1989 Ford Sierra Ghia review from UK and Ireland

Nothing as yet, replaced front brakes (£40 disks and pads, easily fit yourself), springs, couple of bulbs etc.

This car is amazing! Under £500 and you can have so much fun.

Fuel economy isn't so great; it's costing about £5 for 25miles. I bought it for motorway driving and it cruses @70MPH easily.

The original suspension was terrible, it rolled massively so I changed the springs and lowered it by 40mm. I then put an original set of 15" Cosworth wheels on and it handles incredibly since. That cost me £40 for the springs and £100 for the wheels with good tyres, I fitted it all myself so definitely worth it.

Just adjusted the valve clearances and it sounds much sweeter, exhaust is noisy, but £20 down the scrap yard and you've got an almost new one, £200 for a new one (+ fitting).

If you want a reliable family car that won't break down and you don't mind working on your car every once in a while then the sierra is a classic! Cheap to buy and if it dies, scrap it and move onto the next one, I've had 2 and I'm going to move onto a 2.9 GLS 4x4, that's 150BHP for ~