My new Cab

Disco Boy · 29 May 2011 at 19:46

I like the colour, really suits it.

And £1k isn't really that exorbitant in my opinion (provided it is rust free).

Joshy · 29 May 2011 at 19:48

MrLOL said:
it probably is. But ssh i'm losing an argument here

If I was a little drunker I probably wouldn't have noticed

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You've not done well enough, so you can either take your grand budget and just something tidy or you can concede. You're choice. I can do this all night long

Pigeon · 29 May 2011 at 19:59

Nice car - looks very clean and tidy - both not worn out or rusty which is good. I can't believe people are saying you paid to much, from the photos it looks like it is a very tidy car and one on the edge of classic status and a summer convertible. I do not think £1000 would buy you anything in better nick!

I have a question though for you, how comfortable are the back seats for passengers? My parents are suffering for being a 2 car household with two 2 seater convertible cars that make going on short trips away more difficult!

jon.bda · 29 May 2011 at 20:05

Looks to be a nice 'un in the pictures mate...now get yourself over to the XROC!!!

woodpigeon4 · 29 May 2011 at 20:20

mk1_salami said:
You guys need to take a day off. It's market value is at least £1k whether you think it's good value for money or not. I'm pretty sure the OP won't lose money when he comes to sell it either. How many of you can claim to have the same luck? So who's the fool?

I don't personally like the car, but who am I to tell a man how he spends his £1k?

Totally agree. If he'd spent £5k on it, I'd be laughing along with the rest of them, but for £1k that looks pretty good to me. Granted, it's not the sort of car I'd buy myself, but then neither are some of the cars people spend £30k+ on

britain · 29 May 2011 at 20:42

Would the six digit registration number be worth anything?
I have friends who've kept their's over the years, look very good

[TW]Fox · 29 May 2011 at 20:43

britain said:
Would the six digit registration number be worth anything?

Not when the DVLA will sell you a 5 digit one for £250.

Rich_L · 29 May 2011 at 21:07

That's awesome

Summer cab fun for under a grand which is sod all in the grand scheme.of things and that's assuming a zero resale value too!

Maccapacca · 29 May 2011 at 21:36

I'm loving the keyboard car salesmen

[TW]Fox;19251904 said:
Thing is its got a huge bracing loop thing in the middle and the roof sits on the back like a pram, so its nearly a normal car with a panaromic roof rather than a cab

In the same way a Caterham 7 has got a panoramic roof? it's only a roof bar hardly like me (or Ford) trying to say a 'T' bar MR2 is a Cabriolet

jon.bda said:
Looks to be a nice 'un in the pictures mate...now get yourself over to the XROC!!!

Tried and looked into membership for insurance discount but all the links are dead ends and the phone number doesn't work, £150 fully comp with an agreed value isn't bad though

MrLOL said:
Next Question ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2849500.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2712793.htm

Really come on, did you just sort by lowest price and post the cheapest two

, I looked at Golf's and Saab's, I figured when the Saab dropped a big bill it would be out of my spanner range and write it off cost wise and the Golfs although there was some nice condition later models with more miles they just don't appeal to me.

Gaijin · 29 May 2011 at 22:01

My mate had the roofed version of this as his first car. We banged so many handbrake turns that we broke the handbrake.

I'm ready to collect my man points now.

I miss that car.

Fr0dders · 29 May 2011 at 22:04

maccapacca said:
Really come on, did you just sort by lowest price and post the cheapest two , I looked at Golf's and Saab's, I figured when the Saab dropped a big bill it would be out of my spanner range and write it off cost wise and the Golfs although there was some nice condition later models with more miles they just don't appeal to me.

Don't get me wrong

You've not been ripped off, if anything you've possibly paid less than the market value for your car.I'm not even trying to suggest they would have been better buys, I can understand how you might qute like enjoy the prospect of owning that car and would rather have it than an old golf or an old saab.

I'm just debating the value that old fords command on the 2nd hand market

Scania · 29 May 2011 at 22:06

MrLOL said:
You've not been ripped off, if anything you've possibly paid less than the market value for your car.

Nothing like its market value - if its as clean as it looks,the OP could probably nearly double his money if he sold it within the right circles - no matter how skewed that market may be due to the "XR3 Scene tax"

GSXRMovistar · 29 May 2011 at 22:08

That's flipping nice, overpriced or not I think a grand is a bargain seeing how tidy it is. Surely if maintained in that state it will only go up in value?

zipp0r · 29 May 2011 at 23:32

providing theres no rust or rot on it, £1000 is a good price for that car. never liked um tho, engines are crap, they are slow and they rot

Matt82 · 30 May 2011 at 05:37

looks really clean, thats probably cheap for what some nutters pay for old fords

Dogbreath · 30 May 2011 at 06:17

On the one hand that looks like a very tidy example of what is now a fairly rare car. On the other hand, it's an XR3i cabriolet :/

Jaap74 · 30 May 2011 at 06:50

I hope the OP enjoys his car over summer........

Flukester · 30 May 2011 at 07:39

NHS blue is one of my fave colours

Maccapacca · 30 May 2011 at 08:15

Flukester said:
NHS blue is one of my fave colours

Is not NHS blue :mad:

, oh wait yes it is

alexisonfire · 30 May 2011 at 08:18

lots of childhood memories in these for me, i can't say any were good because of the car however

looks in awesome condition, enjoy!

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