bit of a debate me and a mate had down the pub with some other fellow car nuts was what sierra cossie did you like. the saloon or the hatchback with the whale tale?
a lot of people picked the saloon but i prefer the whale tale jobby myself more old skool!
just thought i'd bring the debate in here :) so which is it for you guys?
I'd take the Escort personally :)
Got to be the two door, with the blacked out B-pillar and the whale tale. The original RS500.
Quite fancy a slower Xr4i meself atm.
Mike P
really? i always liked the sierra better. longer, wider and better looking in general really!
Has to be the saloon. If you keep it standard looking, people can never be sure.
4wd anytime unless it is a track beast.
Even now a well fiddled Sierra Cosworth is quite up there with the Subaru's and Evo's. They are all in equal ammounts ... thirsty. Hard not to love a 500 HP- 50l/100km- car. Filling up every 2 hours when having fun however cools it a bit.
The Sierra becomes old, not aged: old.
The chav-community does not know nor recognise it as the 4-doors are quite anonimous. Even the richer chavs (911 4S) can be quite shaken when they discover that under the bordeau skin of a granddad-car lives a beast afraid of nothing.
I like that a lot, correction: an awfull lot.
:-)
Tom De Moor
The Escort is mechanical identical to the Sierra awd and it is heavier. It gives the game away more too.
The Sierra is subtle, unterstated nut instantely recognised by the Scoob, Evo and Escort crowd as legit member. However it is spit on if standing next to a BMW of Porsche. Mine doesn't like that: it spits back... from the exhaust.
I have been called sick but on the other hand: a red light race between the Cossie and a Porsche landed me one of my best customers. It is but justice as a few months later a similar red light race won me a 3 weeks driving ban. Bloody hard for some-one who earned his living by driving.
Judges lack humor nor are they able to see the importance of winning such a race! Boring lot I tell you! :-)
Tom De Moor
4x4 Saloon with a green top, in moonstone blue.
Tough call! But in order of which I'd want to own:
RS500 with the 4x4 running gear.
Out of the above I don't rate the RS500 - shell is wayy too flexible and the lag is horrific
4x4 has a gearbox made of cheese Whale tail has the same flexible shell as the RS500, but less lag XR4x4 Twin Turbos are fun. I miss my estate. RWD Sapphire is the most fun. Strong shell, excellent handling and mine had lots of horses.Out of all of the above I'd most like another twin turbo 4x4 Estate.
Standard, non modified by boy racer 4WD saloon was the best for handling and performance. Read the reviews from people that drove them.
I liked the whale tail RS500 the best.
A mate in Surrey has the last 2 road 'legal' Ford SVO supercharged XR4x4s left on the road. Out of 11 test vehicles built by SVO in Dagenham, he has chassis no. 4&7. No 4 is a pretty conservative 235bhp and is currently his SO's shopping wagon. His other one is the *loony* 285bhp beast that wil rip yer underpants clean off. His daily wheels is an XJR8 that has 'visited' TWR Racing and seems to have aquired ~£22000 of engine/drivetrain mods. 565bhp/620nm is pretty mad in an ali bodyshell. It must be nice when all of your road cars have superchargers. Bastard he is. Jealous me? Never :>)
JB
sounds a right tosser..... no jealousy here either :)
No he's a real diamond. He's let drive all 3 so far. got to a (trusting) top bloke.
JB
Note to self: Check post before posting after afternnoon on scrumpy.
*arse* JB
Prefer the looks of the Escort dunno why, just do!
If I had to choose a Sierra it'd probably be the old school look like you. Used to be an RS500 a few miles down the road that I used to perv at from the bus on my way home from work. Seems to have gone now though :(
Accompanied by the sound of a chisel on slate Carl Gibbs, managed to produce the following words of wisdom
I drove a 450 bhp Escort Cossie back to back with mine, only a few weeks after I'd sold my Mk5 RS2000. The EsCos just felt weird, nice enough, but didn't feel as natural as the Sapphire to drive quickly. The EsCos seems to have a much higher seating position, felt higher than the RS2000 strangely enough. Went very well indeed, handled superbly and even rode very well, but didn't inspire the confidence that the Sapphire Cosworth gave me even though the Sapphire was 2wd.
I would probably enjoy a longer go in an Escort Cossie, but at the time it just felt weird. Still thrashed the pants off it for half an hour or so trying to keep up with the Sapphire.
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Not that I've appreciated the qualities of Jagwar (OK, yes I'm getting old!), my fantasy lottery win runabout has become a Series 3 Daimler Double Six with the 6.0 HE slotted in. Oh, and a supercharger of course.
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