my dad told me hes gonna get me my first car when im 16 ( 2 years ). Great news but i want a mk2 escort . not botherd if it is a shell, i told him that would be better. but i also like the mk3 escort but i want a mk2 help me please. the reason i want a mk2 shell is i am starting collage this year to be a mchanic and i would love to have my first car that i have put blood sweat ant teirs into.

 

sounds good mate but there not cheap these days hope you get sorted tho

 

good shout on the car fella, bad choice on the career front. Been a mechanic for almost 10 years now and sick to the teeth with it now. stick in and do something else.

 

chears mate there my fav car my dad had one had his first car and my uncle had a mk1 i seen a body shell on ebay been used as a stock car i think. i have wanted to be one for ages always been intrested in cars and how they work.

 

why not a nice mk1 fiesta now very retro cool

 

Nice thinking.

Good luck though - unless you or your dad are loaded insurance on anything is going to be ridiculous...

Gutted!!!!!

 

cant have it on my dads insurance cos he drives a taxi

 

not shure i have always liked fords and i have always been around them mk2 escort , another escort, mk 5 cortina, 2 siearas and my grand dads focus. i think i mase well carry on the fords in our family

 

You my young friend are FOOKED then.

Unless something changes in the next 2 years.

My bro is just 19 tomorrow and trying to insure a car is ridiculous at his age... so much more expensive in reality to when I was his age.

 

not many cheap mk2 now fella unless you dont mind 4door

 

Cool first car, but i've just red a tread on here where someone did a insurance quote for a 998cc mk1 fiesta and it was £2272 iirc so good luck insuring an mk2 escort, I'd still get it but keep it untill you 18 or 21 by that time the value would have gonw up and you would have time to build a brilliant car.

 

i dont mind any there my fav car and i have wanted one for ages i would prefer a shell even if it is rotten cos you can buy all body parts now i found one on piston heads for three grand

 

thats the plan my dad did it with his mk2 and i want to do it aswell

 

my dads friend bought a mk1 mex for £13 000 that was a nice car

 

that would be me mate

and Less that mentioned mk1/mk2 fiestas......

 

you know what are meant to be cheap to insure for young rivers old land rovers

 

yeah theyre cool aint they passionFORD not passionFARMER

 

check out the prices of the MK2 escorts mate and the price and availabilty if parts, retro car but parts will be £££££££££

The MK3 escorts are bad enough but would be more obtainable.

 

lol no way am i having a land rover i dont reli like them i think im gonna stick wi getting a mk2 i think

 

i look in classic ford there is an advert where there selling most body parts piston heads is good one for £1650 and one for £3000 but not alot for that price

 

gonna be hard to get but if you find one for a good price then go for it i know i would

 

my mate dad has one that he doing up in his garrage but he not gonna sell it my dad is gonna take me to some scrap yards soon he say his one in a scrap yard 2000 pound he sayd if he had 2000 pound he were gonna get it

 

A 5 door Mk2? I REALLY want to see one of them....

 

my advice to you lad is do your college course on cars if thats what you want then as soon as you are qualified retrain in another trade, plumber, sparky etc... nearly every mechanic i know myself included regret becoming one as you are not appreciated massivley underpaid and the job is shit anyway.
i have 19 year old mates doing pipe fitting for james mercer who admit they do next to fuck all, all day and are pulling 22k a year and have guaranteed payrises several times a year
wheras im 27 been in the trade 12 years and im lucky if i get 18k a year if i didnt have my own workshop where i work at night for cash then i wouldnt be able to afford to survive allthough it does my head in having to work at night as it means im generally doing 15 hour days 6 days a week its crippled my social life but i really dont have a choice.
anyway rant over

 

ye mate your right defo not plumber though my dad is one and its shit i help him

 

Dont become a mechanic or less you can get to work on fleet vehicles. Ive been in the trade since 1995. I have hated it for years until i started working for royal mail. I try to keep there vans on the road. I love my job its well easy compared to working in a garage. As for the cars i would get some insurance quotes first.

 

im thinking about working for a bmw dealership or something like that

 

mk2 escort insurance is dear or first time driver looking at 2 grand mate

 

chears mate ill think of something pal

 

IMO its way to expensive, it will cost a lot 2 build up, maintain etc, will rust in teh winter with snow etc and insurance would be loads, iv got a 1.0 corsa, 2002 and its £2500 a year im 17 by the way

 

Mk 2 would be class as a first car/project if you have the cash to do it properly as it will costs a fortune.

I didnt realise insurance has gone up so so much since i was 17 and it was expensive then.

Im glad i only pay £580 for a years insurance on my mondeo now and im 25

 

lol

 

My mates boy was getting quotes of nigh on 3k for a 1.4 1998 renault clio... I mean WTF!!!

Youngsters ( especially young lads ) are getting screwed with car insurance to the point where many cant afford to insure their vehicles, and get their first step on the motoring ladder... out of order if you ask me.

I remember my first car was a 1981 Cortina 2.0L and that was only £800 to insure.. and when I was 18 I was insuring my Rs Turbo for around £400 due to a special offer.

Now Im 34, 8 years no claims, Pass Plus and it still costs me £400 to insure a 1.0 corsa... !!!! I was insuring my Escos for less PMSL

BTT.. MK2 Escort would be a cool car for a first motor, or a Mk1 fiesta.

 

thought he was a taxi driver.i was a plumber before i went offshore,self employed most weeks you can make 1k easy and have friday off.i gave it up as i dont stick anything for long but thinking of going back as my wifes expecting our 1st baby.if you can get a job offshore and dont mind being away then go down that route,or go train to be a mechanic or get a trade then you always have something to fall back on.

 

how the fxxk do you afford that at 17?when i was 17 i made £80 a week and my insurance on a 2.0 8v cav gls mk3 was £600 a year,think my mk3 1.3 escort was only £400 a year,saying that i was through my mum,i 1st got insurance at 21 on a 1.4 escort van for £400 fully comp,then at 22 an xr3i cab for £900.

 

well

im a aprentice joiner, so get my £95 a week from that, then striaght after iv finished that i work in a restrant til half 11, then go home, then work in a restrant all day saturday so get about £170 a week but yeah its fucking expensive

all because a lot of young drivers act like twats and then we all get branded the same

 

he is both both part time

 

thats what im thinking

 

i dunno mate i deffo want a classic ford for my first car mk 2 or 3 escort im thinking

 

thought you said he drives taxis

my mate is a plumber and he is loving - making good money down here too