I really cant make my mind up which car to buy!!

Do i go for an Escort Cosworth or an Evo 6?

Please help me decide with your opinions.

Thanks.

 

COSSIE!!!!!!!!

 

evo for everyday and the cossie for weekends and the shows and stuff, hopefully the escort will hold its money better too if you look after it.

 

Deffo the evo for me.

The only trouble you will have is you might get fed up washing/polishing it - they just dont go wrong and thats all there is to do

If there is a downside it would be fuel consumption with the evo but you dont buy either of these cars if you worry about that kind of thing.

 

Evo using your head, Cossie with your heart. Ultimately drive them both first

 

i would,nt say the EVO is heavy on fuel,a lot of the time its that you are forever in the petrol station,because the tank is TINY

EVO,better car alround i would say,as for future value,more than likely the escort will hold its value better

cheers
jon

 

I had the same problem,but i got the escort

 

Cossie.

 

Hmm hard decision I'd want to own the cossie before an evo

 

Being slightly biast, cossie everytime. Not taking away anything from the evo, as its a newer, and so obviosley better car. If you need to ask this question, go with the evo, because most cossie owners own one because they want one.

 

evo if you want a car by the end of the week! id go for a cossie but will prob take you a long long time to find one that meets all your needs!

 

Cant believe your still deciding You'd be fooked if ever you have to make a life saving decision you indecisive cooont

 

AJ - u know my thoughts on this

so wheres urs

 

Back in the garage after i took it out for a quick blast (was gone for 3 hours)

 

get a cossy. evos are brake down cars as all my m8s have them and every time we go out as a group iam all ways on my own up front as cossy are faster and i can bet 1 jap car will brake down with out fail

 

cossie any day! own a escort cossie, took out an evo for a test drive, just to see what the competition was like and found it sluggish 1st to 2nd picks up on 3rd. get more looks with the cossie plus thumbs up, not really a second look with the evo! however my cossie is not standard

 

Can you pleasssssse translate that into teh queens fine english
I grabed evo's are brake down cars, compared to and escort cossie ahhhhhem this guys a plonker

 

you have answerd yaself putting it on a ford forum!

go to an evo one and ask! but i think you should get the cossie!

 

How can we decide?..............you need to make your own decision!

 

Why is everyone making out as if the VI is bulletproof? It isn't! Ok you probably wont get engine failures but things do go wrong with them and when they do it costs bucks to set right! I suggest you do a bit more research my friend

 

[quote="mark_J"]Why is everyone making out as if the VI is bulletproof? It isn't! Ok you probably wont get engine failures but things do go wrong quote]

Like what? Do you reckon they're more unreliable than fords?

 

EsCos all the way!!!
I had an EVO V and then an EVO VI TME but they didnt float my boat like my Escort does.

Cam

 

The TME is the only nice looking evo 6 - im not a fan of the standard models front bumper and massive fogs. Obviously jap is more reliable, but also more expensive to maintain. I remember a guy laughin as i needed 2 wheel bearing for the turbo giving it "thoses fords always break blah blahblah" he needed one the next month for an integra type R - £180 lol!

 

Escos don't have engine failures properly speaking neither, they have electrical probs or sensors breaking, but mechanically, the engine is rock solid

 

I had this decision and my choice is obvious. I have owned the car for just over a year now and have done over 10,000miles. The only failure, which caused some problems finding was a temprimental crank pos sensor (£28). The car has also done a trip to the ring and a track day at bedford.

Buy a well looked after one and you'll be fine.

I've done some handling mods too which make it awesome to drive

 

ive been fortunate to own both, i had an evoV last year, brilliant car, but very dear to service, £135 to replace diff and gearbox oils (gearbox needs a special tool to drain it, suprise suprise!!)
it handles superbly, even better with a set of eibach springs
the only thing that went wrong was the plastic chamber on top of the rad split, £380 + vat for a new fookin rad, and i tried everywhere
parts are expensive, if you get one, dont prang the front end, wings are £200 second hand!!
cossies are great, the looks are fantastic, and they are cheaper to look after

 

Cheers guys.

Well to me the escos looks better but im going to be using it everyday and dont want something that i cant park anywhere or start to rot!!!

Parts and stuff doesnt really bother me (price wise) i just want a reliable car!!

 

Buy a BMW then.......

Escort Cossie EVERY time for me, but I do understand the not leaving it parked about...... tough one mate.

 

i use a cossie everyday....no problem here.......it has 350bhp and has done 143000miles.....would like to see an EVO do it....

but you get as much attention in an EVO as in a cossie...maybe more....

 

I have both The Evo is up forsale If you are intrested ?

 

cossie , and a £500 smoker 1.8TD mondeo to hack about in and use when you dont want to leave the cossie parked up , although an FQ400 could be very very temping

 

Escort Cosworth every time mate! Just cos I love 'em so much nothing against the Evo both quality cars!

Go with your heart and have the Ford

 

Jesus, there's one of these posts on here every week!

 

nissan micra.
toyota corrolla.
and you can leave them anywhere as no one wants to pinch them.

 

Does this mean you prefer the cossie?

 

Honest answer yes no yes no errrrr

main resons for sale

1 lost over £7k in just over 2 years ( If i sold the escort tomoro i would get back what i paid it for)

2 They are no longer a Rare car and also pepole get them confused with Scoobys

3 We have a 350Z on order for march the 1st

4 and this is only recent ( last week) we have had the police around twice now telling us to remove the car from the drive as they have "information" that it was being targeted to be stolen !!!!

to sum up the evo is Better in lots of ways then the Escort but at the end of the day the Escort Was the car you always dream about having but never thought you would have. The Evo is more like a wet dream nice while it lasted but the real thing is better

 

FPMSL