RE: PH Heroes: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Discussion
Roop said:
Gaffer said:
Roop said:
PARP...! That car is gorgeous...! I need more garage space
Feck off - you know that the EsCos is my territory - you stick with your Sierra's boy I want...! I want...! I want..!
Claire
trevor_law said:
I owned an original Moonstone Blue 3-door Sierra Cosworth between 1986 and 1989. It was standard and cost around £17,000 as delivered.
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If anyone's interested I'll tell the rather different tale of my 1984 Sierra XR4i - now that was really interesting... Ford really did produce some fantastic cars in the '80s!
Nice post - I'd be interested in hearing about the XR4i as that was the path I followed into Cosworth ownership ( mostly for insurance reasons but partly because I wanted to try an XR4i for myself as well after a friend's Dad had one )...............
If anyone's interested I'll tell the rather different tale of my 1984 Sierra XR4i - now that was really interesting... Ford really did produce some fantastic cars in the '80s!
Gaffer said:
Roop said:
Gaffer said:
Roop said:
PARP...! That car is gorgeous...! I need more garage space
Feck off - you know that the EsCos is my territory - you stick with your Sierra's boy I want...! I want...! I want..!
Claire
2 hours...? I was right about the fiddling then. Tsk.
vino 187 said:
Hooli said:
Kurtblythman said:
Escorts FTW.
series 2 RS turbo please
what the girly gutless dull one? without the LSD, special ratios etc etc etc?series 2 RS turbo please
do behave we're talking fast fords here, not dull fords.
besides the S2 looks crap.
I’m not arguing that the ‘Cossie’ is an iconic car but I, personally wouldn’t buy one even if I had the money. A quick search on PH Classifieds turned up the following, (given that an ’87 3 door is advertised for about £12k) : ’03 RS Focus; ’03 DC5 Integra,; ’03 Scooby; ‘01 Tommi Mak Evo. All of which are just as exciting, if not more so, than a Cossie. All with modern mod cons and more importantly aren’t Sierras! I’m sure there are plenty out there who will disagree but I thought I’ld put things into perspective.
the_hood said:
I’m not arguing that the ‘Cossie’ is an iconic car but I, personally wouldn’t buy one even if I had the money. A quick search on PH Classifieds turned up the following, (given that an ’87 3 door is advertised for about £12k) : ’03 RS Focus; ’03 DC5 Integra,; ’03 Scooby; ‘01 Tommi Mak Evo. All of which are just as exciting, if not more so, than a Cossie. All with modern mod cons and more importantly aren’t Sierras! I’m sure there are plenty out there who will disagree but I thought I’ld put things into perspective.
True. £12k will buy you a share and bunch of flights in a supersonic fighter jet or unlimited aerobatics aircraft, both of which make any car (or bike for that matter) feel as exciting as a a wet fart. All horses for courses. Difference between the cars you mention is the Cossie came first. It was a mold breaker. Focus RS is good but it's no Cossie. Evo Mak - great A to B but appalling on track (been there, done it, got the t-shirt and P-Zeros down to canvas), similar case for Scoobies. There's a car to suit everyone and you're quite right to put it in perspective but it's a bit like saying a Countach is st because it's no faster than a modern 5 series beemer. Put in in the context of it's day and it was staggering. Same for the Cossie.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff