc cos in the long run

RichardPON

To be fair, the M3 is probably the pinnacle of standard performance cars available in its class.

That, and it's driving characteristics make it so reverred.

Barry_GTi

Exactly

AndyRST

Shame you never set any times or speeds with it. I would always feel i never found out what it what i had built and was capable of if i didnt set some times at the pod or brunters or even just do a track day in it to see how it behaved on track.

Goodluck with the sale of bits

Damo V

So I was right

hmmmnnn what do I want....

AndyRST

Something that doesnt whine

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

Please allow me first dibs on the front brakes .

Rippers

Shame mate.. a real shame

You won't regret buying an M3 thou I've spent hours looking for an alternative just because I fancy a change and the warrenty is near the end, but for the money nothing touches it. The only car I would consider at the moment would be a 997 and that twice the money

So I may just get a newer M3 .. they are that good!

89xr2

It's a shame you're selling it in bits but if you've finished what you started out to do and you're not into the 'driving' of it then there isn't much point in keeping it. TBH, it's far too nice to be ragging around a track or something anyway. Shame no one is prepared to spend 24k on it as it's definitely worth that and you know someone will buy an escos for 14 grand or sommat and end up spending well over another ten and yet it still wont be anywhere near as nice as yours

Good luck with the sale mate

Oh, and quality DnB set btw. Listening to it at the moment

Kelv

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Dave, if its ok mate could i pop over when your around and have a chat about a few bits and prices etc?

id be happy to leave a comfy deposit with you for some goodies until youve had chance to get it all apart!


Cheers

Kelv.

Ryan

i bet you would kelv

GO ON MY SON!

Damo V

If only the engine was available this time last year

DaveEscos

Of course mate. Let me know when you are about and nip over for a cuppa and a chat Im pretty free all this week

BlueSmoke

Shame to see such a nice car being broken but can totally understand your reasoning. Only thing I don't get is how you can get bored so easy. Surely if you're into cars enough to wanna build them, you're gonna be into driving them?

Ryan

half the fun is building them, i think daves very similar to me.

quite a few are the same.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

Yes, you hit the nail on the head, half the fun is building them. This leaves the other half of the fun, which is the DRIVING of them (how they are supposed to be driven ), not as an expensive garden / garage ornament / or to be sold as spares upon completion - that would then make the project 100% of the fun .

Graceland

When you've taken a car as far as you can in terms of building it, then there is no real reason to carry-on with it - the only way forward is to bust it - hence my new project

James-W

Car is awesome Dave, shame your breaking it but hey that's life.

Good luck with the M3 and I hope you enjoy it!

MWF

If that's what you enjoy doing fair play to you, not my place, or anyones, to tell what to do with your money.

EIL132

I'd say I'm the least blinkered having owned 4 Fords along with Toyotas, Vauxhalls, Rovers, Saabs, Audis, Hondas, etc, etc. Dave is apparently buying a CSL, not an M3 You'll notice the only time I stick up for an M is when someone shoots them down who clearly has never driven one. I still enjoy Fords, but HATE blinkered people and yes I'd have a CSL over a Cossie, that however doesn't mean I'm blinkered

MWF

Have you owned an Escort Cossie before?