i got a scooby only WRX 02 and i personaly would not go back to a Ford again, after my focus st170 that gave me so much trouble combined with the ford dealers,i thought bugger it and went scooby,

Mine goes very well for standard and it is quick with a 0-60 at 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 140+

I tried a few escort cossies and non of them actually felt as good as my car,wether i was expecting too much im not sure.
Since buying the car i havent had one issue with it and it will have a bit more bhp this year aswell

The only bad scoobys are the ones that people who dont really understand a turbo'ed engine and go and do silly DIY mods for more power and thats when pistons do start to melt, other than that they are not too bad for reliability.