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Running a Sierra as a daily

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    #32
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,900 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    deckie27 wrote: »
    No

    I like sierras I think its a great idea.
    I've being running classics as a daily for years.

    OP. asked about insurance and got grief about using a classic daily as it will rust. Then he was graphically shown crash tests and told he is a bad person to give anyone a lift.

    How about a Dacia Duster? It rusts very quickly and I wouldn't fancy being in one during a crash

    OP... Try first Ireland for insurance
    If petrol is an issue how about a the 1.8 or 2.3 diesel?

    I think Sierras are pretty good myself. I never owned one but I drove a few.

    I'm not sure anyone was giving him grief, just discussing issues.

    Nobody told him he's a bad person. I just found the question of crash safety interesting and I was putting up a few points for discussion. If nobody's interested in teasing out whether safety of older cars is an issue that's ok. Live and let live.

    There are lots of things I wouldn't like to be in/on in an accident both old and new. Sure don't we get up on motorcycles:)


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    #33
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    deckie27 wrote: »
    No

    I like sierras I think its a great idea.
    I've being running classics as a daily for years.

    OP. asked about insurance and got grief about using a classic daily as it will rust. Then he was graphically shown crash tests and told he is a bad person to give anyone a lift.

    How about a Dacia Duster? It rusts very quickly and I wouldn't fancy being in one during a crash

    OP... Try first Ireland for insurance
    If petrol is an issue how about a the 1.8 or 2.3 diesel?
    What grief did the op get? In all honestly nobody gave the op grief. People were only making points, valid points about owning a sierra as a daily.

    If anything your first post was the least helpful on this thread.


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    #34
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    ianobrien wrote: »
    OP, a friend of mine ran one for years as a daily driver and he found the 1.6 pinto drank fuel. It was as bad as his 1.3 crossflow Escort. It was also painfully slow. The 2.0 twin cam was better on fuel, but got nicked on him. The inertia switch going off after the scrotes went over a kerb saved it from further harm.

    The main problems were rust rust and rust (a fuel tank support strap came off on him due to rust!). Mechanical were tough, and anything the motor factors didn't have, Burton Power had.

    Electronic ignition and a Weber carb would transform the pinto engine nowadays. The 2.0 twin cam were a lovely drive but it was a frail enough engine the timing chain was prone to skipping teeth with disastrous results. If you couldn't find a 1.8 CVH I'd go for the 2.0 pinto. The diesels were dreadful avoid them like the plague.


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    #35
    greendragon3
    Registered Users Posts: 895 ✭✭✭greendragon3


    my brother is currently running a 1990 ford sierra sapphire 1.6 as his daily driver , has been for 6 or 7 years now , gets it nct'd every year and has no issues regarding insurance with one direct ,
    he is in the process of finishing a mk2 four door escort and he wants to run it as a second motor just mainly for runs and shows etc , he is going to get on to Carole Nash about insurance , i will let you know how he gets on .


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    #36
    reubenreuben
    Registered Users Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭reubenreuben


    greendragon3 wrote: »
    my brother is currently running a 1990 ford sierra sapphire 1.6 as his daily driver , has been for 6 or 7 years now , gets it nct'd every year and has no issues regarding insurance with one direct ,
    he is in the process of finishing a mk2 four door escort and he wants to run it as a second motor just mainly for runs and shows etc , he is going to get on to Carole Nash about insurance , i will let you know how he gets on .

    Hi, has he had any problems with getting it insured as a daily driver due to the age and this 15 year insurance restriction that some insurers are sticking to?


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