Well I have a decision to make really, buy a car that would a be little more sporty as standard such as an Almera GTI, but I would have very little if any cash to do anything with the car. It would remain pretty standard.
Sam and I run a house together now and it leaves very little to spend anything on modifying both our cars, which I came to terms with a long time ago, I cannot express how good and enjoyable it's been doing our house up and running it over the last 18 months.
Now with the Escort I could do a fair bit to it with the payout and have a car that is only 33k on the clock, considering my corolla was 84k! The car has electric everything including air con and the engine is very responsive and would give me the opportunity to do something I love and not strecthing financies either.
I would be looking at:
But what I have to keep as realistic is what ever happens I'm driving again and have a replacement car lined up that has everything I need and more with incredible low mileage. I will of course return to Jap cars as I still want an integra Type R, but a good example is around 6.5k which is more then I can spend at the moment.
Depending on payout the Escort is a real opportunity for me.
Kev
Sam and I run a house together now and it leaves very little to spend anything on modifying both our cars, which I came to terms with a long time ago, I cannot express how good and enjoyable it's been doing our house up and running it over the last 18 months.
Now with the Escort I could do a fair bit to it with the payout and have a car that is only 33k on the clock, considering my corolla was 84k! The car has electric everything including air con and the engine is very responsive and would give me the opportunity to do something I love and not strecthing financies either.
I would be looking at:
- lowered suspension -60mm
- 17" rota alloys
- full s/s exahust system
- cold air induction system
- angle eye headlights
- smoked rear lights
- bodywork would possible remain as is apart from a rear boot spoiler
- respray in midnight black with a red flake
- walnut dash replaced with brushed aluminium steel effect
- double din headunit space to play with
- simple upgrade for the stereo system
But what I have to keep as realistic is what ever happens I'm driving again and have a replacement car lined up that has everything I need and more with incredible low mileage. I will of course return to Jap cars as I still want an integra Type R, but a good example is around 6.5k which is more then I can spend at the moment.
Depending on payout the Escort is a real opportunity for me.
Kev