I have had the car for only a month and the engine ticks and its driving me crazy people say its a wrist pin and then they say its a rocker arm then lifter so I said what ever so I'm goin to replace the lifter and I also need to replace the exhaust system to loud but other then that I like it I guess and need to replace the back tire
This car gets great gas mileage and is pretty comfortable. The performance is OK. It takes a while to accelerate, but it turns good. Great for a first car or an extra
Best Features
Cornering, power windows, A/C
Worst Features
Make it faster.iIsuggest adjusting the throttle response or getting a short ram intake to bring more air into the engine
This is the third Escort I have owned. I have kept all for a long, long time. And this will be the last. Each seems to have taken a step down in quality. Strange engine creaks and rattles still plague this car. There was missing weatherstripping from day one, so the window leaks. And now, the exterior trim is peeling. There's no lip on the edge of the windshield, so when you use the washers it sprays in the driver's window. I've replaced most of the parts (including a FUEL TANK!) and hope the car lasts a few more months till I gather the cash to buy a new one. After this experience (and with another Ford) it will NOT be a Ford. Quality like this, no wonder they're in trouble.
Best Features
Gas mileage.
Worst Features
Improve fit and finish. Even for an economy car, it stinks.
When I had just turned 16 I asked dad
for help getting a car. He didn't tell
me but went out and bought a 95 escort
that was a company car and had 153000
miles on it. To top it off it was
purple. I wasn't crazy about the color
but i was glad to have my own wheels. I
no longer have this car because it
finally died, but i can't complain since
it had over 200,000 miles on it, not
sure of actual milage because odometer
broke and i have to get a new one that
read 100k less than what i had on it.
great car, few problems , inner tie
rods. brakes!
Best Features
pick up with 5speed
Worst Features
brakes went waaaaaaay too fast, i'm not
a crazy driver either.
I have owned this car for 9+ years
with only normal maintenance
(oil,filters,air-filter and such).
It has performed wonderfully. When I
purchased it I wanted a small,reliable
car and that is what I got. I could
not be happier with my purchase.