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It's fine, but it is cracking on in age.
I mean, it was cracking on when we got it, but we're a few more years down the road. It's nearly 21!
Prices seem to have come down quite a bit recently.
The main thing that bothers me is that it doesn't have some basic safety gear like ABS and traction control and little luxuries like AC. I grew up without safety stuff like ABS and learnt cadence braking, but I'd be happier for my lad to have a car with it.
It was fitted to the Merc S Class in 1978 (IIRC) and in 1985 it appeared on the Granny. Prior to that, there was a mechanical antilock system on the Escort called Stop Control System (SCS).
To add, I'd like to get a car that's a little bigger.
I'd need to stick to a maximum of a 1.4 old school petrol engine (IE not high output small capacity) to keep insurance costs down (the SpaceStar is 1.3).
But, and here's a big but, I'm a bit old fashioned in this regard: I don't want one of these fancy-schmancy TSi/ Eco-boom/ wet belt lumps.
So far, I have considered the Civic 7, which as a design is at least as old as the Mitsubishi, but the later models have things like AC and ABS, which his current car does not. Also looked at Civic 8, but the few people in the trade I have spoken to say the 7 is better built.
Also looked at the 1.4 MPi Octavia Mk 2.
Lastly, I have looked up the Kia Ceed.
I love the Honda's reliability and the Skoda's size, don't know a lot about the Ceed.
What do you think?
I mean, it was cracking on when we got it, but we're a few more years down the road. It's nearly 21!
Prices seem to have come down quite a bit recently.
The main thing that bothers me is that it doesn't have some basic safety gear like ABS and traction control and little luxuries like AC. I grew up without safety stuff like ABS and learnt cadence braking, but I'd be happier for my lad to have a car with it.
It was fitted to the Merc S Class in 1978 (IIRC) and in 1985 it appeared on the Granny. Prior to that, there was a mechanical antilock system on the Escort called Stop Control System (SCS).
To add, I'd like to get a car that's a little bigger.
I'd need to stick to a maximum of a 1.4 old school petrol engine (IE not high output small capacity) to keep insurance costs down (the SpaceStar is 1.3).
But, and here's a big but, I'm a bit old fashioned in this regard: I don't want one of these fancy-schmancy TSi/ Eco-boom/ wet belt lumps.
So far, I have considered the Civic 7, which as a design is at least as old as the Mitsubishi, but the later models have things like AC and ABS, which his current car does not. Also looked at Civic 8, but the few people in the trade I have spoken to say the 7 is better built.
Also looked at the 1.4 MPi Octavia Mk 2.
Lastly, I have looked up the Kia Ceed.
I love the Honda's reliability and the Skoda's size, don't know a lot about the Ceed.
What do you think?
). Several people were in and out to reception for warning lights for airbags, ABS, etc for more recent vehicles. One bloke collected his car and the person on reception told him that whatever warning light had been showing is now fixed. 10 mins later, he was back, saying the light was back on again, plus another new one. Total 'mare. Keep it simple!
