Smit

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Visited a shop today and the guy who ran it was interested in chatting about my Sierra. Asking questions about it and genuinely being quite nice...

Anyway he mentioned he's had one since new.... TBH i was thinking he was full of hot air until he dropped the line.... It's in the garage round back, wanna have a look......... My jaw dropped.

A standard 4x4 Magenta with 20254 miles on the clock. It was gorgeous, even had the standard exhaust. only mods it had was a standard replacement actuator and added a red dump valve

But it was sensational... 20k miles for a 20yrs old car. And he had no intension of selling it





Just goes to show they are still around hidden up. His missus even invited me back this Saturday so we can get it out of the garage n have a few piccys taken together Top guy...

Carlos-Titx

That is very nice!
I feel its a bit of a shame that these are hiden away and not used. Its a Cosworth, it is meant to be going sideways!

Icurus

Very nice, my fav colour too

maxest

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Very nice!

Rsmat

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Wicked mate.

Smit

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He has been using it, said he took it out for a run last week as the battery was getting flat. It was still taxed until Nov 2011! His missus showed me the History/MOT and he's done 952miles in 24months!

Staffi

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When i was delivering 2days ago a guy got talking to me and we waffled on about cars and got onto Cossies and he said i have one in my garage, wouldn't say what, opened the door up and a 35kmiles Black 500....

As you say, you never know..

jamie956

My mates dad has a 2wd moonstone blue saph sitting in his garage on axle stands been in there since 1998 only mod is samco hoses its a mint time whap, he wont sell to me and has no intension of puting it back on the road

Less.

Lovely atleast its its being lloked after and not just left to rot

vroooom ptssssh

80% of the remaining ones probably are, it's nice to find one tucked away kept mint as if their were none, how would we know what a mint one was like in another ten years time? I personaly think it's great!

Look forward to the pics Smit

Carlos-Titx

when its put like that it aint a bad thing to do I guess.

Glenn_

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Wow thats mint.Im looking forward to seeing more pics.

I think its a shame when cars are sat in garages and the owners wont sell them.

I wonder how many people have had old cars like this which they wouldnt sell,then they die and there family scrap them cause they dont know what they are and how much there worth.

fordrs2005

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you,d be suprised how many of these cars are in garages doing nothing like that there parked up everywhere

gordyshreds

photos of his missus or it didnt happen!!

j6kyt

up the road from where i live theres a bloke who has a f reg saff and hes had it from new last time i spoke with him it has 15000 miles on the clock, he will never sell it.

BRAMMER

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Theirs loads of RS's around here it's just know one uses them

kosman

i saw a mk2 escort and a white 2wd saff sat in a lockup today covered in dust.

jason_nike

Nce to hear of all these finds tho

Cossie Sean

its the sideways abused ones that keep breaking and get sold, the nice ones that dont break get stored and kept, simple

i know of atleast 10 that do less than 1000mile a year within 5 miles!

vroooom ptssssh

Smit

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His missus was 50ish so what-ever floats your boat really.................... (she had a Fiesta ST )

D16PJM

thats because your summer is so short up there, apparently it was on a tuesday this year

fatmike

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Yeh, but there are plenty being thrashed about sideways, its still nice to see genuine minters lying about.

Rax

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One of my mates has owned and used his white sapp everyday for 13 years,one of my other mates has owned his 1 previous owner magenta sapp for 7 years and only used it for 12 months.Will not sell but because he has other cars and bikes it just sits in his garage
F plate standard car with cloth trim.I keep nagging him to get the bloody thing out and used

McGoo 69

always good to see a properly orignal one