saf cosworth as a daily driver ?

[bluebear]

See quite a few saf cosworths for sale on ebay and autotrader. With 111k on clock for 3k. Could these really be used as daily drivers. The creation of ebay seams to have made parts more affordable and surely specialists are no longer required for work if you plan to keep it standard and not a hybrid 600bhp monster.

[SBN]

Steer well clear,

I have owned several about 4-5 years ago which were mint examples but would always have something wrong with them which required a visit to a local rolling road to diagnose.

FORD - fix or repair daily

I would imagine now they are even more troublesome... surely for £3k there are other cars out there you could get which would be just as fun... Jap RWD?

[andy-xr]

It depends on whether you really need to get where you're going, as the one time you will it'll be the time that the thermostat housing decides to leak, or something.

Great cars, wouldn't want to have to depend on one though

[RobCrezz]

I would avoid for £3k. I think it would be no problem using one as a daily, but only if its in good mechanical condition.

[madal]

i have owned a few in the past but i know own a accord type r much better same amount of fun but never goes wrong the cozz was fix most weekends...

[EDLT]

I think your biggest problem will be that someone will try to steal it if you leave it anywhere.

[bluebear]

Done the whole jap thing. In fact still doing it. Hot a Mazda 6 MPS as a daily driver and a skyline as my garage baby. But wife has made a claim to my Mazda. Just sold her voyager cos it was too big and got 3k out of it. So now she wants my 6 and I have the 3 to get me a car.

[s m]

RobCrezz said:

I would avoid for £3k. I think it would be no problem using one as a daily, but only if its in good mechanical condition.

+1

[EDLT]

bluebear said:

Done the whole jap thing. In fact still doing it. Hot a Mazda 6 MPS as a daily driver and a skyline as my garage baby. But wife has made a claim to my Mazda. Just sold her voyager cos it was too big and got 3k out of it. So now she wants my 6 and I have the 3 to get me a car.

So your wife is giving you £3k for a £6-8k car?

I recommend a punt.

[mgmrw]

SBN said:

I would imagine now they are even more troublesome... surely for £3k there are other cars out there you could get which would be just as fun... Jap RWD?

Having owned a reasonably priced 200SX, I wouldn't want to depend on it for 100% mechanical reliabillity.

It would get you there, but always with some worryingly expensive noise or electrical gremlin luirking

[GreatGranny]

My suggestions...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3124519.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3164772.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3121824.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3141887.htm

[VR6 Turbo]

Or go a hole different way. Buy a cheap diesel hatchback, for not a lot and fit a bigger turbo to your skyline!

[bluebear]

EDLT said:

bluebear said:

Done the whole jap thing. In fact still doing it. Hot a Mazda 6 MPS as a daily driver and a skyline as my garage baby. But wife has made a claim to my Mazda. Just sold her voyager cos it was too big and got 3k out of it. So now she wants my 6 and I have the 3 to get me a car.

So your wife is giving you £3k for a £6-8k car?

I recommend a punt.

what can I say ! She wants my daily driver. Apparently cos all I do is shot to work and back in it. That's all I need is a run about. What she does not get is the early Sunday starts at 5am when the roads are empty. And its just you and the car,and six miles of deserted B roads. NO need sometimg fun. Was thinking of just waiting a few weeks till she sees how little she gets out a full tank and how much it costs to fill up. She has been bouncing in a LPG voyager for 14 months. Bet the cost of fuel has past her by with her 79p a lt car. All of a sudden her daily trips to the mum and nana are out

[bluebear]

GreatGranny said:

My suggestions...

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3124519.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3164772.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3121824.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3141887.htm

Ooooh that last 5 is nice. Tell you what she can keep the six ha ha. On a different note 30% of my income is on fuel. It's scandalous

[Johnboy Mac]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3164209.htm

That's the 'Cosworth' you want, in a completely different (read better) league than the Ford Sapphire at any money. Highly recommended.

[s m]

Johnboy Mac said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3164209.htm

That's the 'Cosworth' you want, in a completely different (read better) league than the Ford Sapphire at any money. Highly recommended.

Nice example but it's double his stated budget

[hairykrishna]

I had a 350bhp one as a daily for the best part of a year. I never had any issues I couldn't sort out myself and parts are pretty cheap and easily available these days. They're great fun.

[Olivera]

Johnboy Mac said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3164209.htm

That's the 'Cosworth' you want, in a completely different (read better) league than the Ford Sapphire at any money. Highly recommended.

The 190E Cosworth is a nice car with a breathed-over engine, but is not in the same league as the blown Cosworth YB in the Ford cars.

As for a Sapphire Cosworth as a daily driver, yes it can be done. But be prepared to fiddle under the bonnet every other week, get crap mpg, have the odd breakdown and most of all watch it rust away when the winter road-salt goes down. I would do it but only if you do lowish miles outside of winter. Oh and avoid the really cheap cars at the bottom of the market.

[Johnboy Mac]

Olivera said:

The 190E Cosworth is a nice car with a breathed-over engine, but is not in the same league as the blown Cosworth YB in the Ford cars.

Op, best to ignore my previous post.

[timster]

Had one as a daily driver for 8 years at stage one tune.Done headgasket,rear beam bushes and brakes all round in that time and just two rolling road tunes(one to check everything was okay before embarking on it's last 'ring trip).It survived 6 'ring trips and I stuck 60,000 miles on it in that time.Personally wouldn't go for the cheapest ones but people who say they're unreliable have either bought a pup or don't know how to maintain them,and they ain't that hard to maintain as long as you do some research and can handle a spanner.The only time it let me down was when the phase sensor started playing up but still got me home.