c-sport
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Registered: 16th Feb 06
Location: Leighton Buzzard
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cossie alllll the way.....
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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Very different cars in the list 
Leon and S3 yeah..... to a supra 
If your after a big easy power RWD coupe..... get the Supra. If you want a quick hatch...... the other two.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
Escort Cosworth for under 13k would be a bag of shit IMO
What about a nice R32GTR? or a rex?
k reg, 67115 miles,fsh all mots certificates with lots of receipts,M.A.Developments 300hp chip,leda coilover suspension,poly bushes all round,6 pot ap brakes with 355 discs and braided hoses,5x19 inch dare v4 alloy wheels with good tyres ,4 wheels with no kerb marks,spare wheels has ars cover,leather interior in very good condition,ford cd player,electric roof,air con,new turbo heat sheild,car cover,stainless steel exhaust,new cambelt last summer £12,500 ono,07866710442"]
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Horrible wheels, it was worked on by a company that think it's realy professional to call yourselves M.A.D.    , it has leather so is probably a lux with sunroof, hence more weight, less rigidity and potential for water ingress. Oh, and it's RED 
White or black one on Racelines or Compomotives with all engine work carried out by Mountune and chassis prep by Hathaway Racing or similar, thank you very much. 
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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has to be the s3 or even a TT
My mate has an S3 very nice car
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carnoisseurcraig
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Inverness
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13k for an escort.. Not a chance. A DC5 All day long for me. S2000 power in a sweet looking and well built chassis. 9k limiter.
Oh yes
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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Originally posted by carnoisseurcraig
13k for an escort.. Not a chance. A DC5 All day long for me. S2000 power in a sweet looking and well built chassis. 9k limiter.
Oh yes
its 13k because its a cosworth
far more hearitage, exclusivity and pedigree from that than a honda
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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Originally posted by carnoisseurcraig
13k for an escort.. Not a chance.
Ahh bless
This is the trouble you see.
Too many sh*t cars have been built and allowed to carry the hallowed badge.
Ford have devalued their own masterpiece.
If they'd called everything that torque steered, a Ford Orion, or perhaps more appropriately a Ford Sh*t there wouldn't be this problem.
This is why naive people are mislead into thinking that Escorts are sh*t and not worth the price of admission.
It's only the misbadged sh*t that's sh*t.
True Escorts are a work of automotive genius, they are all associated with motorsport and are the best fun you can have on four wheels for the money.
It is in fact blasphemous to refer to anything that only drives the front wheels as an Escort.
There were only ever actually four versions of the marque, unlike six as some hopelessly deluded fools would have you believe.
MK I
MK II
MK III (RS 1700T)
MK IV (Cosworth)
As regards the price of a Cosworth Escort, unfortunately, Ford in their infinite wisdom did not build enough of these cars, or produce them for long enough to even approach satisfying demand.
The rather annoying result caused by the initial 25k average new price and demand still outstripping supply means that prices are still relatively high.
The same applies to a greater scale with the 2 door Sierra and especially the RS 500, and of course even more so with the 200.
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PainZ
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
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Mine 
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carnoisseurcraig
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Inverness
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by carnoisseurcraig
13k for an escort.. Not a chance. A DC5 All day long for me. S2000 power in a sweet looking and well built chassis. 9k limiter.
Oh yes
its 13k because its a cosworth
far more hearitage, exclusivity and pedigree from that than a honda
But all that heritage and bla bla bla still wouldnt make me part with 13k.
Talk to me in 10 years time when the floorpan is falling off and then justify the 13k.
I agree they are stunning cars and the engine... well as much as it isnt fords i still think of it as one. Call me naive but i just cant get my head round paying that sort of cash for an escort. You can throw whatever you want into, put whatever spoiler ya want on it and it will still be and always will be an escort.
Give me that engine and put it in another chassis and id have it anyday.
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stuartmitchell
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Registered: 24th Apr 04
Location: Kirkliston, Edinburgh
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Ford Focus RS
DC5
98 spec DC2 
That would be my choices 
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stuartmitchell
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Registered: 24th Apr 04
Location: Kirkliston, Edinburgh
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wheels spoil that, all cossies should have 18" Rondells 
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by carnoisseurcraig
13k for an escort.. Not a chance. A DC5 All day long for me. S2000 power in a sweet looking and well built chassis. 9k limiter.
Oh yes
its 13k because its a cosworth
far more hearitage, exclusivity and pedigree from that than a honda
yeah but cossies are only if you want that sort of thing ,power and style honda wins hands down imo ,
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