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(Message started by: jg on Jul 17^th, 2007, 7:42pm)

Title: This is the car I have been asking questions on
Post by jg on Jul 17^th, 2007, 7:42pm

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t97/saviour_54/granada/nsoffs640480.gif

So, what do you think ?

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by Dave on Jul 17^th, 2007, 10:21pm

Lovely colour 8)

Whats the mileage? Looks in good nick.

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by jg on Jul 17^th, 2007, 10:25pm

Pepper Red.

mileage 164,34x.xx and a bit.

Body work is not as good as I would like, but, nothing drastic.
Runs very sweet, and all electric works, AC is very cold.

What is she worth ?

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 18^th, 2007, 1:05am

Quote:

What is she worth?

You don't want to know :-/

Nice colour, I thought Pepper was lighter than that.

Somebody's an Autoglym or Jofs man ;D

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by Dave on Jul 18^th, 2007, 11:38am

Whatever you are prepared to pay! What does the seller want?

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by jg on Jul 18^th, 2007, 12:10pm

£995

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by Dave on Jul 18^th, 2007, 3:12pm

Have a look on eBay at completed items, see what the current trend it. If it has good service history then it seems ok to me but of course you could always make an offer ???

EDIT: Had a quick look on the Autotrader website and the price seems roughly top side of average. You could get one with lower miles if you wanted but, as far as I am concerned, mileage means very little - its how well looked after + serviced its been.

Check the autobox for good operation and make sure the colour is red-ish in colour.

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by jg on Jul 18^th, 2007, 4:01pm

This is it (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-SCORPIO-GHIA-16V-2-3_W0QQitemZ180140734989QQihZ008QQcategoryZ9844QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by TiberiuS on Jul 18^th, 2007, 5:24pm

Just to be sure, are you buying it or selling it?

Nice car but to be honest £950 is on the high side, I'd probably have a go at haggling down to £600. To give you an idea, I sold my 2.3 Ultima in January for £900, 105k and in similar condition to that one...the price I got was on the high side for a 2.3 then, cosworths seem to fetch a couple of hundred more. I'm with Dave, mileage doesn't mean a great deal nowadays, if it's been looked after with regular fluid changes it should be sweet.

But, the 2.3 is a nice car, nice amounts of mid power...seems a bit more than 150bhp and really smooth revving. No sportscar but could give your average rep mobile a run for its money...I managed to outrun a 325i once, I was chuffed ::)

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by PeteB on Jul 18^th, 2007, 6:07pm

Aye id say 995 is asking a bit much my 2.5 td ultima has about the same mileage and set me back 700 :) (although my mot was short and then cost 300 to get it through :( )

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by wayne on Jul 18^th, 2007, 7:33pm

Six & seven hundred quid :'(

I know it's the going rate, but when you think boxy little Fiestas and other small cars are going for that, and when you think of the spec the Scorpio has... It's sacrilige :(

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Jul 18^th, 2007, 8:09pm

We are essentially dealing with 'pocket-money' cars here - but potentially they could be expensive to fix.
Far better to pay a couple of hundred quid extra for a real nice one than another with a few niggling faults or bits of rust which would cost more to fix.
Condition more important than mileage in my opinion.
I'd rather pay £950 for a rust free car in good condition than £700 for another example with rust and other faults. £250 doesn't get a lot fixed on a car these days...

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 19^th, 2007, 12:30am

<<< Condition more important than mileage in my opinion >>>

Dunno, at 164K miles you're hoping all the major mechanical problem items have been fixed or replaced.

You can tart up a rusty wheel arch and a scuffed bumper and still get to work, but a broken autobox or a blown engine is always gonna leave you on the hard shoulder. ???

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by dogma on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 1:03am

I dont mean to spoil anything, and i could be wrong by one has the car in the interior pic of the dash got a blue bonnet, or is it a trick of the eye
tell me to shut up if im wrong
jim

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 4:04am

It looks green to me, but as my Tourmallard Green looks blue in the rain and black in overcast, I wouldn't take much notice to what colour a Scorpio *looks* ;)

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by jg on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 10:21am

Nop, it's all Pepper RED, with Dark Blue hide.

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by RichardMS on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 11:03am

on 07/23/07 at 01:03:42, dogma wrote:

I dont mean to spoil anything, and i could be wrong by one has the car in the interior pic of the dash got a blue bonnet, or is it a trick of the eye
tell me to shut up if im wrong
jim

Do you mean this one, Looks like another car parked in front of it to me :-/
http://www.mintoff.co.uk/images/grany/fs006.jpg

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by RichardMS on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 11:05am

Looking at another pic it is the garage door ;D

http://www.mintoff.co.uk/images/grany/fs23g3.jpg

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by dogma on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 7:30pm

Ahhh ill shut up now ha ha, think ill get my eyes checked lol

Title: Re: This is the car I have been asking questions o
Post by RichardMS on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 7:42pm

on 07/23/07 at 19:30:43, dogma wrote:

Ahhh ill shut up now ha ha, think ill get my eyes checked lol

;D ;D ;D