MarkyMark Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I got fed up with the mondeo a while back and thought i'd get rid, free up a few pennies and get something cheaper. The obvious car to me was another escort After a couple of months browsing for a good to mint GTI estate or 3/5 door GTi and seeing rust bucket after rust bucket i was beginning to think there were no more nice GTi's left in the world i even started looking at other makes, things were that bad then late last night i spotted a GHIA X 5 door which looked and sounded pretty good in the ad. I rang it up this morning and drove to sheffield to have a look. As soon as i saw it i took the plunge back into escort ownership and bought it. Its a Polar white 5 door Ghia X, 74k with full service history, full leather interior, factory radio/tape with 6 CD changer and as near to mint as a 13 year old car can be, the only thng its missing is the drivers side rear bump strip, No plans for it, it will be staying as is .Heres a few pics:http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX001.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX004.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX007.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX008.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX005.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX006.jpghttp://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/mark-walker_06/Ghia%20X/GhiaX010.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Looks really nice! And so clean! Sure there isn't any plans?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyrightfoot Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Its about time Welcome back, and nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 That does look pretty spot on. Did you pay a good pric for it or did he know it was one of only a few clean escorts left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyrightfoot Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 and before someone else ask's - how much?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massivewangers Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Polar white? Ya what? Looks very very tidy though I must say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 how much, if it was cheap nice find mark, if not it begs the question why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevmo3691 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Very nice example there. Love my ghia x more than anything. jaste dont like the ghia front grill. funny getting one in white as ghia x gets met. paint as standard. well specced from factory. lether interior is over a grand new. guessing you paid more than i did. mine was 700 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyrightfoot Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 come on Marky tell us and put us out of our misery - was it a bargain, as it must have been to travel to the darkside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob01 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Lovely car mark , very clean looking , hope it stays that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Minty Mint, and nice bright white as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Looks fab, other than the wooden dash. Gotta change the wheels at least no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMark Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 (edited) Cheers Guys, it is a minter, it was the leather interior that made me buy it. It drives like new, everything is nice and tight. Whoever owned it has looked after it. Not letting up on he price but it was a bargain compared to what i have seen over the last few months and thats not just escorts, not far off the £700 figure mentioned above, right place, right time i guess No plans on the horizon, not even a wheel change. Money is a bit tight at the moment hence why i sold the mondy. Work situation is up in the air at the moment. Once thats all resolved i might do a few things, only time will tell Edited March 5, 2010 by MarkyMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_2f2f Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 well if you can spare just £20, Danny1987 has some GTI skirts & spats for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMark Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 well if you can spare just £20, Danny1987 has some GTI skirts & spats for sale. Offers like that are too tempting, im not skint just being careful. Suppose i could start collecting things now if they come up cheap and make a decision in thefuture Will PM him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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