Ford Sierra/Sapphire

Last November,needing a car because my much despised Nissan Sunny despite running for months with a bodged carb had finally ground to a halt.I reluctantly put aside £60 for a replacement carb when my mate told me about a trade-in Sapphire that had recently come in.Now being a car fanatic that has had though I've never actually counted over 60 cars the words £50 set alarm bells ringing in my head,the first thing that automatically comes to mind is - what's wrong with it?I had about 10mins to make a decision so checking the state and level of the oil and water,telling my mate to rev it and then to hold it at 3000rpm for half a minute or so to see what ...

I had a Sierra 2.0GL Estate until about 3 months ago, when someone decided to run into the back of it! The car was a 1987 (D) model, and I had it 4 years. I bought it at auction as it had been broken into and the radio stolen and locks damaged. I wanted to get a cheaper car as I was sick of depreciation on £2000+ cars I had bought in the past. I paid £700 for the Sierra, and I hardly had to do anything to it, in the 4 years I had it. Just the usual, battery, alternator, tyres, exhaust etc...which didn't cost to much as I'm a mechanic. It passed the MOT first time every year, and never broke down on me. The estate is very useful, as you ...

After selling my Mondeo TD, I was after a car that would get me around from A to B cheaply, while still offer a decent specification. After hunting up and down the columns in the autotrader I decided that a high spec Sierra would do the trick.There aint many cars I havenot had and I liked my previous Sierra about 6 years ago. However the police seem to like it as well and I was always getting stopped. I had first decided on a Turbo diesel, I know there are slow and very heavy to drive without power steering. The first example I looked at was advertised for £700 and it had power steering on a H Plate. The car was decribed as a mint example and the owner would ...