Yeah, the price is on the high side because I'm trying to get money out of it for extensive repairs we had to do right after we got it.
Stop me if you've heard this one before...
Bought it from a good friend in honest shape. The clutch was a TSB issue exacerbated by being downtown Chicago-driven for all its life. Bought it sorta right because he needed money. Literally not 8 hours after we licensed it, the timing belt idler pulley grenaded, cams jumped time and bent valves. The SVT-massaged head makes this motor interference, the regular 2.0 Zetec is not. The pulley issue is not exactly common, but it's not unheard of; I also have a beater ZX3 with 160k miles on the original belt and pulleys.
So, we're trying to get out of it without eating our shirts, hence trying to get decent money. If we can't we can't, but it's worth a shot.
It's a damned shame, because it's a really fantastic car; just about perfect for our needs. But we can't afford to potentially fork over another couple grand for extensive repair, and I can't justify a 50k belt/pulley service interval on a modern car.
Fantastic but fundamentally flawed, in my humble opinion.
