This isn't my car it's someone on a messageboard I post on:
Bought a P reg Ford Escort Automatic about 2 months ago and its turning out to be a bit of a nightmare. Car starts up fine, but stalls when I put it in gear, or stalls when I begin to move off. At the moment its taking me ten minutes every morning to warm the car up before I can drive anywhere. Stalls anywhere from once to 5 or 6 times. Once its warmed up and running its fine. I've been told it might be something to do with the ZTec engine. Any ideas anyone? Besides sell it on ebay for half the price I paid for it