it did strike me that an awful lot of these motors end up scrapped because of failing bodywork rather than engines clapping out. ive been pretty lucky in that dept with mine, aside from my recent encounter with the local gritter, and my engine at 145k shows no sign of giving up whatsoever. as said on another thread, these cars might not be 'new' by most people's standards, but i'd go out and buy another one tomorrow if i had to. the only real maintenance work ive had to do is wear and tear and servicing, no big problems at all, touch (fake interior) wood. i've got the cam gaskets, breathers and a coolant issue to sort when i get a whole weekend of weather on my side, but i'm a firm believer that if you look after your car then your car will look after you.
i guess i just wondered if there was an expected life of the engine but from reports on this website they're good to go for as long as you want them to!
one of my dad's 'fleet' of vehicles at the moment is an N reg escort van which he uses for work. its a 1.6 petrol which now has over 250,000 miles on the clock. bodywork is failing a bit through wear and tear, but thats a pretty good show for a bog standard 1.6 petrol engine!
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