I bought one of those new, tax-free, in 1989. It was red, and my then girlfriend had one in white. We thought we were cool-as.

I look back on it now as a shaping and learning experience! (The car that is, not the girl).

Devil2575

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Prawo Jazdy said:

ZNSsupercars said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

I have a thing for fast fords!

Well, that one is a Ford. What was the second criteria again?

It was fast compared to similar cars of that Era.

Liquid Tuna

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Smelly Sox said:

ZNSsupercars said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

£5k?! It's a heap of s

I looked at the engine bay pic, then the side-on pictures and came to the same conclusion. Surely it was s

t back then and it'll be s

t now? I like Fords, but not this one.

Carfield

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Pelo said:

This Rx-7 really does it for me!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C553951

Oh, if only I was in the UK! Are these truly ruinous to keep running? Someone reassure me that it would be financial suicide, please?

Prawo Jazdy

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Carfield said:

Pelo said:

This Rx-7 really does it for me!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C553951

Oh, if only I was in the UK! Are these truly ruinous to keep running? Someone reassure me that it would be financial suicide, please?

You could do this to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjpXbMiCtg

And I know the XR3i was quick for its day. Personally, I'd much rather have £4k sitting doing nothing than have that on my driveway though, but that's just me.

Strawman

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Devil2575 said:

s m said:

masermartin said:

phil_cardiff said:

The Mk1 Mondeo brought fine handling to the common (family) man. It's a sure fire future classic.

I'd argue the Peugeot 405 did that, but people apparently weren't that interested in the late 80's.

I'd say the Primera P10 had a part as well - all 3 of the aforementioned were great steers

I don't know if there's any truth to it but I was once told that Ford copied the suspension setup of the Primera for the Mondeo because it handled so well.

Sounds like cobblers, during the development the Primera and the Honda Accord were used as benchmarks that the Mondeo had to surpass before the design was finalised. That's different from saying Ford copied any design features from the Primera.
For example the front MacPherson strut that almost all cars use (including the Mondeo and Primera) was a Ford development from the 1940's.

dbdb

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Pelo said:

This Rx-7 really does it for me!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C553951

I've always liked these. They're so pretty.

dbdb

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CharlesdeGaulle said:

ZNSsupercars said:

Prawo Jazdy said:

ZNSsupercars said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

I have a thing for fast fords!

Well, that one is a Ford. What was the second criteria again?

By fast, I mean faster than the standard model!

The all-white ones were quite a fashion statement at the time. I quite like seeing the white ones now, in a retro sort of way. There's no way I'd want to own one though!

sday12

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Carfield said:

Pelo said:

This Rx-7 really does it for me!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C553951

Oh, if only I was in the UK! Are these truly ruinous to keep running? Someone reassure me that it would be financial suicide, please?

No, no ruinous, just not very good.
Pretty mind.

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