The only reason its for sale is to buy vicky something a bit better for her own insurance, she uses the ST but has to start somewhere to gain her own no claims discount, the little ka i bought her has been ok for the past 8 month, but i only paid £500 for it and the bodywork is not the best, the RS is a no no for insurance for someone with no no claims, i mean if her insurance company wont insure a sport ka for her what chance the escort.
If i had to the st could be sold, i could keep the RS and buy vicky something and pocket some cash, I have had a lot of people wanting to swap and px for the RS but they have been cars that i can not insure for vicky.
Ideally a mk6 1.4 fiesta or newer ford ka would be her choice, the insurance for the 1.4 fez was about £340 tpft, not to bad.