[KB]

I started following this site about the same time I found FEOA.
I have kept up with it off and on and happened to check it today.
It seems the Escort has finally met it's end.
http://www.theyeagergroup.com/escort_wagon.htm

 

[98EscortDude]

Seems as though Victoria needs to take some driving courses. 1st she hit a big green dumpster then takes the escort off the road doing 30mph?!?

 

[silverton]

and 3rd she needs to get in my bed.

 

[EscorGo]

Hmmm, lots of good parts there...
I asked him one time how he liked his exhaust system. From the way he described it it is too loud for me so the Flowmaster is out.

 

[zzyzzx]

I'll buff right out!

When questioned on the amount the lady on the other end of the phone, with an accusing undertone, questioned why we would spend so much money on a 1993. I felt like saying "Because I am a mentally unbalanced sociopath who is 'Googling' you right this moment." I didn't. What I did mention was there are are almost no small wagons available and we felt no need to dispatch a perfectly good car that fits our needs just to toss our money in the market place by purchasing a new car simply because it is typical behavior.

 

[zzyzzx]

September 3, 2009 -- The morning brought more phone messages and emails from the Dixie Turman Agency. Shortly after noon Dixie Turman called to report that after the deductible Sate Farm was offering a $4045.78 settlement for the Escort. While I am not turning cartwheels it isn't bad for a car with over 370,000 miles on the clock and if a plaid leisure suit clad used car salesman was to sell it would bring maybe: $2,000 to $2,500.

$4045.78 for an Escort with 372,200.7 miles on it!

 

[zzyzzx]

That's what happens when you let a woman drive your car.

 

[zzyzzx]

I like what they did with all the gauges:

 

[silverton]

Wow, I want some teenage girl to total my car now...

 

[nezwick]

Wow. That's quite an impressive writeup on the website. And yeah wtf total a car at 35mph??

 

[98EscortDude]

Only a woman could total a car at 35mph...

 

[MadBrad]

She could get away with alot more than that, looking like that.

 

[vorwarts]

Damn, I think it would take less time to read through the whole Haynes manual (not a joke, they're fairly short) than that writeup.

 

[JohnH]

I started following that car about a year ago or so. I was really surprised when I saw the car had been wrecked a week or so after it happened. My Escort is a sister car and rolled off the factory the same month as the Yeager's. Sent him an email of condolence and got a nice reply. My car engine rebuild five months ago was heavily inspired by the Yeager's reasoning. It just goes to show you it just takes a teen driver to wreck something a responsible adult never would. I almost wrecked my car last week, but I think I'll start up a seperate thread for that.

John

 

[DrunkinMist]

I like that pod guage at the bottom under the stero. What is all down there? I would like to have a real temp maybe even digital like my moto.

 

[madmatt2024]

That damage looks like its mostly cosmetic. He should be able to get it back on the road. I read about that car before, its a shame to see it wrecked like that.

 

[vorwarts]

I'm still kind of lost, can someone summarize what is so special about this escort without me having to read that 100 page book? I mean the chick looks nice and the escort looks trashed, that's all I gathered from scrolling through it quickly lol.

 

[silverton]

The only thing special is the amount of work that went into it, and the monstly diary... Do you have documentation on your car like that?

 

[vorwarts]

I guess. Personally I wouldn't go that far with that idea.

 

[zzyzzx]

That damage looks like its mostly cosmetic. He should be able to get it back on the road.

I emailed him asking him just that, and I actually got a response:

Thanks for your email. The big issue is the frame damage that you can't really see. The passenger side front wheel was set about 6" rearward.