ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Clio 1.9 derv
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Escort estate 1.8 td
same insurance price
which one would you choose?
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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whats it for?
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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If it isn't for long then whichever is cheapest to buy IMO.
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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Neither.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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anything with Fords 1.8d in it will be SHIT SLOW, I know of nothing slower than the escort van we had for work
and the Clio is french
which ever is cheapest
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corsa_gsi_16v
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Registered: 6th Feb 07
Location: Swansea
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He needs it for a runnerbout as from his project thread, id say clio, But french !, Escorts tend to love being broken in to.
[Edited on 06-04-2008 by corsa_gsi_16v]
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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clio
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T21SVJ
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Registered: 14th Sep 06
Location: formby Drives: Company Cars
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escort 1.8td are good work horses, nice and comfy aswell.
clio noisey slow, and will proby fall apart.
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
Location: Inverness, Highland
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Thought you were struggling to get insured ona 1.1
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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One is a little old french deisel shitter, and the other is a Ford
Id take the clio
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T21SVJ
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quote: Originally posted by mattk
One is a little old french deisel shitter, and the other is a Ford
Id take the clio
thank god its not something like a fiat tipo deisel then.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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My uncle had one for a spell, the interior was shit hot!
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Its only temporaty till I save up for a HDI 306.
Both will have a years MOT
And both around £300.
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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quote: Originally posted by B3KAN
Thought you were struggling to get insured ona 1.1
I can get insured on a 2.0 D Turbo 306 for the same price as a 1.2 corsa
(Young driver)
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Bez_SXi
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Registered: 24th Sep 05
Location: West Mids
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I would opt for the Clio, plainly because I've never liked Escort's.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Clio just make sure its not got a leaky sunroof!
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Timbaland
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Registered: 20th Jan 07
Location: Glasgow
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the bus
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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a 306 TDi is only isnurance group 7 so i dont see those being expensive, out of the two it would depend on the two options,. what model escort
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Clio
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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I'd go with the escort tbh
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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No, come to the french side
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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diesels, pffft! reeky old cunts of things!
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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clio everytime.
And to the person who said the clio was slow compared to what?
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Indeed, im scrapping insuring myself, proving farrrr to expensive.
£955 for either through my mum.
£1780 by myself 
306 was £1583, will go down to £900odd through my mum, when I get another 306 that is.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I had an escort with the td, good car, i'd have that over an old clio.
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