FORD ESCORT Estate 1990‑2001

This car has been very helpful to me and I shall miss it.

It has never let me down and it will do the same for the next owner.

The main reason I found it useful is its adaptability.

An excellent car for its year. Runs very well on filtered frying oil. High cost of Road tax and poor co2 emissions are negatives.

This particular model was built towards the end of the Escort production and is very highly equipped. Remember that Ford had to produce Escorts alongside the replacement Focus for a couple of years, the old model was that good.

In practical terms, the estate has been excellent at transporting pushchairs, dogs, purchases from builders merchants (not all at the same time though!)

Performance is ideal for sustained motorway speeds of A road driving, expect to get 350 to 400 miles on a tankful. Town driving is simple, the clutch is light and easily controlable and all round visibility makes parking a breeze, power steering helps as well.

Maintenance costs are low, as you would expect from a mass manufactured car. When things do go wrong, obtaining spares is never a problem.

What can a say, has the usual bumps and scrapes as most old work cars do, has never let me down on a winter morning, always starts first time It's got over 140 on the clock and I drive around 90km a day. Has brand new brakes and tyres. Over all very reliable but very unatrative.