well, just before i took my escort off the road, i was speaking to some of the spec one boys up brum 1 saturday night, seemed a nice bunch, well versed in all things ford. they seemed really interested in my car and showed a keen interest, i assumed for future help in sourcing parts/help

over next few weeks i notice a red S2 with spec one stickers drive past a few too many times, my road doesnt lead anywhere useful, n the car just drove up n then back.

few weeks after we start stripping my car and working with the garage door open, same car mooches past now n then, nice n slow. all too regular

we start working with garage door shut from then on. but 1 night we hear car blatantly park across my drive. we open garage, car blasts off. another night of work, and we hear sumthin big park up and 4 doors close, open garage door and 4 hooded up guys stop, turn around half way across my drive and rush bk to pick up and drive away. following week a car sits 20yards up from my drive for goin on 3 hours, i phone a few mates to come down n have a look, they pull up n approach the car, they blast off

1 night i come home n the usual RS turbo isnt just driving past, its parked up next to my drive with a van in tow, n the van owner is at my garage door. i screech into my drive, they try and calmy move along, i follow the rs turbo, it suddenly plants it, i keep up, enter a cul de sac in a shit hole part of brum............he pulls up with 4 other RS's, all spec one stickered

could just be a minority ruining the reputation for the majority, but adding my experience to the stories iv heard, and if my rs turbo ever went missing, i know which rs turbo owner id go looking for

luckily i havent seen any of the RS turbos or their owners on any of the midlands forums, so no problem there