Its got 100,000 miles on the clock and it still got a standard cvh engine in it. how much of a life spand do you reckon the engine has left?

 

Depends on how it's been maintained etc - if it's OK then don't worry about it. First car I assume so you won't have it too long anyway. What size engine though ? Definately a CVH as opposed to an OHV ?

 

The body works good, its a 1.6 and im assuming cvh but not 100% sure. I plan to do away with the standard engine after a year or so.

 

1.6 is CVH...............but I'd get some insurance quotyes first. First car on a 1.6 cabby will be expensive. I'm 33 and I was quoted Ł600..............London rates admittedly but Reading ain't that far away.

 

Engines are the easy bit Sally, the rest of the car ie gearbox, suspension, bushes, fluids, radiator, hoses, pumps etc will all be the same age, and not everything will last forever.

Look at the car as a whole package and not just an engine

Oh and buy yourself a tool kit too

 

and the consumables (hoses etc) if original will be 25 years old now. They're the bits that are likely to cause you grief at the side of the road if the engine / box and body are sound.

 

lol thanks guys , well i got a quote for Ł1,200 TPTF which is good for someone young on a 1.6 and a cabby and i just done it a minet ago and they want Ł2345 so ill try a few other because i kno i can get insured. And i will buy a tool kit hehe

 

You kno when an insurence company cant give you a quote online is that useally a bad thing which means i cant get insured?

 

Or it means they want you to ring them as you fall outside their 'safe' criteria

 

Sally try confused.com they search load's of insurance company's you only need to enter you details once that's where i got mine in the end and it was cheap

 

bell.com gave me a good quote and cater for drivers with no ncb!

 

Fit bird in a cabby

 

Ł1412.25 cheapest i could find, and ive had to put my mum on the policy.
all this to have an s1 cabby I hate the way in america they can drive from 16 and have some 3.5 litre mustang!!

 

Still not a bad quote sally....

 

I thought it was just a 1.6 cab not a s1 cab the insurance for a s1 cab will be high for you.

 

Im making the outside and inside like a s1 cabby then in a year or so when im older and isurence price come down i wouldnt mind an rs turbo lump in there.

 

Ah right im with you now

 

strictly speaking their is no such thing as an s1 cab. . it's jus an 'all white or 'SE' escort cab with an rs turbo engine/S1 front recaros

 

have you tried greenlight for insurance? very cheap for me or try auto trader, it does a big search online. nice choice of car by the way

 

My thoughts exactly

 

I just got a quote on Rob escort


Ł2641.60

 

i paid more on my cabby than the turbo with adrian flux

Ł1300 - TPFT
Ł1600 - TPFT

but now stuck YVV on a classic.....Ł400 FULL COMP

 

and because you've gone past the old age mark

 

yeh that is true BITCH

 

greenlight need you to be over 21 with 12months driving experience.

 

didnt realise that, sorry, auto trader still worth looking at though