First post guys be gentle (lol)

I currently have £6000 saved up and still no closer to making my mind up on my next car ? its between

3dr cossie
saph 2or4wd cossie
subaru sti type ra
nissan pulsar a good one for this money (hopefully)

I have owned several cars from german to jap but i just dont know what to do?

I am 27 years old and my best car i owned in my personnel opion was a beutiful series 1 rs turbo on a b reg which i sold last year for £4200 the chap from liverpool who bought it was over the moon he said he had 1 a year old which didnt drive as good as mine ?

Anyhow i just always always wanted a cosworth but never could get insured or could but for ridiculous amounts like£3500 now i have full no claims and 27 im lookin at £1300 -£1600 which isnt bad considering my M postcode!

Just thought i would ask do you cosworth boys still think they rule because no matter how many of my friends say there old them now i cant help but find them attractive all cosworths especially clean ones !
Cheap to tune to a certain level quite accesible parts lots of knowledgable tuners i just need a little more convincing i would be doing the right thing!

My good friend is in to subarus in a massive fashion and he constantly tells me that cosworths are crap and that they are old power big rush from turbo in then out ,he said same bhp subaru against cosworth subaru will have it hands down? TRUE or FALSE.

I have read lots of magazines but find performance and fast ford the most interesting and addictive !

Maybe i should just go with my own instincts and not listen to people tell me otherwise is this right or am i just A BLUE OVAL MAN FULL STOP!

sorry for waffling on any input would be appreciated!!!

 

Listen to your heart m8,scoobys are ten a penny and slow as fook,get a nice 4x4 saph for that money stage 3 it and slay some scoobs.

 

Thanks pal just what i was thinking and scoobies cost fortunes to tune!!

Will i pick up a fine example for £6000 or should i wait till i get to £7000

 

The more the better m8 although 6k will get you a nice saph.

 

£6000 should be fine mate.

I paid £6000 for mine. Smokestone, standard, 55000miles, all stamps, all mot's, all service printouts.

When i was looking it was either higher milage but tuned or lower milage mint standard for around the 6 grand mark.

Be prepared to look at a few. Took me a fair few months to find mine but you may get lucky.

Leigh

 

Yep sod it no one is changing my mind and if i dont like it (unlikly) i will sell it .

Just need to choose a colour now either white must be still shiny ,ebony black or flint grey!

 

Check the cars for sale section m8.

 

scoobys are slugs and cost a sh*t load to tune and fix. they are like arseholes everyone has one! Im 21 and my 4x4 costa me just over a grand with admiral ins. make your own mind up but for me its allways been a poster on my bedroom wall aged 10 thing , but jap cars do stand up well in many aspects so up to you.!? good luck.

 

Yep me too checked the for sale section earlier on thx pal!


defo bang on with that mate cosworth ownership dreams can come true just takes 17 years but no doubt well worth the wait !

Dont see too many of them around in manchester anymore and im always got my eyes out!

 

cant really see how a scooby at 300 bhp would be much quicker than a
cossie at 300 bhp... especially as they are heavier aint they?

 

Go with the blue oval mate.......dont get me wrong, subaru's are not to bad, but you'd get a cracking saph for 6k and wont lose out on value if you ever sell. I have a late k plate smokestone 4x4, 61k on the clock and payed 6k. cosworths have always been head turner's with the young and older generation....All you see is a spotty, cocky, baseball hat wearing youngster driving a scooby on there parents insurance (not saying you are)! U NO IT MAKES SENCE

 

COSWORTH , i read something along the lines of this in a book the other night , in 20 yrs time i cant see people talking about scoobys like they do now about cossie's they are special

 

Thx for all the advice you are all dead right cosowrths rule period 80,90.00

Dont even know what was making me think otherwise just need too find one now?

You guys seem sound cant wait for one now!

 

Now your talking.......good luck with the search, and be careful

 

your circumstances are almost exactly like mine two years ago mate,

Ive had two cossies now, i will never own anything else.

I just cant imagine not having one now,its like a part of me, i was always mad on em as a kid, but could never afford one. one day i just did it and got one, no going back!!!!!

Do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thx jtechsaff cant wait now for cosworth ownership i have had so many cars when i get my saff or 3dr i will be keeping for as long as humanly possible!!

thats for sure!

hopefully i want a minimum of a stage 3 saff hopin to be hittin that 400bhp from there with a few more tweaks!

cosworth rules what else can you tune and buy for that kind of money?

I will own a escort eventually but hey we all have to start somewhere and i still immensly love saffs were all winners

 

Guy at my work appeared today with a 51 reg sti,had a little tear up after work and pissed all over it,cossies rule.

 

cant agree more very good friend has a sti 53 plate ppp i drive it quite often and to be truthful it handles fantastic no disputing that but not as quick as you would think!!!

neck and neck with a porshe boxster and not a boxster s from stand still to 130?????

not impressive at all not enough boost for me !

I love big kicks which in term = BIG SMILES

 

What and cossys are cheap to tune

 

Cossies defo aren't 'cheap' to tune in anyway shape or form but there are many experts and a readily available supply of parts out there to tune them easily.

i always say the same, if you want a quick cossie,buy one already modded but with plenty of bills, to get 400bhp from a standard car is gonna be best part of £2500-£3000k if done properly

 

Hi,

Take the time to see this track day "Sapphire vs Subaru"
78mo (15 mn.)

http://www.isaetmike.com/video/Lurcy_low.zip

Enjoy.

Claude

 

Doesn`t work for me

 

like evryone on here says, go get a really good cossie, maintain it well, and you,ll never regret it. i sold my first one thought i,d move on.....but once you have the cossie bug, it,s unshakeable.

 

keep your pants on boys we are all on the same side.

 

I just sold my Supra to get a Cossie and it's the best move i've made.

Jap cars cost mega money to tune and they're no fun (in my opinion) to drive. My Saph is a stage 3 4x4 and it's a freakin animal! Feels much more alive than the Supra!

The Supra was smooth and powerful where the cossie feels like a balls out racer - makes life more interesting I used to have a WRX sti and yeah it was quick, but it didn't feel on the edge like a Cossie Imprezas do sound lovely but they are soul less boxes on wheels

 

take it form me buddy. i had a 300bhp scooby and a cosworth at the same time. The cosworth was 310bhp and pissed all over the scooby. get a cossie mate. your love it more.

 

ive got a 350bhp cossie and an impreza P1.....the P1 is fucking quick...4.6 secs to 60 in standard form but its boring in comparison to the cossie.
The cossie is just so much more fun off the line..mines a 2wd so just goes sideways everywhere which i love. I know the cossie boys hate scoobies for some reason but they are 2 entirely different cars,my P1 without a doubt will piss on most cossies on the twisty bits,but it grips so well that its hard to have any real fun in whereas the cossie is fun all day long but doesnt go round bends anywhere near as good as the P1.
In my opinion id much rather drive the P1 as an everyday car,easy to drive but a fookin animal if you want it to be whereas the cossie is more of a weekend toy that you wouldnt want to drive everyday coz you know its gonna give you shit if you do use it daily.
Saying all this its still my cossie that i drive every day at the mo........it all just depends on the mood im in

 

i have a renault 21 turbo!and it kills subarus for fun!well it is the so called french cossie!weighs a ton with 300 bhp goes like a train!!!!!!!!

 

Ive had a 22b, an evo8, fq330, both awesome cars, but i love my 3dr to bits, wouldn`t change it for anything, when you drive a cossie, especially RWD you know you have to be on the ball all the time which i think is the whole appeal of them, dont get me wrong, i`d struggle to keep with a scoob, or evo, on the twisty stuff, but ah, its wicked when they see they cant shake you off and then you go past them with a big flame coming out the zorst [img]

 

I want a flame out of my exhaust!

Have you got anti lag then?

Loving your 3 door

 

you can still get flames without anti lag(WHO IS SHE ANYWAY)

 

Really? How do you get flames without anti lag or a flamer kit? [/quote]

 

any big power cossie should spit flames out from time to time...mine does....its just a bit of unburnt fuel igniting in the zorst.

 

lammylama
those wheels look the nuts, I just put some black wheels on mine and i got a bit of stick of some for it.

 

[quote="p_jay78"]Really? How do you get flames without anti lag or a flamer kit?

Unburnt Fuel

 

ive had mixed reactions too matey but generally ppl do get used to them and like them.....but the main thing is do you like them,thats all that matters IMO

 

yea love em, a bit meaner lookin. trying to show you a pic but but its not working. put a pic on "checks when buying a 4x4" post at the bottom of this page.

 

Thx for all your advice guys you have answered my questions exactly how i thought of cosworths!


Really likin that white 3dr too my favourite colour and that looks so clean !

Do 4wd cosworths handle fairly well with a decent ohlins/leda suspension on!

Just not to sure whether to get 4wd/2wd or not

 

i think this comes down to if you are gonna use it every day or if its just a car for weekend, i have been through exactly the same as you didnt know weather to go jap or ford then had the 2wd, 4wd predicament, in the end it had to be the cosworth and as it was to be used as a daily runner i went for a 4x4, at first i started to wish i had a 2wd but after having it a while and gaining confidence (ie four wheel drift) i love it, i always look forward to driving it, never get bored of it and love every moment, 2wd can be a hand full in the wet never mind ice and snow.. so if you want a car you can drive all year round go for a 4x4 BUT if you are in the lucky position to have one as a weekend car go for 2wd and you wont lok back.

which ever you choose, i hope it all goes well

Rich

 

MMmm like me a while go had £6500 to buy a car and was going to be a cosworth , anyway bought a minty moonstone 2wd and what a car it was ! BUT it does cost alot to run , but they are good fun , so for the money this is the car u should go for P.S hope u have some savings just incase something happens , which just might being the type of car it is !

P.s lammylama those whels are great nice car lol

Oh and matey if u dont care about realiability by a cosworth but if not buy a e36 m3