RE: Spotted: Ford Escort RS1600i...

[Steamer]

If you are in the habit of doing silly things, at least save yourself a fiver!



25,995

[Big Six]

How can you put pictures up of an RS1600i & not post a picture of the seats?!

To this day they are best I have ever sat in. Never seen them fitted to another car either.

[tomoleeds]

there is the fella who collects the lowest mileage ford from this era,there was a feature on him on PH not so long ago,he has a garage done out like a dealers,with 3dr cossies a 500 cos 3dr, rs turbos,xr3,rs 1600i, and so on,might be for him but dont think anyone except a millionaire would pay that,£8k more realistic

[Phil Dicky]

Big Six said:

How can you put pictures up of an RS1600i & not post a picture of the seats?!

To this day they are best I have ever sat in. Never seen them fitted to another car either.

Lovely car and fantastic seats, this is one of the cars I should have bought back in my youth, along with a Fiesta Supersport, but come on 26k is really taking the piss

[anonymous-user]

Love to own one as a 2nd car but 26k as mentioned is too expensive. I personally would prefer a MK1 Escort RS Turbo in mint condition. There was always something retro cool about the turbo in the ways its power was delivered. Just love old Ford cars but whether owning one is as good as the reality.

[micawrx]

I had one and want another...

Its a typo... £2600.. isnt it?

[cjb1]

Now theres a man that knows his onions!

Mike Holmes said:

No thanks , thats Porsche 911 turbo money...........No contest

[Riggers]

Alias218 said:

I take offence to that Southend jibe! True though the stereotype may (unfortunately) be...

I'm from Essex and have owned a string of Fords (is four a string? I suppose it is), so I'm (probably) allowed to be Essex-ist .

Heck the old man even owned (briefly) a G-reg XR2...

[trackdemon]

"This RS1600i, for sale by North Yorks-based East Coast classics, but actually based in Essex"

Has one confused Malton with Maldon?

[gmh23]

scorcher said:

No Service History! No thanks. Next!

my thoughts exactly

[mackay45]

MrKipling43 said:

It's nice, but silly money. Such a blatant 'collectors' item' for the sake of being a collectors' item, rather than it actually having any interesting provinence in the same was as an RS500, or even an Escort Cosworth.

As for the service history, I'd be worried that it hasn't been touched by a mechanic for, what, 23 years? Despite the mileage.

I thought that but I guess they just mean it has been serviced but hasn't yet had the book stamped as that would happen at the correct mileage, I assume they have invoices for services!

[memfis]

If money was no object and i could have a private car collection then i would buy it as i used to spend a lot of time with RS Ford's. Whoever does buy it will not able to use it because as soon as it start's getting mileage on it then it will be just the same as all the other good RS1600i out there. So for the rest of it's life it will have to stay a collector's car and on display. So for this reason it will alway's sound expensive.

[gforceg]

Or this one for about 1/3 of the price...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C255219

But still..?

[DaveL485]

£26k. For an old Escort.

Bahahahahahahahahaha !!!!

[s m]

160tim said:

Did it really have steering wheel like THAT ?

Yes, it was a 4-spoke wheel as standard on the RS1600i

[M@1975]

Crazy money, yes it's mint but it's only for the fanboys and I can't imagine many of them would even consider anything like £26K for that. there are literally hundreds of other cars I would happily spend that kind of cash on.

[Riggers]

tomoleeds said:

there is the fella who collects the lowest mileage ford from this era,there was a feature on him on PH not so long ago,he has a garage done out like a dealers,with 3dr cossies a 500 cos 3dr, rs turbos,xr3,rs 1600i, and so on,might be for him but dont think anyone except a millionaire would pay that,£8k more realistic

You mean this chap?

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=2396...

HTH etc

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[400SE Dave]

cjb1 said:

Now theres a man that knows his onions!

Mike Holmes said:

No thanks , thats Porsche 911 turbo money...........No contest

It is a good point but then factor in another double figure number with 000 after it to run it over 2-3 years !!

£26k is crazy money. Still ike it but not at that money!!

[dukebox9reg]

NO!! a car like that you couldn't drive. so you would have it in a 'dream' garage to show off. Errrrr not much of a show off car. So as bluntly stated no.