car advice!

[lotusless]

can anyone give any help???

i am looking for a daily driver

as some stupid doris wrote off my c**sa

on friday (while it was parked!!!)

i want an estate + have been looking at

95 onwards escort estates, but coz of

a limited budget (£800) i keep seeing

piles of sh**e! i dont want a diesel +

my question is what would be the best

engine to go for? 1.8 or 1.6 zetec?

 

dont laugh but i also saw a quite nice

sierra 2.0 estate!!! i know they are a bit

old now but any thoughts on these or

should i stick to the escorts????

any ideas welcome.

[Vista]

dont laugh but i also saw a quite nice

sierra 2.0 estate!!!

 

I won't if you don't, have you considered a 406 estate? They're very well equipped, have huge amounts of space and are cheap as chips

[orionmojo]

mk1 mondago estate, about 400 quid for a t+T'd one.

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

I had a Sierra Estate some years ago, and it was a good car. It was a bit underpowered, but it was the 1.6 Pinto. I have had 2 normal Sierras with a 2.0, and they went really well.

 

I have the NSTT as a member of my fleet at the moment... it is a W reg Escort Estate TD... it is a really nice car, but I know what you are saying about the prices of them. If you are going to go petrol, the 1.6 & 1.8 Zetecs are both great engines as long as they are serviced regularly.

 

I have a mate who has... a Mondeo with a 1.8 Zetec. He keeps it religiously maintained, and when I last saw it, it was on 150.000 miles with no signs of giving up. My dad's old Escort which was a 1.6 went on for 130.000 miles before he re-designed the front end in the Blackwall tunnels rush hour traffic But it never let him down... not once.

 

Good luck in your search mate, but if you went for the 1.8, it will be more torquey and will have more power over the 1.6... but both are good engines

 

BTW, I have known Zetecs to plod on to 220.000 miles

[orionmojo]

 

BTW, I have known Zetecs to plod on to 220.000 miles

 

yeah,my dad reeltly sold a focus dieselwith227,000onthe clock,stillstarted on the button

[Noodles]

I think 306 estates are very nice

[Gonzo]

get the sierra. least you can still get the back end out in the wet.

 

or a volvo.

[FBF]

BMW E30 touring. they still look awesome. loads of bits for them and solid like old bmws always are. i sold a really nice one this year for 400 quid with T and T

 

id put a picture up but thats another story..