"npc58501" (npc58501)
02/19/2018 at 16:12 • Filed to: None
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"npc58501" (npc58501)
02/19/2018 at 16:12 • Filed to: None | 3
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What do you think guys? Old Escort without rust for $850 OBO? 82k miles. Thinking about getting it to keep miles off my Ford C-Max and to have a stickshift to have fun with.
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facw
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:19 |
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I say if you are going to buy an old Escort, find a GT so you get the asymmetric grill:
Also I’d warn you that someone in my neighborhood had one and the bumper just disintegrated, but I see from the ads that that is pre-done here.
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npc58501
> facw
02/19/2018 at 16:22 |
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Not much choice when you have 100k people within a 100 mi radius. The seller said something about fixing the bumper before sale...but i’m not holding my breath.
OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:24 |
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I lol-ed at the ad.
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npc58501
> OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/19/2018 at 16:26 |
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It was funny too. I had another laugh when I saw it driving around town and it was real (craigslist does not exist/unused west of Fargo, ND in ND).
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:26 |
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Nondescript, but reliable. There aren’t many left here anymore, but you still see them from time to time! :)
If it’s in decent shape and not rusty, I say go for it!
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:31 |
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People actually live in ND?
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npc58501
> OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/19/2018 at 16:38 |
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A few of us exist, yes. Some more in the summer, but they fly to Arizona for the winter.
lone_liberal
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:41 |
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It certainly meets the criteria for a winter beater, if the heater works. If you have room and a spare couple of hundred bucks it’s in “why not?” territory.
For Sweden
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:42 |
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A car that works for under $1000 = NP
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:42 |
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people even leave Tennessee for the winter and it never gets below 5. Wimps!
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:44 |
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Yes!
mazda616
> For Sweden
02/19/2018 at 16:46 |
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Agreed!
Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 16:56 |
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Its probably more like 282,000 miles
Cé hé sin
> facw
02/19/2018 at 17:03 |
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Alternatively, get a really old one. Not for that price though or anything anywhere near it.
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facw
> Cé hé sin
02/19/2018 at 17:05 |
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Yeah, I’m guessing those are rare in North Dakota, considering they weren’t sold in the States.
diplodicus forgot his password
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 17:27 |
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Oh hell ya. I had a zx2 escort with the 5spd as a teenager. They can take one hell of a beating.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 17:27 |
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If seller has this sort of sense of humour, the car is probably fine.
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Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> For Sweden
02/19/2018 at 17:27 |
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This.
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npc58501
> OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/19/2018 at 17:36 |
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There’s been at least three -30 F days here. And at least 10 to 20 -10 F days. More on the way lol. Fortunately not too much snow because it blows into 10 ft high drifts and summers here can be real nice with low humidity/dry heat.
It’s colder here than Minneapolis, nuff said.
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npc58501
> Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
02/19/2018 at 17:39 |
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Even then, it may be worth buying with a best offer because ND sands the roads rather than salt most of the time.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 17:40 |
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If you can knock the dude down with the 2003 ZX2 there down to like $1200-1500, I’d probably go with that, as long as you’re up for replacing a timing belt. They’re faster and probably somewhere more reliable. They also definitely have OBDII, so you can use common bluetooth/wifi adapters and software to diagnose pretty much anything. Mine was the most ridiculously reliable car I’ve ever owned, and I even used it as an overloaded tow vehicle on a long move. Ran like a champ and never missed a beat.
Khalbali
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 17:43 |
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Do it! I had a $700 festiva that I loved cheap beaters are the best.
f86sabre
> npc58501
02/19/2018 at 20:33 |
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Nearly indestructible, cheap parts and kind of fun. Go for it. We’ve raced a 1991 Escort for years. Good fun.
Find a GT rear end and put it under it for a quick four wheel disk brake conversion.