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Ok i bought this car to fix up for the GF to learn to drive in but shes been using my metro and has got used to driving it, so this has to go to make way for a new project.Its an L reg 1.8 non turbo diesel it has no tax or MOT but i have done all the that i knew it would fail on however it will need to be put through a test ,i put a new battery on it a month ago oil and filters have been done and i have done loads of work on it.Car is located in Corby northants,at moment i have no pics as my computer has goofed usb ports  anyone interested pm me with an offer idealy like to get some of my money back but i'm not asking a fortune.Does over 50mpg and is surprisingly nippy for a non turbo. |
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i had one of these up until christmas when i scrapped it for starter motor and alternator failure, would have kept it but company car was too tempting.  Have to say it was the most fun car i've owned in prue terms of drive it anywhere and don't mind what happens to it. What on earth have you been driving to think its nippy though? Me and my friend (who had the same engined escort) used to race each other because everyone else would slay us. Well, we did serve a few civics on togue runs but jeez, quick it aint. The escort blew up after we poured 4 pints of water down the inlet with a handful of gravel and a few rizla. Bombproof motors!! It did spew out steam for ages, still got the black mark on the drive. ;D These engines also lap up the vegetable oil! I had mine on a near 100% mix last summer and it was faultless. Costco vegetable oil ftw. 50mpg easily, i used to put a fiver of diesel in a month and then brim it with vegetable oil, and that would be it for some ridiculous mileage. Didnt have a stereo either, brilliant! How much you want for it? I got my last one from northants aswell, nostalgia! |
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Well when i say nippy i mean for a diesel, i got it off a bloke i work with and he drives nothing but ford diesels and he,s had tons of them and even he said that he had never driven one as quick as this.a mate of mine also has a van version and i can leave him standing,he drives his around in 4th cos when its in 5th it wont do more than 60 ;D.Veg oil sounds like a plan i might just have to keep it now you say that.
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Apr 18, 2007 10:18:23 GMT
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yeh, got another mate with an escort van, same engine. it was pretty even wth mine and my mates normal escort though, the fezza just had the edge, hahahah. i got a pic somewhere of the scrotem, matt black and flames with a gold metal flake roof. was a classic.
get a ticket on it, put some veggie oil in and you got a seriously good little runaround, my ex didnt seem to mind, but then again she just used to talk about the cars in the classic
oh the red one that smells like a chippy
yes dear, the red one that smells like a chippy (or dinky donuts dependant on the weather / mix)
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Apr 18, 2007 22:23:33 GMT
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Ok this is spooky lol it might sound stupid, I was about to say to lordyoung1980 where do you live in corby coz I live there too, and then I then seen Unmuffled Ryans location. I used to live there too. Oh i and i think i've seen the metro about. Is it blue? Coz i seen one up Pluto shops.
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2007 22:24:28 GMT by MetroLee
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Hi minimad i live up on the lodge park area,and the metro is red.My mate had the same model but metalic blue,might be that one.But my metro spends most of it s time in leicster now cos thats were the girlfriend lives.Yesterday on the fiesta i just put 3 litres of veg oil in the tank as it was a bit low and 1 litre of diesel runs a treat, engine seems smoother and the exhaust smells of pork chops  even though it was a brand new bottle of oil.Only cost 1.88 for 3 litres ;D.First person with the right offer gets it. |
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Apr 20, 2007 14:37:02 GMT
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My auntie lives on lerwick way, and my mum grew up there. I'll have to look out for you. I've never seen a red metro around corby.
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Last Edit: Apr 20, 2007 14:37:14 GMT by MetroLee
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Apr 22, 2007 23:17:11 GMT
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Bump,any interest
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May 24, 2007 14:07:20 GMT
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Its still up for grabs.I need to move it as i'm looking for a cheap merc diesel.
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how much you looking for?
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anyone interested pm me with an offer idealy like to get some of my money back but i'm not asking a fortune.Does over 50mpg and is surprisingly nippy for a non turbo.
even though it was a brand new bottle of oil.Only cost 1.88 for 3 litres ;D.First person with the right offer gets it.