Hi folks, i was just having a think about Cossies, well any performance car really and thought, what age do you think you'll get out of if all, sell up etc, or will you/we always need that BUZZ if you like into our 60-70s etc like Rod etc?? and can you see yourself keeping your current car for alot longer??

Bit random i know but be interesting in what you think??

 

I plan to keep mine for a good few years, where would you go after a 3dr?? - anything else like Evo's, BMW's etc would just be used as a daily family car as they just aren't special enough for me to cherish like the Cossie

I'll always be in to performance car though as long as i can drive

 

iv,e had RS's since i was 18, i'm now 46 just thinking of buying another cossie to go with my 500, saff and escort coz. don't think i'll ever grow out of it.

 

Sounds good to me that Chris...

Didn't realise you'd got a 500 fella, be nice to have a lovely Escos sat next to it..

 

I've had a RS for the past 28 yrs & will not be selling the Escort i am 45 now

 

iv had rs's since 18 and cossies since 20 on my 13th now love them hope i dont grow out of it to soon lol

 

i had my saph cos since i was 21 and ever since i've fallen in love with them. Not to bothered about the escos but defo a 3dr is on the cards. I dont think u can get better than a 3dr??

 

Bought my cossie at 19, now 28 with the Impreza... is it something you will ever lose the love for?

I doubt it lol

A cossie will still pull at my heart strings when the close the curtain on me mate

 

Had my first Cossie at 19, never been without one, now got an Escort & a Saph. Can't see me selling either for a long time.

 

No plans to sell mine in the near future.
Always great to get them out of the garage for a drive, loads of smiles

 

Some interesting replies, we all share the same feelings/thoughts on the old YB then which is nice..

 

Well i am 54 and i have had my 3 door since new and i hope god willing i have another 25 years with it, i still get a kick out of its power and road holding, friends say "why dont you sell it and grow up", all i can say is "bollocks" it still makes me feel about 18,and as long as its possible to get a zimmer frame in the back i will keep it untill the end and then it will be handed over to my nephew, wont give it to my neice as she wants to paint it pink.

 

I can't see me selling the 4i for some time with the plans i have lol

Never thought about getting out of performance cars to be honest, but it wont happen for a long time yet im sure.

Steve

 

Have had mine since I was 18, I have had it four years next month, woulden't sell either!

Martin

 

Fantastic David, a one owner car, good on ya buddy..

 

I've owned RS's since I was 18 and bought my cossie when I was 23 and still got it at 29. I'll never ever get rid as I'm rebuilding it in memory of my dad who absolutely loved the car.

I am looking for another toy to go with it at the mo and currently got my sights set on a Pulsar GTi-R.

A lot of my friends take the piss out of me and tell me to grow up and all the rest of it but bollocks, this is what I want to do so I'm gonna do it!!

 

I thought you'd have to sell to pay the catalogue bill

Only joking steve u got a cracking motor from whats been said on here

 

I share this one with my buddy Graham for track days.
It was originally built by Graham Hathaway from a motorsport shell. Full cage. Leda shocks and AP Brakes. We now have full Group A suspension for it.
We're both over 60..

 

Ive had an rs since i was 19, but had an 18 month gap where i didnt have one and im now 35, i now have the escos and frs mk2 and i will never get rid of the escos although ive considered it a few times. its my eldest boys inheretance, or as he says its part of the family. lol

 

First bought my 3 Door when I was 21 it'll be 8 years of ownership on the 1st December this year. No plans to get rid of her anytime soon.
Rich

 

spot on! fair play

 

That pic is lush

I doubt I will ever sell the 3 door even tho it always needs something doing to it

 

Almost bought a Saph when I was 20. An F plate 2wd. Ł2000 only. That was 1999. Regret it big time. Would struggle to buy one now let alone run one. I'll be 40 by the time i can buy one a few.

 

i have always had rs cars since 1988, i was 18 and now i'm nearly 41.

i feel like i need a change though.

 

cant ever see me without a rs ,and into my twilight years i hope my two boys will keep it alive even when i cant drive them anymore i would still love to be brought for a blast every now and then .ive had them since i was 21 and im 44 now

 

Every single car i have owned since i started driving 26 years ago has either been a performance car or been modified or both
Dont ever plan to have anything "normal" or Standard any time soon

Regards
Ian

 

I,m going to be buried in mine

Steve

 

That numberplate is very familiar but i cant think why...

I had an rs turbo at 18 and a 4x4 cosworth at 19...

28 now and i have always had something RS (including my dream escos) since up until about 2 years ago but i am craving cosworths big time at the moment and badly need to get back into something

 

Had my first Rs at 17... And now I'm 29... I will always own something that's quick until they put the tag on my toe.

 

first cossie when i was 21, im now 25 and i have 2, a 4x4 saph and 2wd saph. always had fords, nothing els

 

had a flint grey 2wd saff when i was 18, was going to but a GTi-R but luckily it was sold......... had loads from then on and a few 500+, all 2wd, and a mk5 escort shell with sierra floorpan was rwd cossied, currently 31 and no cossie but the rarest every sierra ever produced and it will never leave my side and id love either a mint standard 302R or a 600+ 2wd crystal blue saff with a monster spec chassis build........
Cosworths are in my blood and will be untill the end of my days *ford national anthem soundtrack playing*
Maby my Audi will have to go

Anyone wanna share a lockup in Basildon?

 

Great to read these replies, not many of us will be without one, or not for long anyway...

I'm 44 now and i'm on my 4th 3dr, 2 saffs, one Escos and a RS MK1 Focus, that's without all the jap stuff.... BUT i always come back to cossies so Dave, be aware of that...

 

Didn't realise you'd got a 500 fella, be nice to have a lovely Escos sat next to it..[/quote]

had my 500 for just over 21 yrs now. dont' think i'd be able to sell it as my daughter loves it.

 

Built my cossie cortina in 99 when i was 27 and still have it. got a saff when i was 30 and on my 3rd one now. can't see me ever changing

 

sorry steve.. but the heading says cossie's and your age, not cossie looker and your age

 

Had 5 RS's since I was 19, 22 now. Keep going back to them for some reason even after other distractions like my old scooby and vr6 etc. Unfortunately circumstances mean I have to sell my RS1800 Fiesta with ST170 running gear ( the manj ) but I will be back in an RS sometime, of that there is no doubt. Haven't scratched the cossie itch yet...

 

FPMSL.............

He's just pm'd me, he's off for his roast diner, a whole cow most probably....

 

Iv had cosworths for 15 years and no matter how many times you sell on and call it a day you always end up back in another, if we realised this at the beginning the money we could all save, i have spent thousands on cars and lost thousands as well but don't see it ending soon to be honest.

 

my problem is that a spend a load of money on each one and sell it.

If i would have just stuck with the first saff it would be 500+hp lol.

Same as if i would have stuck with my escos but never have...

 

I'm 25 and i got mine when i was 20. I'd only get rid if i really needed to otherwise it will be staying.

As Brammer says, most things you could replace them with don't feel special enough to have purely as a toy. At the end of the day if you enjoy it there's no need to get rid.