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Dec 14, 2006 18:27:25 GMT
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Reading the XR4i thread it struck me - I havent seen an XR3i for ages. In fact I don't think I've seen one for years! So when did they go from being driven by barrys everywhere to being extinct? Were they any good in the first place and are they missed? Tell me about them!  |
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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Dec 14, 2006 18:35:49 GMT
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I saw a perfect A reg mk3 XR3i yesterday. He was very pleased to have a bearded trampy bloke hooting and waving at him from a filthy mk1 golf. I remember going to a yard near me about 8 years ago and they literally had about 40 of them in, all mk3's......THATS where they all went....  |
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2006 18:36:06 GMT by Thrasher
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Dec 14, 2006 18:36:40 GMT
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I had an '88 3i ... fantastic car. Diamond white and virtually no rust, which I always thought was odd ! I did quite a bit of engine work on it and it went pretty damn quickly for a CVH. Of all the cars I've owned, I think the 3i gave me the most enjoyment for my money. I then bought a 16v Mk2 Golf GTI and was in the process of selling the 3i when a builders van lost its trailer at about 50mph (down a narrow one way street) which subsequently thumped into the back of my 3i, sending it 6ft forward and shortening it by about 1ft ... and that was that. I have always regretted not keeping it and have been hankering after another one ever since. I always preferred the earlier spec models, the models from 90 onwards with the 14" Cosworth style lattice rims and later spec bumpers never appealed as much for some reason. Plus I always preferred the MFI to the EFI. If you want one, watch out for rust ... rust ... and more rust. Particularly sills, battery tray and rear arches. Well, it is a 1980's Ford. Along with the Golf GTI they are the iconic 80's hatch, even if the VW boys don't like to admit it. My 3i shamed many a Golf in its time. Unfortunately, the barry element, the fact they are easier to get into than a hookers pants and rampant rot (particularly the 86 models) meant that many of both the Mk3 and 4 3i's ended up in the big scrapyard in the sky. I have an eye out for one at the moment, they do turn up now and then locally but finding a decent example is very difficult now.
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2006 18:46:33 GMT by superden
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Dec 14, 2006 18:41:33 GMT
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Theres still quite a few Mk4s about, just not many in unaltered dogleg alloy glory.
Where were all the MK6 XR3is in the first place? How many did they make? ten?
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Dec 14, 2006 18:42:53 GMT
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They dropped the XR brand in favour of the poofy Si logo.
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Dec 14, 2006 18:46:49 GMT
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sure dennis? you could buy a fiesta Si alongside the XR, not to mention the mk5 XR3i come out after the Si fiesta?
i thought it was the ST?
anyways, what ever happened to cloverleafs? ;D
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Dec 14, 2006 18:48:32 GMT
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sure dennis? you could buy a fiesta Si alongside the XR, not to mention the mk5 XR3i come out after the Si fiesta? I thought it was the ST? anyways, what ever happened to cloverleafs? ;D Si, ST ... its a long time ago and both are inferior ;D I remember when you couldnt give Cloverleafs away ! |
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Where did all the XR3is go?BenzBoy
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Dec 14, 2006 18:49:11 GMT
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There's a beautiful Mk3 XR3i in sunburst red that frequents my local Morrisons. Really original. There's also a Mk3 Cabrio that parks on my street, again in red. Stunning.
I think rot has claimed many of them, like superden said.
I'm actually starting to like Mk4 Escorts (!) - I've not seen one for donkeys years. I reckon the 3i and RS Turbo are finally beginning to shake off their Barry-boy image.
*EDIT* I thought they binned the XR tag in favour of the Si too. The ST was quite a bit later IIRC
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2006 18:50:47 GMT by BenzBoy
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Where did all the XR3is go?DarrenW
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Dec 14, 2006 18:50:31 GMT
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There was a '90-spec white XR3i for sale quite recently right near me. It was tidy too!  (thanks Stuyizz ;D ) |
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Dec 14, 2006 18:51:20 GMT
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Rarer still now ... the XR3 carb model.
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Dec 14, 2006 18:54:38 GMT
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my bro-in-law has two mk4 xr3i's stashed away in his lockups,i'll dig some pics out when i get home.they're both mint and i know at least one of them has won concours prizes at classic car shows.its totally original right down the the key ring and dealer stickers in the back window.
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Dec 14, 2006 18:57:06 GMT
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They do seem to have disapeared almost completely.
Strangely there seems to be a hell of a lot more cabrio versions of the mk3 and 4 in circulation, but they've never appealed to me as much.
I too am starting to warm to the mk4, never thaught I would!
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Dec 14, 2006 19:02:41 GMT
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heres one  and t'other  |
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Dec 14, 2006 19:05:57 GMT
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* OOOOOOOF *  ;D
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Dec 14, 2006 19:09:03 GMT
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Rarer still now ... the XR3 carb model. My mate has a W reg one !! :-o Had it for about 12 years I think... Would try and get him on here, but he doesn't do computers sadly. |
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Where did all the XR3is go?slater
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Dec 14, 2006 19:12:59 GMT
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Theres quite a few in the scrappies still , my local has a mk4 and i knwo a guy with loads (over 5 atleast) in his yard
Mk3s are where its at for me, very rare now for some reason
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Dec 14, 2006 19:17:22 GMT
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Seen quite a few up at McGuiness' scrappy in Stoke, see very few on the road now though.
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Dec 14, 2006 19:24:57 GMT
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Funnily enough, I saw a blue Mk4 van on clovers on the way home from work today!
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Dec 14, 2006 19:45:44 GMT
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I saw these over the summer, both were standard xr3's I think.   The yellow one must be one of the early survivors. |
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;D
