my road trip to durham

As a few of you know i went to look at a new car
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1249559.htm
imperial blue escort rs cosworth, M plate 60,000 miles 2 owner car

i went to RSOC LGM near donnington on saturday with paul then travelled up to Durham,took 7 hours to get there in total.

stayed in premier inn saturday night and then popped along to see it .

It was pissing down with rain,the owner rung me around 10am and i said leave in garage so i could see paint work dry.I turned up and he opened the garage ,it was in was leaking and car was wet all over.
The owner pushed it out slightly so could open bonnet .I checked all chassis numbers and vin plates and all checked out oil and water all seemed ok.it was still raining and i asked to take it for a spin but he said he worried as he just SORN it

i had alook under neath and was a little rusty on floor and rear beam mounting points on the body
the rear arches had slighty started to go aswell

i asked again to take for a spin and he said BATTERY flat aswell
but i could take it for a drive next time i go up
He also said when would i want to pick it up

F##ked off was not the word

Oh mate, what a nightmare!!!... all that way as well?!

So when are you picking it up?!

think i will give it a miss
he knew i was going and how far i was travelling up. we had talked loads of times on the phone during the week and even talked about taking it for a road test

i only went to see it because of low owners and lowish miles ,the cars condition should have been alot better for that sort of mileage

i will learn from this tho

onwards and upwards tho paul

one will turn up

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-RS-COSWO...=item414a12e7a4

a weird one but looks the bollocks

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ESCORT-COSWORTH-4x4_...=item27ac9ce1b3

thanks L6YDE,

the first one looks nice but im really after a imperial blue one

the second one is not a cossie ,its on another website

daz give me a list of what you want like miles and owners etc and ill find you a gem i got nothing else to do now im jobless

heard you were going too look at another car, but didn't know it would be an escos

you still keeping the saph i take it?

what happened to the old skool ford hanckering you were having?

real shitter about a wasted trip, i felt the same when we were going too look at puma's for the ex

they were advertised as being in good condition but on closer inspection and wasted fuel(cossie fuel ) they were far from in good condition for the mileage and owners

hope you find a minter tho buddy, one will come up, just got too sift through the shite first

yeh still keeping the saff going to be my track toy

alot of shitters out there
thing is that if i didnt go i would never know

starting to realise that decent cars are not going to come up often

daz give me a list of what you want like miles and owners etc and ill find you a gem i got nothing else to do now im jobless

sorry to hear you jobless

after imperial blue car, low miles if poss but going to be hard to find

daz give me a list of what you want like miles and owners etc and ill find you a gem i got nothing else to do now im jobless

sorry to hear you jobless

after imperial blue car, low miles if poss but going to be hard to find

what kinda price range?as i do know of a few imperial blue ones for sale

yeah jobs are up and down at the moment nothings secure these days.....

shame about your job mate.

if its a nice one i will pay the money

i looked at one in durham for £13,500 so around that,maybe a bit more .

ok mate ill find one for you im good at finding cars at bargain prices

very nice shame it not a escort lol

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1235998.htm

Shame you aint after an Auralis blue one mate ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Get ya self on www.escortrscosworth.com and have a look in there for sale section all proper cars mate ................. Rashers

Sorry to hear of your wasted trip Daz, buying RS cars that are good, is a pain in the arse. Glad I've not had to do it for a long time!