Well to sum it up. Mine's been really fucking me off lately and is back off up the barn to be stripped and rebuilt (again) as I just can't trust it to get me to where I want to go.
I'd just driven down to London 150 miles and 170 back the next day in my company car, Abarth 500 Essesse with full electric, leather seats, power stearing, dropped it off at home then did 60 miles in my runaround, 98 Subaru Impreza Classic, much the same, full leather, power stearing, all electric then went to take the Escort back up the barn last night straight after driving those 2 cars for over 200Miles.
Got in it, noticed I was sat in low, started it up, car shakes and vibrates slightly with the exhaust note, dip the clutch, noticably heavier and judders when you pull off, stearing feels heavy all of a sudden but then I took it for an hour blast last night and loved every second of it. The whole car smells "hot" now
The Scooby and Fiat, although both quick cars just feel so boring in comparison and if I had to choose any of them I'd pick the Escort everytime. I was genuinly gutted when I closed the workshop doors and walked towards the Scooby knowing I won't be driving it again untill at least x-mas.