they may make you smile more than a standard Evo but theres the age/reliability issue as well. I sold my escort cos mainly due to being worried about it leaving anyway but also knowing that its an old car and things break. Also everytime i gave it beans in it I was always watching the temp gauges etc etc just in case. With my Evo (was modded running the same hp as the escort) I could just get in it and once warm absolutely cain the hell out of it knowing it wont give me grief.

Its always going to be a biased opinion on a Ford forum but i know where my money would go!

Chris