Crikey!

[mk1super]

3 hours ago, Johnny Boy said:

Hijack alert .

I haven't heard much about the new shells recently.

Any one care to comment.

I'll start a "New shells" post 😃

Oh have I opened up a tin of worms oh no that’s what happens when you poke about at Old Ford’s 😂

[Rally Pack 2000]

If I had 80k to spend on an Escort, I wouldn't!

That said after 38 and 32 years of ownership respectively I dare say I have actually spend that amount. I stared to keep a spend log more than a decade ago and it got so scary I trashed it for my own mental well being.

[mk1super]

11 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

If I had 80k to spend on an Escort, I wouldn't!

That said after 38 and 32 years of ownership respectively I dare say I have actually spend that amount. I stared to keep a spend log more than a decade ago and it got so scary I trashed it for my own mental well being.

Yeah a friend of mine once so helpfully said “You know for what you have spent on Old Ford’s you could have a nice new car.. Or even a decent Aston Martin “ (frankly I doubt the Aston part).

Funnily enough I don’t speak to him now. 
It’s at a stage now like you I don’t keep a count of what’s spent. I just keep putting some money to one side in a savings account for stuff as and when required. It softens the blows that way. 

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 minutes ago, mk1super said:

Yeah a friend of mine once so helpfully said “You know for what you have spent on Old Ford’s you could have a nice new car.. Or even a decent Aston Martin “ (frankly I doubt the Aston part).

Funnily enough I don’t speak to him now. 
It’s at a stage now like you I don’t keep a count of what’s spent. I just keep putting some money to one side in a savings account for stuff as and when required. It softens the blows that way. 

Treat it as a fun hobby expense and if you get your money back some day because of skyrocketing prices then thats just a bonus.

[Vista Estate]

Agreed on the fun hobby idea, well that's what I tell Jane 😉. 

It all fades into the distance when you are out on the road with a big grin on your face and nowt in your wallet 🤣

[Johnny Boy]

On 24/11/2023 at 12:17, mk1super said:

Oh have I opened up a tin of worms oh no that’s what happens when you poke about at Old Ford’s 😂

[Miniliteman]

Here's another "crikey" car, or should I say a hoax!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404643817450

[Dave Knight]

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust…..

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276188245301?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230906152218%26meid%3Da6e902e7d22343cea70e9a7092b7baf5%26pid%3D101817%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D276188245301%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DPersonalizedTopicsV2WithDynamicSizeRanker&_trksid=p4375194.c101817.m47269&_trkparms=parentrq%3A07fff64918c0a56935a7fab3fffeb47e|pageci%3A92150693-8bca-11ee-95d5-be47ba8ba00c|iid%3A2|vlpname%3Avlp_homepage
 

 

 

[RWL81P]

On 24/11/2023 at 12:38, mk1super said:

Yeah a friend of mine once so helpfully said “You know for what you have spent on Old Ford’s you could have a nice new car.. Or even a decent Aston Martin “ (frankly I doubt the Aston part).

Funnily enough I don’t speak to him now. 
It’s at a stage now like you I don’t keep a count of what’s spent. I just keep putting some money to one side in a savings account for stuff as and when required. It softens the blows that way. 

nice new car? whats enjoyable about a new car. you dont drive new cars, you basically sit in one, old cars are driven!

[Rally Pack 2000]

6 hours ago, Miniliteman said:

Here's another "crikey" car, or should I say a hoax!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404643817450

Darn I would have bought that!

[Farnsbarns]

On 24/11/2023 at 08:14, mk1super said:

It makes me sad, the prices of these now, prohibiting real genuine enthusiasts from owning one. Not people who buy them shove them in a garage and wait for them to be worth 100k it’s prohibited genuine enthusiasts from acquiring one. I thought all these “new shells” would have taken the prices down a bit but quite the opposite it appears. 

occasionally you can bag a bargain but it’s usually a headache as I’ve found out. 

That doesn't make sense to me. How is someone who can afford more, less of a "real and genuine enthusiast"?

However, this car is insanely priced which is different. No one's buying that. 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Farnsbarns