Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Need to shift D's old Ford Fiasco following a small purchase I made yesterday afternoon... It has (as you can see) been through the wars, but its a surprisingly solid and reliable heap. Its J reg, 1.1 auto (CVT!). 2 months tax and MOT till November 2005. Whats it worth (not a lot I know!), and should I bung it in the Autotrader or just stick it in the local paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Depends who your local paper is Ari - which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Depending on how much it owes, and how much time you want to give selling it, I would; e-bay, local paper and note in window personally. Although if you want to step it up a notch autotrader and exchange n mart. E-bay can be good if your prepared for some cr@p along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Depends who your local paper is Ari - which is it? [/ QUOTE ] Its just the local evening rag covering the local area. But I'm guessing no one's going to want to travel far to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Depending on how much it owes, and how much time you want to give selling it, I would; e-bay, local paper and note in window personally. [/ QUOTE ] Not a lot and lot a lot. Just want to shift it quickly and cheaply really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 I would say E bay and local rag! If you know anyone with an E Bay account, they can bid on it for you to up the money!!! So what is the new purchase??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Ari - try Motors Today as it is rapidly catching AutoTrader and the advantage you get is that if your local newspaper is part of its parent group you'll get it published in the paper plus online for an additional £3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Local Rag sold my old golf. Advertised in the CAmbridge Evening News for a week and someone came all the way from Ely to Royston to view and back again to buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Need to shift D's old Ford Fiasco following a small purchase I made yesterday afternoon... [/ QUOTE ] Do tell.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Well... D's Fiesta was getting somewhat long in the tooth (was bought as a stopgap a year ago when her previous car bit the dust). We wanted something 5 door, cheap for her to insure and run but big enough for four/five people on occasions, under 1,500cc (I think it is) to get the cheaper road tax but that would do the occasional long trip. I'd been thinking Astra 1.4 or Escort 1.4 just because I knew insurance, parts, etc would be cheap and they'd be easy to fix. Have a friend in the motor trade looking out for something along those lines as a part exchange trade in that he wouldn't want to retail, just sell on out. He phoned me yesterday to say he had this Rover. It was a car he'd originally taken in p/x when it was 3 years old and sold on, and the guy he sold it to had come back and traded it in against a newer car, so he pretty much knew all the history of the car which is nice. So we went and took a look and 1/2 hour later were the proud owners! Its a Rover 214SEi, L reg, with 81,000 miles on the clock. It seems a very straight car, and the inside looked pretty much unmarked apart from the fact that he was obviously a smoker, but nothing a good bit of ventilation and an air freshener can't deal with. The outside has a couple of small areas of rust bubbling up under the paint, but nothing major at all. It has a new radio/cassette, central locking, power steering, rear wash wipe etc, and as I mentioned has 81,000 miles on it. It drove nicely apart from the high biting point on the clutch and a slightly "throaty" exhaust sound, but I feel one can't be too picky at this age/milage/price. The engine felt smooth and willing and the car felt reasonably "tight", and everything seemed to work on it. So its all paid for, just need to sell the present old Fiesta so we can transfer the insurance and we'll go get it! D very excited (bless) and oddly, so am I! Just feels a nice little car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 They were good reliable cars, especially for what you want it for. Bearing in mind they have the Honda engine in them too I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Ah...explains the new sig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Hope its one with power steering, those are bruts otherwise ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 I think it's basically a Honda Concerto built under licence with different badges. I thought it would therefore be a Honda engine too, but apparently the 1.6 was a Honda unit, the 1.4 is a Rover K Series. Honda Concerto -> Rover 214 -> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nice motor Ari, what colour is it - difficult to see from the pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nightfire/fly red did they call it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 is that the SEi or SLi??? my bro had an SEi and had no trouble from it at all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Ah...explains the new sig... [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Hope its one with power steering, those are bruts otherwise ! [/ QUOTE ] Yup, power steering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Its this colour, although this was the Special Edition model a year later with alloys and half leather seats etc which D's doesn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] is that the SEi or SLi??? my bro had an SEi and had no trouble from it at all!!! [/ QUOTE ] It is the SEi model. Hope D's is as reliable. I'll get some better pics when we pick it up, last night was not really the weather for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Yes, that is officially called Nightfire Red and has been a Rover colour for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabGirl Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nightmare red? Looks nice by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Now now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Yes, that is officially called Nightfire Red and has been a Rover colour for many years. [/ QUOTE ] Ah, excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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