Originally Posted by
Kev83
cheers lads, much appreciated.
Some very wise words there lee and i agree whole heartedly with what your saying 100%. In all truth and honesty, the reason behind wanting to move on from my evo is that i have lost heart with the car and i just cant justify or afford for that matter, to get the car to where i wanted to be with it. With everything that has happened with the economy over the last 6 months, work dropped off, we were cut back to 4 day weeks with minimal overtime, and the money i was earning was no where near what im used to. And as im sure 99.9999% of people will agree, your mortgage and bills comes first over car mods lol.
I certainly dont think im moving backwards from the evo to the cossie, if anything sideways. I've always seen my evo as a car that begs to be driven rather than polished. With the cossie, as much as like to drive a car hard, it will be something that will be locked away and kept in immaculate condition (maybe not concours but certainly to a high standard). Also, from what i have looked into, the cost of running a cossie is a geat deal less that evo, with services only required every 10,000 miles or year as opposed to 4,500 miles!! An insurance quote came in £700 cheaper than what it cost's for my evo!!
Its all about cost at the minute for me, even tho work has picked up, i dont really want to commit all my eggs to one basket then work drop off again and be left with no money for the sake of owning a 600bhp evo that i cant even use due to no more to run the thing lol!!
The requirements im looking at for the cossie are a big turbo model, any colour bar red, and interested in a straight swap deal with my evo. Any inspecion welcome, whether that be by a trained mechanic, HPI report, AA Inspection etc as i certainly will be doing the same with the cossie i find
Thanks once again lads, much appreciated
Ok I see your motive now.
Ive never experienced evos but I can't imagine there being a massive difference in costs?
Im assuming the evo and the prospective cossie are weekend cars?
Running an escos as a daily is not going to be anycheaper than an evo I souldnt think, especially as you have a 15 year older car to upkeep.
And also a massive factor, an evo you can just about get away with leaving it parked somewhere, In the escort cossie you will fint you can even go into a shop for a mars bar with out some sort of attention.
And if its a weekend car then again stuff like fuel and service intervals surley are not a big issue?
I know my cossie which was only very mildly tuned drank like a fish, and again these cars have 15+ year old technology opposed to a modern relativly efficient evo.
What are your plans for the cossie then, as you mention the evo being 600bhp, im assuming the cossie will be packing some power to keep your "relationship" with the car at a happy balance?
Not trying to put a downer on your "dream", but if your main reason for swaping the evo for an escort cossie is down to money and the ecomomy then im not sure if you will be any better off or indeed worse off.
The only up side is the evo is still depreciating in value, where as the cosworths now seem to have hit a platteau over the last 3-4 years. But this would not for me be a big enough factor to win the decision.