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Old 22-08-2007, 03:16 PM
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saw this escos on ebay have a read about how its on an r reg??
sound like a ringer to me

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS...QQcmdZViewItem
Old 22-08-2007, 03:22 PM
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Its a ringer that could b e taken from you at any moment if you are found out.

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Old 22-08-2007, 03:35 PM
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ringer the last official one registered was a P reg as it was in the FF classifieds a few months back. Although could have been purchased and not registered til later.
Old 22-08-2007, 03:36 PM
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No question he said it all himself
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scrub that is deffo a ringer. It comes up as a 1.8 si on the hpi database.

Stay well clear.
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Hmmm Dodgy !...

Need to be broken for spares and got rid imo..
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Its definately a ringer, he says himself the insurance company wrote it off and it had to be destroyed (they took its ID) but some bent cunt at a scrapyard chucked it on an SI logbook and flogged it on as a ringer.
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naughty that, not only that if a cars straight ish ie not badly damaged and dvla deem it not fit for the road its either a cut shut etc, flood damaged can go back on road, it obv wasnt fire damaged, not unless it was majourly damaged and hes just lying, even still what hes done is wrong
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There was one on ebay a while back was a rs2000 in the book
I have seen a R plate one before but it was built up from a motorsport shell..
The one above i would stay well back from..He said he bought it for his wife he prob bought a 1.8si & came across this escos & thought what the hell & rung it
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if you lookit dont look like a floor stamp change the wires and that look morelike full blown ringer bodge
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