I'm just looking around at the minute for either a Sierra or Escort Cosworth and I can't believe how much people want for some of the things about. I love my Fords but it seems to have gone mad at the minute.

 

I think people have seen what price genuine minters have started to command and think their car must be worth nearly the same since 'it's a good one' or 'just been sprayed' and that if they stick it up for big money then buyers might not check to closely when viewing the car and assume it's a belter they're buying... basically, as far as I can see, they're dreaming. Minters will still command big money, buckets of shit are still worth considerably less despite what they're being advertised for.


Cheers,
Grant

 

It's not just me that thinks that then

The hunt continues

 

There are some right shockers for sale at stupid prices.

 

Too many dreamers out there looked at some before buying my Evo and there was alot of rubbish out there.

 

ive watched 12 different spec saffs and 5 escorts on ebay the last month and the saffs havnt even hit 5k and they looked real nice and the escorst didnt fetch 10k so i think its just people dreaming there worth more but as you see they dont sell at silly money

 

I looked at 3 saffs when I bought my Evo. two at 5k and one at 6500. All shocking. To get a decent Saff now you need to be parting with some serious dosh. Problem is though, as parts get scarce it pushes the price of the sheds up as they're worth more in parts.

Still want another one before I die. Just to experience that feeling of certain death every time you drive it

 

never a truer word spoken

 

I think some people think its the automotive version of the antique's road show and expect to be told their old rotter is worth enough to retire on!

 

i prefer to be more techinical and discribe the handling alike to a sack of shit hurtling down a ski slope

 

It's an addictive sensation though Ran, a bit like shagging Johnny 'Mad-Dog' Adair's girlfriend while his sister videos it waiting for her turn. You know it will almost certainly result in your painful and violent death, but it's fun so you may aswell keep at it!

That's derogatry to sacks of shit with dreams on winter olympic gold!

 

 

very true

 

quality

 

Haha SO true

 

That is so true, it's part of the thrill

 

Cant belive i still have the saff and it is priced to sell aye r4nss !

 

Makes me laugh people slating Cossie handling, 95% of cars have had 400Bhp thrown into a shagged old 20+ year chassis, on original bushes & cheap after market suspension! Put some time into the chassis & they are fine handling cars, very very balanced. Even back in the late 80's the humble Sierra was kicking the E30 M3's arse!

Granted the rear beam isn't great, but with a few mods they are superb. Clones comparing them to Evo 7/8 etc need to remember the years of development between them!

 

To be fair if you rammed 500+ bhp up the m3's arse it probably would have handed it to the Sierra.

 

The can be made to handle but IMO they have to be made/forced rather than asked.

That's actualy what I liked about mine,it was like trying to tame a wild animal.

 

love this, cant agree more, well said

 

i ment this quote lol

 

Handling by Eddie the eagle

 

exactly even with bushes and all the goodies lol

 

Mine didn't have ANY goodies. All I had were 1000 year old Konis with god only knows springs.

Although, I stress, my Cossie was NOT a prime example It was a fucking shed

 

well they dont handle well the track is to narrow the body to long ! throwing a beam on them better but no where near perfect ! moving most of the pick up points will make them very good but do you want to spend 3-4 k on a geometry re jig and then another 3k on uprights

 

So, 6k for a Saff. 4k on re-jigging, and 3k on Suspension. Bargain!

 

The more I look and see the prices the quicker my brain is saying don't ever buy one again!

 

Im looking to treat myself to a new toy over the summer with a budget of around 5k or so and would really a sapphire,wanted one since I was a kid and the guy next door had a string of them.In all honesty though at the price even average ones seem to be put up at lately its pretty hard to ignore the likes of the impreza type r or evo 5.

Cheers Ross.

 

i thought i had died in mine many a time ,turned out i had just shut my eyes

 

Yup been there a few times... Where theres no more lock left....

 

One of the major plus points that cossies have going for them other apart from the engine is that is that the come in the correct flavour of driven wheels being rwd and 4wd, but you are ultimately fighting against a rather weak and wobbly shell, the term jelly mold unfortunately is quite apt in more ways than one.

I don't see anyone hear slating per say just being realistic in typical PassionFord banter, are they great fun to drive, darn right they are, but not all the creaks and rattles are due to old age which just adds to the charm to put it into perspective the escort cosworth shell which is a stiffer than the sierra has a torsional stiffness of around 6000 nm/deg a mk2 focus cabriolet with the roof down is just under 12000 nm/deg and over 20000 nm/deg with the roof up. So even when you put all the correct bits on its not just your arms twisting when your giving it the beans on a corner.

 

i used to vision mine leaning over my shoulder as i apprached a corner and saying in my ear " im going to kill you ""

 

Agree 100%. It's all down to supply and demand and for the right car a hefty price tag will usually follow. I would suspect that alot of the ones that get broken (and there seems an awful lot of late) probably aren't all that, or if they are people want to realise as much cash as possible and unfortunately the big spec cars are worth more in bits.

Good news for those with mint, genuine cars who hang onto them though as prices will only go one way....

 

I remember when mag features were almost always ended with "it's up for sale" or "it's been sold since this article was written"