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About Ford Escorts, do they sell them in the USA and do you see many on the roads? They're really big sellers in Europe and huge in the UK. I think it's a shitty little car with no class (especially the earlier models).
I'm not American so I cant talk about that.
My dad had one in 1984 and I can confirm that it was indeed a shitty little car by modern standards but compared to what working class Dubliners could afford back then it was awesome.
Ford were making absolute dirt boxes at the time and everybodies Dad had to be a Level 1 mechanic just to keep the things on the road.
It's amazing how good modern cars are compared to back then. A few years ago I had to Google how to pop the bonnet on a car I'd owned for 4 years at that point. The thing just didnt give an ounce of trouble and I hadn't looked at the engine since the day I bought it.
Anyway, I'd like to thank TS for this shitty thread so we can talk about old cars without lowering any standards.