Ford Escort XR3i Review

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Ford Escort XR3i
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Guest's Review of Ford Escort XR3i

12th Dec 2008

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    2 months of turbo power
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1989
  • Doors
    2
  • Practicality
    4 stars
Good Points

Fun to drive and only get better with the roof down, I have a turbo one and it makes this car so much better, most jobs are quite easy to do yourself.


Bad Points

Standard 1.6 quite slow, been beat buy a few diesels in my old standard ones.


General Comments

If your into your modern cars then you won't like them as they have no power steering, rare with abs, but in my eyes now power steering is better, mine has the rs turbo engine in it which transforms this car, there ' s lag till about 2750 rpm then it just goes, you can hear the turbo come in and then a very loud dump valve, mines not been chipped and running about 10psi and it still fly's, if you want one and don't care about power get the standard 3i but if you like a bit of kick get one with a turbo engine in, there quite cramped in the back with three people in and all of my 4 mk4 cabriolet leak, when you buy a cvh engine watch out for smoke on start up as could need stem seals which isn't a bad job at almost mk4s have sloppy gear linkage, but no mater what goes normally easy fix not had 1 engine go on me yet and I give them a bit of stick just service it regularly and your engine should be solid.

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