FIESTA FIASCO!

[sparkycapri]

What a saga, cut a long story short missus needs a car to learn to drive in so i was going to let her use my mk4 tina 16GL simple i thought! No not so simple cause my trade policy wont let her drive anything bigger then a 1.4. Prices of mk2 escorts being so high i drew a blank at first then a mate offered me a mk1 fiesta swap for a corsair shell i have lurched in the shed.

Had a look pretty good nick Zeibarted from new so kept the old tinworm at bay just scabby arches and obligatory rust around headlights, drives nice and may be correct miles 44K judging by the wear on pedals steering wheel etc. so deal was struck and said fiesta was mine, logbook lost so sent off for one only to get a letter back from DVLA saying that its been written off and they want to do a VIC test on it!

Faced with more money plus having to organise a trailer or recovery to the inspection center ontop of MOT fees & tax i did the sensible thing and brought the freeads and found one with T&T for £300 genuine 45k old lady owner must have bee garaged as virtualy no rust at all though i think everytime she drove it in & out she hit the gate posts!

 

so now i have 2 of the bloody things

i dont no what to do with the first one

break it for spares for the other one or try and sell it on again it does have very minor damage to rear bumper/valance hence the writeoff (i just thought someone had backed into a post at some point)

what do you think it's worth?

It's the bronze one fiesta festival

[X-pack-Glyn]

Swap the i.d.s mate

[FredTransit]

Would it cost so much to do the VIC check? I have heard they are not so much a big deal, you just go, they look at it and say "it's a fezza" or words to that effect, done. They are really looking for rung up mundanos, and don't know what to look for with classic cars. Looks a shame to break it. The writing off bit was obviously just financial.

[sparkycapri]

the red one is a better car so we are going to stick with that. VIC test is £38 i think is just all the agro of it i cant drive it there unless i MOT it first

trucks off the road at the mo so is my tow car and i dont own a trailer anyway. so it it going to cost money either way.

[Cookie]

Would it cost so much to do the VIC check? I have heard they are not so much a big deal, you just go, they look at it and say "it's a fezza" or words to that effect, done. They are really looking for rung up mundanos, and don't know what to look for with classic cars. Looks a shame to break it. The writing off bit was obviously just financial.

 

 

VIC checks are nothing to worry about, unless your motor is a ringer that is

 

Have'nt had one done for a year or so now so price might of crept up, but I think I paid £30 to £40 and that includes the new registration document.

 

Piece of piss to sort, send cheque to book it, turn up. blokey take our car keys while you wait in the waiting room, 10 mins later blokey re-appears with keys and paperwork, you trot of home. Job done