jr
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seen it allready, want it 
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Marc
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Buy it Jr, its only 8k.
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jr
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if i had 8k i would be buying a 3 door cosworth
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Marc
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Exactly the point I was making 
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jr
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but if i had lots of money, id buy it and mount it in my living room on a plith
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Marc
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Thats one big living room
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Ojc
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Yes
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RPM
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Yeah, To be honest if i had the 8k i woudnt be spending it on an XR2 but the sorta person that buys a car like is likely to have enough to get the cosworth aswell 
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dhdev
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£49,000 for an eggenberger (sp) RS500 I understand, its got heritage, its fast, its been used and can be used again, if it was kept in a garage and just started occasionally at least it'd sound good.
But 8k+ for a fiesta with a crossflow, that you can't drive cos it would de-value it, seriously think about what you're saying 
Cars are made to be driven, people saying that the fiesta is worth it cos its a piece of history should go and buy a ming vase or something.
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Robin
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A Nova Sport with the same mileage in the same condition would fetch the same money.
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dhdev
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i find that very hard to believe. How many thousand XR2's were there tho? compared to 500 (ish) nova sports.
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Nath
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Right i'm with Marc on this. I can appreciate its heritage and the fact its hardly been touched, but £8k is mental. Its not exactly special, it used to be a run of the mill production car. A Nova Sport or something of equal unique stature fair enough.
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ELG4N
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thats a brand new car almost for £ 8000 as far as im concerned
take your £ 8000 and buy a basic corsa/fiesta/clio etc..
i
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RPM
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Im sticking with the cars a legend.
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by ELG4N
thats a brand new car almost for £ 8000 as far as im concerned
take your £ 8000 and buy a basic corsa/fiesta/clio etc..
i
The new car will have electric window...air con...enhanced safety...better fuel economy...
I could go on...
Not a good comparison IMHO
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RPM
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Mmm, You'd choose a basic everyday corsa over an XR2 which everyone loves and remembers as being an icon....
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jr
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Its a mk1 xr2, when was the last time you saw a mk1 or 2 xr2 on the road
its worth 8k to the right people
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RPM
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
Its a mk1 xr2, when was the last time you saw a mk1 or 2 xr2 on the road
its worth 8k to the right people
I love you.
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Ojc
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The people saying thats its not worth 8k drive newer cars, I drive a newer car and drive my missus 200bhp Astra as well, but I wouldn't trade them for my Nova, no way. Older cars just have a better feeling to them, like you are part of the car, no driving aids (not the sexually transmitted disease).
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antscorsa
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mates dads got a mk1 feista supersport. been garaged for the last 10 or so years, mint condition must have no miles on it.
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
The people saying thats its not worth 8k drive newer cars, I drive a newer car and drive my missus 200bhp Astra as well, but I wouldn't trade them for my Nova, no way. Older cars just have a better feeling to them, like you are part of the car, no driving aids (not the sexually transmitted disease).
I'm saying its not worth it and I've owned old cars before. I agree that older cars do have more driving appeal, which is exactly my point about this particular example. It costs 8k+ but you can't drive the damn thing cos to do so would de-value it massively. So its 8k for an ornament and lets face it even a hardened ford nut would admit that there are better ornamental cars to be bought for 8k.
[Edited on 23-11-2006 by dhdev]
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RPM
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What other ornamental car could you get for 8K?
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jr
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my corsa if you want
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by antscorsa
mates dads got a mk1 feista supersport. been garaged for the last 10 or so years, mint condition must have no miles on it.
pics ant, does he want to sell it ?
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by RPM
What other ornamental car could you get for 8K?
First one off the top af my head (there are hundreds of prob better ones), E30 M3, could buy a rather tidy one for that money, poss an Evo too. 
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