Why was I recommended this ? I can't even drive ! Or at least that is what my instructor said.....oh and the police, the judge, everyone I know...............
Agree, I remember my dad's old eacort at 100 felt pretty scary with all the rattles and how low you are, modern cars are usually a lot higher and way more comfy you forget how fast you are actually travelling
Honestly, I really wouldn't bother. They were shite - even when nearly new! Best Fiesta I had was a 1.3 ghia mk1. I regularly used to get the speedo needle pressed against the trip meter button on its second lap around the dial!!! Try a Phase 2 Uno turbo if you want a genuinely nippy car. Genuinely quick to about 75.
I miss the mid-late 2000s, could buy anything from the 50s-60s-70s-80s for less than 50 quid, did get a lovely 83’ quattro for 3 grand. Miss that car so so much.
I remember my dad taking me to buy my first car, and my eyes lighting up at seeing one of these in flame red on the forecourt of the first place we visited. The salesman, which fair play to him for doing so, asked my age (20) then laughed and pointed out I'd never get insured for one of those. I ended up later that day with a 1.2 Nova saloon. The insurance on that was more than the car.
I paid through the nose most of my cash to be able to own one legally at 18, the car was 6 years old but like new, I loved it. The police didn't. EDIT: You were better off with the nova, I had a red devil special edition 1.2 after the fiesta, far less stops and without the butthurt egos when it was clear everything was legit- it wasn't really much difference when driving it sensibly either :) I botched 2 hitachi home hifi speakers into the back seat legroom. They bumped tunes loud but the kids in the back had a big problem with hugging knees. Should have got their own car eh. No sympathy
Hi Paul, I think mine cost around £7,500 in 1987. The most expensive car I'd bought up to that point. Those were the days - when you could buy a top of the range car for 7,500. As I say, my personal favourite car.
@@a2zpaul766 £7500 in 1987 is like £18k now. The fiesta ST-3 in white with no other options is near £25k. £18k only buys you a fiesta trend mild hybrid with no options. Finance has made the car market so accessible that it’s lead to massive price hikes and they will actually say it’s because cars are safer and full of tech. But that’s not the reason at all.
Look how empty the roads are! I used to drive one of these in the '95 when I was 19. No airbags, ABS or traction control - light as a feather. My mate had a Turbo Technics conversion done on his. 190bhp in an 800kg car. Makes me come out in a cold sweat now, thinking about how we used to drive that pocket rocket. My other best mate had an phase 2 R5 turbo. That was fun but even more flimsy. Couldn't open the doors when it was jacked up as the whole body would twist.
Yes K B those were the days R5 Turbo,s were like rocket ships compared to the old XR2 but the XR2 had character by the bucketload and the TT was the nuts.
Bought mine in 1987...first brand new car i ever owned....rosso red, pepper pots and the most fun car I've ever had. E57HFL.....hope you're alive and well and somebody still loves you as much as I did!
It appears it's no longer around. Just done tax mot check on .GOV and no recent mot done. Hopefully it's sat in a garage somewhere waiting to be rescued.
First car I owned after I passed my test was a Fiesta XR2 in 1989 (C906 AAS) for £3200, may have had only 96hp but it was and still is my favourite car I’ve ever owned. Even today it’s made me realise you don’t need massive horse power for simple fun. Oh.... this is a strange one, is it only me that now thinks the wheel trims look better than the alloy pepperpots?
Back in the days when it used to take 20-30 seconds to reach 100mph, then another few minutes to creep upto top speed. Everything goes by so quickly, I do miss the old days sometimes when things took a little longer.
Random as fook. Yet this was my first car; a Fiesta XR2 in grey! I can still hear it’s tappets and see the blue smoke 💨 out of the exhaust if I close my eyes
Only just recommended. WTF All the fiesta content I watch. Still rolling round in my 2i that I’ve owned for the past 20 years. Would never part with it. What a great video.
Great vid, had a red mk2, loved it, ended up giving it to the wife as her first car. With all the tech in cars now we forget how much fun motoring used to be, raw, you could feel the car, you knew what the wheels and suspension was doing. Paid £500 for mine, seen one recently on ebay for £10K, nearly shat me pants.
Back in 1988 My brother had complete janspeed inc 4 branch, re jetted carb &k&n .....was putting out 125bhp at the wheels (rally equippe dyno in Bury) running Bridgestone re71 semi slicks (road legal) it was a real weapon......
There was so much hope as a teenager in the 90s until I learned about rust and wear/tear. All the 80s cars which I used to dream about in the car magazines are now eiter rust buckets or really expensive. I miss the old xr2 and rs turbo. Not to mention the Sierra cosworth.
Giuseppe "There was so much hope as a teenager in the 90s" what planet were you on? it was a nasty recession with the best hope of the average teenager being hammered on cheap cider or off their face on E....good times but not if you were looking for a job
Know what you mean Jaybee rose coloured specs and all that,the Fiesta ST we now have has the spirit of the XR2 in so many ways but I wouldn,t swap back lol.
Same here, except I had a couple of Mk1 Golf GTi's, a couple of 1.9 205's and a couple of Manta GT/E's... Great fun, all of them in their own way, but utter shit boxes really. My black 205 with a Kent Cam and my total 80's white Manta with white alloys and a 2.2ltr Carlton engine were the best. I drove that Manta like a lout.
Hope it is living up to your expectations, they are such a great car for the time that is why they are so expensive nowadays although the Fiesta ST I now have reminds me of the old XR2 in so many ways...right down to the bone hard ride lol
I remember when these were ten a penny back in the early 90s. Every street had at least one. Some said they were the poor man's 205 Gti. Plenty of XR3i Escorts around too (same engine). Bet they sell for a pretty penny if you could find one in this kind of condition today! Back then they were so common as to be considered semi-disposable (rather like today's Fiesta!). Mind you, no speed cameras about so you could actually enjoy your car a lot more than today. Doesn't time fly!
Hello from ireland. Have a Mark 1 xr2 myself bought it 7 years ago planning on giving it a full restoration as it is showing it's age . Great little pocket rocket in the day . My son is mad to drive it when he gets his license. Not many left here in ireland.
my first car mk2 xr2 loved it i colourcoded it in 1990 and sat her on rs seven spokes..also owned many fast fords alot xr and rs but iv owned all the interesting fiestas at some point and for me theres nowt better dont ask me why but 31 years later my current one i bought new 2013 fiesta st ...but ya cant beat the mk 1 an 2s ...Thank you for putting this video up took me right back nice 1....
@@ianjackson2763 When do you ever see young lads driving old cars all in financed bmw or mercs thats whats being said, all about finance on new cars so not spouting rubbish
I touched 120mph in my 1 year old stock xr2 coming back from Liverpool one afternoon back in 1987.No cameras or much traffic back then.Now i have a Porsche and trundle around in heavy traffic at 30mph....💩
Would drool over these as a kid. Sat in a good few as a young un. But I'm only 36 so the best I managed was a 1995 si 1.6 16v. Still favourite car I ever owned. Was mint and would still trouble most 2.0 cars at the time up to the top of 3rd. Great video
You got the point of the video there buddy not about speed as such just celebrating the XR2 Mk2 and the fact you could do 100mph and unless you were unlucky you wouldn,t get caught......unlike today.
You do right Mark no depreciation and as long as you can get parts you are laughing sadly the Govt doesn,t see it that way and would like old cars off the road ready for the electric revolution...don,t get me started lol.
Had both both an XR2i and XR3i back in the 80’s. 48 now and driving a MK8 ST. Never grown up and never imagined you’d get 200 ponies from a 1.5 3 pot ! Still having fun 👊
Had a white MKII back in 92, modified it with twin 40’s, Kent cam, gas flowed head, full Janspeed manifold and system. It made 128bhp on the rollers. Had great fun in it back in the day.
Just shows how old we are now ..the Capri gone decades ago.. Sierra the Mondeo this year the fiesta next year..nothing lasts forever although maybe water does and energy..who knows..
I loved the Orion with the RS bodykit as well Andi,we had a red XR2 with steels before the white one I still have a trim in the garage lol. The light blue XR2 was up for 15k recently a lot of money imo.
In the late 90's i bought a C reg Fiesta XR2 dirt cheap, it was literally a 2 second decision when i was offered it, this was my second car i had bene driving for about 3 months. Spent ages calling around insurance companies and cheapest quote i had was in the £5k region, needless to say i didnt have my XR2 for long :(
In Canada we didn't get Fiestas but we did get mk3 escort in 80 or 81, after a year most were so beaten up they were worthless, amazing they had so much popularity in europe
That was ours Gareth I put the plate A16 XRT on it,been through a few owners and some restoration since we owned it but always fetched good money she was a minter and probably still is.
Cracking little cars, had a red one paid £750 in 2000 top dollar bk then. A blue one for £450 2mts after getting my license in 2002, the 1.1 popular just wasn't cutting it and a final black one for £200 in 2003, that one was a dog with only 2 engine mounts holding it in place and rust everywhere but it never faild. My brother got a white one and the fun we had in the lanes of Somerset were epic.
I had one back in the 90s that had been fully resprayed in Imperial blue. Looked amazing and got so much attention...even if it wasn’t the quickest car in the world. Good times.
Used to see these on every corner of every council estate in the land. Even then, the interiors were just a nightmare of cheap plastic. How did Ford get away with it?
They were great cars Stobsie when I see all the kids modifying their Fiesta ST,s these days it just reminds me of back in the day and what happened to XR2,s
Ah the good old days when you can just hop into a car and drive off. Not having to worry about: having a: Driving Licence, insurance, MOT, Speed cameras, congestion charge, emissions charge, political correctness etc simpler and happier times!
Bought a new one in gun grey...D reg. 6500 quid. 2 weeks later ran into the back of a BMW looking for a Tears for Fears tape in the dashboard......I was 20 years old and in tears.
@@lazycalm41 Much Like the Capri that sounded Gr8. Yes Xr2s always had a deep frequency Purr, Much Like the Capri that also had a Lower frequency to the Exhaust. Didn't mean they sounded the same, but moreso healthy and positive.
Nice: A16XRT still going strong according to dvla. I looked at 2 xr2's back in the day - one blue one (too high insurance) and a red one a little later which I regretted not buying. I nearly bought a 1.4s for my first car but went for a 205 1.0 instead. I did own a fast ford for a while - a Mondeo 2.5 v6 ghia x...
Thanks for the comment Danny. Last time XRT sold was a couple of years ago for 15k and to think what I sold it for lol they were great cars hence the prices they fetch today.
My first car back in 88 was a 3 ltr capri😳 I just wanted the bodie and doyle car😂 I remember trying to hit top speed and was so nervous at 110mph😁 The cars security was so bad, my parents alegro key would unlock and start it😂😂 How we have progressed to today is amazing. Great back in the day video by the way🤗
@@artiexr222 brought it over from northern Ireland 10 years ago mate part of the family now. Made a few alterations but still looks bog standard from the outside 👌czcams.com/video/bCfGRql4Vjc/video.html
Had a B reg mk2 in black, big exhaust, white pepper pots, noisy, jittery and not very economical, loved it! floor rotted out, so me and my dad welded a new one in, spent hrs getting through its MOT but then the dreaded Mayo in the oil and it was just enough is enough. Fond memories though👍
Bought a mark 2 in 1989 brand new and the worst car I have ever owned. In the three years I had it it required 4 new carburettors, a new steering rack, gearbox and clutch replacement and a steering lock replacement. On its first mot it failed on warped front discs and a leaky brake piston that I had been billed for on its main dealer service a week before! The mark 1 I bought a couple of years later was superb, wish I had kept that one. .
I never rated XR2s back then and don't rate them now either. Just warmed-over shopping cars. Same with the XR3/XR3i/RS1600i & RS Turbo. XR4i was the one to have; RWD, V6 engine, unique bodyshell... cheaper than the smaller hatches now too !
Wow this takes me back - Had an E reg one which I think is 1987, was a bit gutted that my mate could burn me off in his Golf GTi mark 1 older Y reg. Think I paid £4k ish for it in around 1990 ended up leaving it on the drive as I got a company car and sold for F all - about 2K I think, should have wrapped it up and stored it.
I had E430RCS Red, with Twin 40’s, High lift Cam, Spax, Cage and Janspeed Stainless. She was absolutely beautiful. Glad I didn’t get killed back then I drove like a total fucking nut my friends called me Crazy Horse lol
Aw I remember that slightly tappety engine sound so well! Do you guys sometimes wish you still had 1 or 2 of the old cars we used to own in the 90s? I had a G reg XR2i, D reg XR2, even had a B reg Escort XR3 once, it took 4 star petrol at the time! They would be stone cold collector's cars now. I musta had upwards of 15 different cars in the 90s. I miss those days, borrowing dad's jigsaw to cut out the parcel shelf speakers, saving up for an amp + subwoofer! Then it all got nicked from my XR2i because they simply pulled and bent the top of the driver's door to get in! Racing with mates on a day trip to the seaside, prodigy on my CD radio that cost more than the car, ignoring worrying noises as I didn't have enough money for repairs... Take me home boyysss!! ❤
Great story there Tom we loved our XR2(s) and would definitely have one back or one of our 3 Mk2 Mexico,s the prices today are scary though by compensation our Fiesta ST reminds us so much of the old Mk2,s.
@@artiexr222 Ah wow the Mexicos must have been great! Have you seen the new Capri, I really hope they change it and make it look more like the original! Yes I have a Focus ST3 and it's brilliant fun, doesn't really remind me of the classics I used to have tho, more's the pity. Too comfortable, too many creature comforts I think, which I don't really want to give up! Thanks for replying, have a top weekend mate 👍
@@TomNoles007 New Capri is a discrace imo Tom wasn,t happy about using Puma on an SUV with the original being an edgy sporty car but its a sign of Ford losing their way sadly. Have a good one mate👍
E929BCN that was the Reg on mine, Black. Brand new from Minories Newcastle. Sold it though to buy a new Peugeot 205 1.9 gti which was a much better car all round.👍
Anyone else got randomly recommended?
Yes and I’m not complaining 😁
Yes
Just now.
Yeah and it’s terrible lol
Why was I recommended this ? I can't even drive ! Or at least that is what my instructor said.....oh and the police, the judge, everyone I know...............
100mph was a lot faster back then.
Agree, I remember my dad's old eacort at 100 felt pretty scary with all the rattles and how low you are, modern cars are usually a lot higher and way more comfy you forget how fast you are actually travelling
So was £100😂😂
anything over 80 and the old small hatchbacks feel like they're going to rattle to pieces
i know I'm kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good site to watch new tv shows online?
As a kid in the late 90s/early 00s I really wanted an XR2.... looking at this vid, I still want one now!
Silly money now these old fords.
Don't beat yourself up man
Honestly, I really wouldn't bother. They were shite - even when nearly new! Best Fiesta I had was a 1.3 ghia mk1. I regularly used to get the speedo needle pressed against the trip meter button on its second lap around the dial!!! Try a Phase 2 Uno turbo if you want a genuinely nippy car. Genuinely quick to about 75.
I miss the mid-late 2000s, could buy anything from the 50s-60s-70s-80s for less than 50 quid, did get a lovely 83’ quattro for 3 grand.
Miss that car so so much.
I have a soft spot for early 2000’s Peugeot’s and have no idea why.
I remember my dad taking me to buy my first car, and my eyes lighting up at seeing one of these in flame red on the forecourt of the first place we visited. The salesman, which fair play to him for doing so, asked my age (20) then laughed and pointed out I'd never get insured for one of those. I ended up later that day with a 1.2 Nova saloon. The insurance on that was more than the car.
I paid through the nose most of my cash to be able to own one legally at 18, the car was 6 years old but like new, I loved it. The police didn't. EDIT: You were better off with the nova, I had a red devil special edition 1.2 after the fiesta, far less stops and without the butthurt egos when it was clear everything was legit- it wasn't really much difference when driving it sensibly either :) I botched 2 hitachi home hifi speakers into the back seat legroom. They bumped tunes loud but the kids in the back had a big problem with hugging knees. Should have got their own car eh. No sympathy
I bought a brand new Mk2 XR2, in red, in 1987 and although over the years since I've had better cars that was the one that I loved most.
a2zpaul They take some beating there is no doubt.
Ciao, cerco un xr2 mk2 a pochi soldi....
a2zpaul I bought one new in 1985 for £5500 as a ford employee. Had it two years and was stolen. Was a great little car !
Hi Paul, I think mine cost around £7,500 in 1987. The most expensive car I'd bought up to that point. Those were the days - when you could buy a top of the range car for 7,500. As I say, my personal favourite car.
@@a2zpaul766 £7500 in 1987 is like £18k now.
The fiesta ST-3 in white with no other options is near £25k.
£18k only buys you a fiesta trend mild hybrid with no options.
Finance has made the car market so accessible that it’s lead to massive price hikes and they will actually say it’s because cars are safer and full of tech.
But that’s not the reason at all.
My 1st car was a six month old Mark 2 xr2, loved it. Great days with great music to blast out of the old cassette player. Wish I still had it today.
I took my driving lessons in one of these, back in 87. I was amazed when the instructor first turned up in it 🙂
Look how empty the roads are! I used to drive one of these in the '95 when I was 19. No airbags, ABS or traction control - light as a feather.
My mate had a Turbo Technics conversion done on his. 190bhp in an 800kg car. Makes me come out in a cold sweat now, thinking about how we used to drive that pocket rocket.
My other best mate had an phase 2 R5 turbo. That was fun but even more flimsy. Couldn't open the doors when it was jacked up as the whole body would twist.
Yes K B those were the days R5 Turbo,s were like rocket ships compared to the old XR2 but the XR2 had character by the bucketload and the TT was the nuts.
I didn't know that about the r5! That's funny
Always remember the smell of the old cars even now takes me back to old days
Bought mine in 1987...first brand new car i ever owned....rosso red, pepper pots and the most fun car I've ever had. E57HFL.....hope you're alive and well and somebody still loves you as much as I did!
It appears it's no longer around. Just done tax mot check on .GOV and no recent mot done. Hopefully it's sat in a garage somewhere waiting to be rescued.
First car I owned after I passed my test was a Fiesta XR2 in 1989 (C906 AAS) for £3200, may have had only 96hp but it was and still is my favourite car I’ve ever owned. Even today it’s made me realise you don’t need massive horse power for simple fun. Oh.... this is a strange one, is it only me that now thinks the wheel trims look better than the alloy pepperpots?
Agree on both accounts steels look wicked.
I had three of these over the years, absolutely loved them!
Back in the days when it used to take 20-30 seconds to reach 100mph, then another few minutes to creep upto top speed.
Everything goes by so quickly, I do miss the old days sometimes when things took a little longer.
Random as fook. Yet this was my first car; a Fiesta XR2 in grey! I can still hear it’s tappets and see the blue smoke 💨 out of the exhaust if I close my eyes
Had a MK1 957cc with pepperpots. Loved that thing. Stop laughing at the back!
Nowt wrong with a MK1. Had one with a 1.3 with a little bit of work done to it. Went as good as an XR2
All they needed were the pepperpots
@@karlhudson5895 you can’t die if you’ve got pepper pots on.
I have had 5 Mk1's and my favourite was the xr2 virtually the same as the one in the background on the show field😉
Cars remind us of a simpler, more exciting time
Only just recommended. WTF
All the fiesta content I watch.
Still rolling round in my 2i that I’ve owned for the past 20 years. Would never part with it.
What a great video.
Great vid, had a red mk2, loved it, ended up giving it to the wife as her first car. With all the tech in cars now we forget how much fun motoring used to be, raw, you could feel the car, you knew what the wheels and suspension was doing. Paid £500 for mine, seen one recently on ebay for £10K, nearly shat me pants.
Yes silly money now sadly but shows how good the memories are,glad you enjoyed the vid.
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They always had to have the K&N and Peco big bore 4 on it
Back in 1988 My brother had complete janspeed inc 4 branch, re jetted carb &k&n .....was putting out 125bhp at the wheels (rally equippe dyno in Bury) running Bridgestone re71 semi slicks (road legal) it was a real weapon......
Yes Mario De Capite - The Engine tuner ! did an awesome twin 40s conversion back in the day.
My missus had a white one in 1990, D***CPL and it was very quick at the time.
I had 2 XR3i's, happy days.
They're definitely head turners these days.
There was so much hope as a teenager in the 90s until I learned about rust and wear/tear. All the 80s cars which I used to dream about in the car magazines are now eiter rust buckets or really expensive.
I miss the old xr2 and rs turbo. Not to mention the Sierra cosworth.
Giuseppe "There was so much hope as a teenager in the 90s" what planet were you on? it was a nasty recession with the best hope of the average teenager being hammered on cheap cider or off their face on E....good times but not if you were looking for a job
I had a few xr2’s back in the day they were great but I drove a fully restored one a few years ago and I realised cars have moved on a very long way.
Know what you mean Jaybee rose coloured specs and all that,the Fiesta ST we now have has the spirit of the XR2 in so many ways but I wouldn,t swap back lol.
Same here, except I had a couple of Mk1 Golf GTi's, a couple of 1.9 205's and a couple of Manta GT/E's... Great fun, all of them in their own way, but utter shit boxes really. My black 205 with a Kent Cam and my total 80's white Manta with white alloys and a 2.2ltr Carlton engine were the best. I drove that Manta like a lout.
XR2's were my dream car when I was a kids. Got one a few years ago and lived out my dream... Nostalgia
Hope it is living up to your expectations, they are such a great car for the time that is why they are so expensive nowadays although the Fiesta ST I now have reminds me of the old XR2 in so many ways...right down to the bone hard ride lol
I remember when these were ten a penny back in the early 90s. Every street had at least one. Some said they were the poor man's 205 Gti. Plenty of XR3i Escorts around too (same engine). Bet they sell for a pretty penny if you could find one in this kind of condition today! Back then they were so common as to be considered semi-disposable (rather like today's Fiesta!). Mind you, no speed cameras about so you could actually enjoy your car a lot more than today. Doesn't time fly!
Hello from ireland. Have a Mark 1 xr2 myself bought it 7 years ago planning on giving it a full restoration as it is showing it's age . Great little pocket rocket in the day . My son is mad to drive it when he gets his license. Not many left here in ireland.
You just bought it in time Spanner Mad before the prices went mad should look great when its fully restored glad another one is being saved enjoy it.
Awesome, learnt to drive in a red xr2 in 97. Always wanted one, out of my price range these days now.
Best sounding exhaust of all time!
These were grate to drive I had 3 of these over the years would love another one
Had four XR2's in white/blue/grey and black before moving onto a Fiesta RS1800,happy days long ago .
One of the best cars I've ever owned. Love the Mk2 XR2. Thanks for the video.
Cheers thanks for watching.
This is bringing back soooooooo many memories!!! Wow!!
my first car mk2 xr2 loved it i colourcoded it in 1990 and sat her on rs seven spokes..also owned many fast fords alot xr and rs but iv owned all the interesting fiestas at some point and for me theres nowt better dont ask me why but 31 years later my current one i bought new 2013 fiesta st ...but ya cant beat the mk 1 an 2s ...Thank you for putting this video up took me right back nice 1....
Glad you enjoyed it Andy I too now own a 66 plate Fiesta ST just takes my right back to the best days and yes I miss the old XR/RS,s too.
The 8 haters on this video were born over 1999 and have finance whips fact 😂
G reg mx5 finance free bitches and get this my car goes up in value hows your bmw n mercs doing on depreciation
🤣 maybe they're just not interested in a shitty old fiesta...
@@stat1865
Not a bad motor but your spouting rubbish.
They're many old BMW and mercedes worth shit loads more than Mazda's.
No we had Vauxhall astra mk1's that all :)
@@ianjackson2763
When do you ever see young lads driving old cars all in financed bmw or mercs thats whats being said, all about finance on new cars so not spouting rubbish
The good old days, when you could go outside.
haha
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I touched 120mph in my 1 year old stock xr2 coming back from Liverpool one afternoon back in 1987.No cameras or much traffic back then.Now i have a Porsche and trundle around in heavy traffic at 30mph....💩
Those were the days Eric I remember doing 135(on the clock)in me mates new S1 RS Turbo on the M62 you were unlucky if you got caught in those days😊
Surprised you still had your wheels coming back from that place back then 😳
When 100mph was quick 👌
Now I change into 4th with 2 gears to go near 100 lol
Even better 105bhp was considered ‘high performance’😂😂
Bet 100mph felt like a ton back then!
Would drool over these as a kid. Sat in a good few as a young un. But I'm only 36 so the best I managed was a 1995 si 1.6 16v. Still favourite car I ever owned. Was mint and would still trouble most 2.0 cars at the time up to the top of 3rd.
Great video
How clear the roads where, 😢 I’m not the only one that misses those days 😁
Real cars, thay had character,
You got the point of the video there buddy not about speed as such just celebrating the XR2 Mk2 and the fact you could do 100mph and unless you were unlucky you wouldn,t get caught......unlike today.
@@artiexr222 i still drive a 80's car today, retro
You do right Mark no depreciation and as long as you can get parts you are laughing sadly the Govt doesn,t see it that way and would like old cars off the road ready for the electric revolution...don,t get me started lol.
@@artiexr222 I still think there still better than new cars, rides better, it is a Mercedes thou lol,
R5 GT Turbo gang 💪💪💪
Had both both an XR2i and XR3i back in the 80’s. 48 now and driving a MK8 ST. Never grown up and never imagined you’d get 200 ponies from a 1.5 3 pot ! Still having fun 👊
I don,t think we ever grow up Chirpy I,m 60 now and drive a Mk7 ST they have bags of character just like the old XR,s
Had a white MKII back in 92, modified it with twin 40’s, Kent cam, gas flowed head, full Janspeed manifold and system. It made 128bhp on the rollers. Had great fun in it back in the day.
Just shows how old we are now ..the Capri gone decades ago.. Sierra the Mondeo this year the fiesta next year..nothing lasts forever although maybe water does and energy..who knows..
Times change but not always for the better we had the best days.
Wonder how many of those in the video are still surviving 🤔. Great old cars.
Ahhh, takes me back to simpler days. 👍😃
Simpler and more peaceful times great times
Loved the Pepperpots. I used to absolutely love the Orion 1.6i in white with skirts and Pepperpots on.
I loved the Orion with the RS bodykit as well Andi,we had a red XR2 with steels before the white one I still have a trim in the garage lol.
The light blue XR2 was up for 15k recently a lot of money imo.
still got my mk2 xr2 since the age off 18 .. i am 40 now only drive it weekends now . been restored 5 years ago :) happy memories
You are very lucky Marc glad you still enjoy it.
@@artiexr222 I do mate 🙂 brings a smile to my face everytime I drive it .
Exelente video! Gracias por mantener vivo el espíritu de estos clásicos de los '80!!! Saludos desde Argentina.
JUAN PABLO ARENA thank you
Had a black XR2 in late 80s/early 90s and absolutely loved it! Great car.
In the late 90's i bought a C reg Fiesta XR2 dirt cheap, it was literally a 2 second decision when i was offered it, this was my second car i had bene driving for about 3 months. Spent ages calling around insurance companies and cheapest quote i had was in the £5k region, needless to say i didnt have my XR2 for long :(
Sadly that is the way it was back then.
In Canada we didn't get Fiestas but we did get mk3 escort in 80 or 81, after a year most were so beaten up they were worthless, amazing they had so much popularity in europe
It is also amazing how popular they still are Susan and fetch silly money in the UK a lot didn,t stand the passage of time well as you say.
Yesss that little white 1 at the beginning is still on the road. Wonder if it is still the original owner's
That was ours Gareth I put the plate A16 XRT on it,been through a few owners and some restoration since we owned it but always fetched good money she was a minter and probably still is.
Wow apsoloutly amazing. Love old ford's 😁
My first car at 17. It was 1995. i had a '89 f reg. Dark metallic grey xr2. It was mint! I wrote it off 6 weeks later. 😪 l bloody loved that car.
I had a mk1 on an x plate(1982) and a mark2 on a D plate(1987)... my god if I could have looked into the future back then... lol
I had an E reg mk2. I would love to have one again as a project car. Not the quickest of cars but had so much fun in it.
I miss my XR2 so much, those were the days
Weren,t they just Van man.
@@artiexr222 I had a black mk1 XR2 for 3 years then a blue mk2 which I modified and it was a beast
You will be pleased to know this car is still alive. Taxed to March 2021 and Sep 2021 wow.
And worth about 20k lol,I was offered it back for 4k a couple of years after I sold it thought it was too much lol
great video the good old days a still drive a sapphire long live the old fords 👍👍
Cheers Andrew you cannot beat Old Skool shame the prices are moving out of reach these days.
I had a D reg ford fiesta 1.4 ghia totally standard it topped out at 112mph I loved it I always wanted a XR2 still do to be honest lol
Only got to drive the MK1 XR2 but it was a lot of fun I seem to remember.
Cracking little cars, had a red one paid £750 in 2000 top dollar bk then. A blue one for £450 2mts after getting my license in 2002, the 1.1 popular just wasn't cutting it and a final black one for £200 in 2003, that one was a dog with only 2 engine mounts holding it in place and rust everywhere but it never faild. My brother got a white one and the fun we had in the lanes of Somerset were epic.
I had one back in the 90s that had been fully resprayed in Imperial blue. Looked amazing and got so much attention...even if it wasn’t the quickest car in the world. Good times.
Used to see these on every corner of every council estate in the land. Even then, the interiors were just a nightmare of cheap plastic. How did Ford get away with it?
This brings back a lot of great memories, had a mk2 XR2 as my first car way back in 92.
They were great cars Stobsie when I see all the kids modifying their Fiesta ST,s these days it just reminds me of back in the day and what happened to XR2,s
First car?! I had a 1l Fiesta but I made it look like an XR2!
Ah the good old days when you can just hop into a car and drive off. Not having to worry about: having a: Driving Licence, insurance, MOT, Speed cameras, congestion charge, emissions charge, political correctness etc simpler and happier times!
Bought a new one in gun grey...D reg. 6500 quid. 2 weeks later ran into the back of a BMW looking for a Tears for Fears tape in the dashboard......I was 20 years old and in tears.
What a shame.
for fears! Top car but not as good as my GTE and a top band and a top era, come back the 80s 👍
I always loved the look of these Xr2s. Especially the mark ll with all its body kit and it sounded superb like a Capri 2.8 injection.
If you think a 1.6 4 cylinder petrol engine sounded like a 2.8 V6 injection then I think you have hearing problems my friend!
@@lazycalm41
Much Like the Capri that sounded Gr8. Yes Xr2s always had a deep frequency Purr, Much Like the Capri that also had a Lower frequency to the Exhaust. Didn't mean they sounded the same, but moreso healthy and positive.
Nice: A16XRT still going strong according to dvla. I looked at 2 xr2's back in the day - one blue one (too high insurance) and a red one a little later which I regretted not buying. I nearly bought a 1.4s for my first car but went for a 205 1.0 instead. I did own a fast ford for a while - a Mondeo 2.5 v6 ghia x...
Thanks for the comment Danny.
Last time XRT sold was a couple of years ago for 15k and to think what I sold it for lol they were great cars hence the prices they fetch today.
My brother bought one for 30 quid back in the 90s. Ended up weighing it in when he got bored.
Sadly a lot ended up like that Robert.
I bought 1 for about the same when I was 15 me and my mates all chipped in £5 each then at weekends go and drive it on the back farm roads at night .
Also owned an XR2. Great little cars, fun to drive.
These CVH motors went well with a 38dgas carb on them ✌️✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧
My first car back in 88 was a 3 ltr capri😳
I just wanted the bodie and doyle car😂
I remember trying to hit top speed and was so nervous at 110mph😁
The cars security was so bad, my parents alegro key would unlock and start it😂😂
How we have progressed to today is amazing.
Great back in the day video by the way🤗
Had an xr2 for my second car at the age of 18, used to feel like a rocket ship!! Going from a 1.1 mk2 fiesta 😂
Was my first car. C404 GOG
I miss mine so much even to this day 🙁
Had one of these for my first car twin 40's high lift cam and big valve head loved it so much I still drive one to this day 👌
Very lucky Gaz wish I still had mine.
@@artiexr222 brought it over from northern Ireland 10 years ago mate part of the family now. Made a few alterations but still looks bog standard from the outside 👌czcams.com/video/bCfGRql4Vjc/video.html
Meetin' o' m'inds - co' mon lads let's go for a drive like ... really enjoyed the clip 👌
Cheers for the positive comments mate glad you enjoyed it.
Had a B reg mk2 in black, big exhaust, white pepper pots, noisy, jittery and not very economical, loved it! floor rotted out, so me and my dad welded a new one in, spent hrs getting through its MOT but then the dreaded Mayo in the oil and it was just enough is enough. Fond memories though👍
I brought a D plate white XR2 in 2001 for £150 for my first car. Had great times in it despite the £2000 yearly insurance 😂
Bought a mark 2 in 1989 brand new and the worst car I have ever owned. In the three years I had it it required 4 new carburettors, a new steering rack, gearbox and clutch replacement and a steering lock replacement. On its first mot it failed on warped front discs and a leaky brake piston that I had been billed for on its main dealer service a week before! The mark 1 I bought a couple of years later was superb, wish I had kept that one.
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Absolutely loved my F reg mk2, wrote it off unfortunately in 1994 though. 1st and last crash.
What crash did you have in between?
Times when cars were awesome with good visibility from inside and real horse power
I never rated XR2s back then and don't rate them now either. Just warmed-over shopping cars.
Same with the XR3/XR3i/RS1600i & RS Turbo.
XR4i was the one to have; RWD, V6 engine, unique bodyshell... cheaper than the smaller hatches now too !
I had 2 xr2's and an xr2 van back in the day. Loved all of them.
You could hear the parts falling off from 90mph 😂
Only joking, cracking olds Kool vid 👍🏼👍🏼
Haha the pepperpot alloys. That was a blast from the past.
Wow this takes me back - Had an E reg one which I think is 1987, was a bit gutted that my mate could burn me off in his Golf GTi mark 1 older Y reg. Think I paid £4k ish for it in around 1990 ended up leaving it on the drive as I got a company car and sold for F all - about 2K I think, should have wrapped it up and stored it.
The 2nd car passed its MOT in 2006 with no advisories, I've had newer cars that haven't been that good.
It is tucked away in a garage now and still only done 19000 miles a collectors dream.
I’d like the same shell with modern suspension, engine, safety systems and electronics. Have I missed the point?
Definitely not Anthony I have always thought the modern ST has the spirit of our old XR2.
I had E430RCS
Red, with Twin 40’s, High lift Cam, Spax, Cage and Janspeed Stainless.
She was absolutely beautiful.
Glad I didn’t get killed back then I drove like a total fucking nut my friends called me Crazy Horse lol
When you could afford the price of a sports hatch, now
Aw I remember that slightly tappety engine sound so well! Do you guys sometimes wish you still had 1 or 2 of the old cars we used to own in the 90s? I had a G reg XR2i, D reg XR2, even had a B reg Escort XR3 once, it took 4 star petrol at the time! They would be stone cold collector's cars now. I musta had upwards of 15 different cars in the 90s. I miss those days, borrowing dad's jigsaw to cut out the parcel shelf speakers, saving up for an amp + subwoofer! Then it all got nicked from my XR2i because they simply pulled and bent the top of the driver's door to get in! Racing with mates on a day trip to the seaside, prodigy on my CD radio that cost more than the car, ignoring worrying noises as I didn't have enough money for repairs... Take me home boyysss!! ❤
Great story there Tom we loved our XR2(s) and would definitely have one back or one of our 3 Mk2 Mexico,s the prices today are scary though by compensation our Fiesta ST reminds us so much of the old Mk2,s.
@@artiexr222 Ah wow the Mexicos must have been great! Have you seen the new Capri, I really hope they change it and make it look more like the original! Yes I have a Focus ST3 and it's brilliant fun, doesn't really remind me of the classics I used to have tho, more's the pity. Too comfortable, too many creature comforts I think, which I don't really want to give up! Thanks for replying, have a top weekend mate 👍
@@TomNoles007 New Capri is a discrace imo Tom wasn,t happy about using Puma on an SUV with the original being an edgy sporty car but its a sign of Ford losing their way sadly.
Have a good one mate👍
My fast ford was a mk1 rs turbo bought from Mike youngs of ilford, still miss it.
Mike Youngs there is a blast from the past Stefano great cars Mk1 RS,s
My first 3 cars all xr2’s.
Still my favourite car i have ever owned.
had a couple of xr4i's.changed the gearbox bell housing to put the diesel gearbox in on one for more top end.
An old fast Ford....God I miss my series 2 escort rs turbo
E929BCN that was the Reg on mine, Black. Brand new from Minories Newcastle. Sold it though to buy a new Peugeot 205 1.9 gti which was a much better car all round.👍
Old 1.6 cvs engines brilliant the days of 10 / 40 oil
One of my favourite cars, bombing about in a white one when i was 19, first n second gear keep touching tge red line n it rips, good handling
I had a red 88 one with 5 spoke wheels including spare. It was standard and did 115 mph. E90 nfs reg. good times
Ha 125mph on 13inch wheels then put 15 on it would only do 115mph..funny as E182TCY...loved that car..
2021 and I wish I had my old Mk2