As above guys what makes you keep your rs/? ill go first.. i own a rs turbo and i always loved them. . i bought it and spent alot on it but kept it clean and mint.. my reason is it gets alot of attention.. shocks people when racing them ...looks good in my eyes and old skoool power rules.. the best is when racing todays modern cars and showing them its still the king .. people under estimate escorts so im there showing them they aint to be under estimated .. what makes you keep yours ? rs turbos cosworths etc whatever it is as long as its an rs

 

I've had it long enough to know how to fix pretty much everything on it, its cheap to fix and I don't know what I'd own instead

 

I have a 3 door and owned it for 20 years, I know there are better cars but as above it's easy to maintain and a cheap hobby really, also if I sold it and then changed my mind I would struggle to find another, if I get fed up I leave it for a while then go back to it when interest has resumed.

 

i keep my fiesta rst just to piss the wife off

 

My 3dr... Took me 28years to finally buy it... It's been a child hood dream... And it's lovely to drive such a retro fast car... And I could stand looking at it all day long... And till death do us part..!

 

What makes me keep my RS', is the fact no other poor bastard's will hand me a waad of cash for the both of them!!

 

I love my saff.Same as above there are better cars out there but a lot of modern cars look boring. The saff is easy to maintain and the buts arnt really dear.

The car gets a lot of looks.I just love the power it has for a 21 year old car.

 

Had a load of jap cars after my first batch of escorts and my tools started to get lost in spider webs in the garage, so after the purchase of my 2wd saph they've never been busier and iv never been happier!! haha

 

for me the badge was never that important as my first legal car I bought after passing my test was a capri and the fact it was a rs was not that important, and now some 29 ish years later its still here although its not been driven in anger since the late 1990s hence why I have plodded around in all manner of fords since including a few other rs models

 

I feel like setting fire to mine most of the time when somthing else goes wrong

 

I keep itfor the looks though more then anything as the compliments are whats its all about for. Cant imagine how id feel if i sold it!

 

God know , stupidity I think lol

 

There's some emotional attachment to my S1 if I'm honest. I've owned her 17 years now, and when I've been through some pretty dark times and needed something to focus on, the car was it. Sounds daft, but when you need some sense of normality when everything else around you is haywire and need an 'anchor' which won't judge you, let you down, criticise etc you can focus on anything. I used the S1. That's not to say the car is the be-all and end-all as she's far from that, but she helped me through some really tough times.

And she looks lovely too !

 

Simply because I love my 3 door it ain't the best by far but it is mine all bought and paid for by me I thought about getting rid loads of times but I just can't seem to do it I would miss it too much

Like Matt has said it took me over 20 years to get it as well and I love the attention she gets

 

Im pi$$ed off with mine

I might sell it and rebuild the Greenhouse

Steve

 

I've had my S2 a while now and can't imagine it not being in my garage; I'm under no illusion where it ranks in the best S2 or hot hatch list but it goes well enough for a old Escort and I make it slightly better every winter.

 

The smile it puts on my face when I start the ignition and drive off down the street!

 

I like my Sapphire too and according to motoring journos who've driven a bigger variety of cars than me it's "better" than any of the BMW M-cars. Not faster, newer, costlier.....just "better". I'll take their word for it.....

Generally, I can't stretch to a GT2 RS or 1M coupe either which are the only other things that pique my interest ...

 

when the turbo spools up an dumb valve goes off not a better sound

 

i keep mine(for time being) for the smile factor.yes its only an xr2i with a turbo conversion but modern day cars are all driven by pcs and done for you.older fords you have to drive and feel the way the car is behaving.the smells the rattles the paranoid feeling of whats going to break next.its the best lol

 

Because I love replacing splitters

 

because im 45 , married and two kids ,so not much else happening

 

have never loved any other marque except these

 

1. They are only going up in Value
2. They are noticed and looked at simply driving them about
3. Overtake Porsche's And other Modern Cars Said to be the best Hot Hatch's
4. Gives you something to work on/at
5. The modifications seem endless
6. The sound of a 3 to 5" Exhaust sounds like a Heinkels 111 Bomber
7. Highly Underestimated 130BHP when its Tuned to 300BHP
8. Were built with "oldskool" power at hand
9. You have to drive the car instead of the computer
10. EVERYBODY LOVES EM
11. The name/model of the car is very catchy and well known
12. There is always some Competitor on the road you need to show up
13. Turbo Spool On Group A Induction Sounds Like a Jet Engine Warming up
14. Wastegate Flutter on low revs
15. Wastegate Chatter on mid revs
16. Wastegate Scream on High revs
17. WASTEGATE
18. Would feel very lost without an Escort on my Drive
19. Could Not Bare Some twat driving it if i sold it.
20. Gets attention from People who also love them and used to have one
21. you feel that you have the power to fuck that Beemer over a barrel
22. Nothing can compare to your RS
23. Every RS Is unique

About it i think

 

Thats a perfect way to sum it up pal nice 1

 

Dunno about that....a 924 maybe, but nothing this side of 1989....

 

Speak for yourself lol

Non turbo Porsche's like Boxter, carrera easily, done it many times, and a tuned cosworth RS YB/YBT will obliterate the same cars and more. only 1 of the points of keeping your RS and not selling it.

 

 

A tuned YB yes, but you were talking about RS Turbo's if I read it correctly. And 'out the box' a standard Boxster would lunch a standard YB.

 

Bang on lol....

 

Spot on mate. I'm not narrow minded but there ain't many cars out there that take my fancy but unless i was like j clarkson who gets to drive all these wonderful cars,i'll never know and so i'm happy with my Rs and never going to sell. Many Cars better? i disagree personally but this all depends on what your comparing it too lol. A few selected cars better yes

Rs Rules but only because people like us keep them going. Where would Ford be now, i doubt the Focus Rs would ever of been made without them knowing we wanted more.

 

Boxter = 240BHP ish more or less not alot of torque either, i forgot to mention although its part of the list without attaching it to everyone's RS Turbo, Go EFi instead of MFi, more power capability and even more on different management with the correct components.

I drove my work colleges Carrera 4S a while ago, all i can say about it is the the power through the rev range was very similar if not the same, good popint on the 4s compared to a tuned RS is that its naturally aspirated. I do have a very highly Tuned Engine, if it was standard RS with a few mods then no you would be right, in my case this isnt a problem, much to the dissatisfaction of the Porsche driver lol, i have to argue about the YBT being lunched though mate regardless if the Boxter is out of the wrappers or not standard YB to Standard Boxter is very similar, werent the cosworths RS's 240-260BHP standard ? along with matching 4 wheel drive and the P8 ecu they had i recon a standard COSSY would probably put a good fight up againt a boxter.

 

I said a while back that the non-turbo 911 doesn't float my boat and I stand by that - Turbo is a totally different ball game....

 

This is totally agreeable matey especially the part about the focus RS

 

plenty of fords out there that get the heart racing not just RS models its just theres more of them, if it was not for the focus RS lads the scene would have been purely classics

 

This is very true, when i drive my Lexis IS obviously without a turbo its almost boring and leaves you in need of that BOOST PULL compared to a Turbo in most cars really.

A turbod 911 ..... well much faster much more of a competitor compared to a non turbo standard Boring Boxter. ll

 

I have an erst and a 3i the rs has been half way through restore since 08 and xr hadn't run since 2010 but I've recently got the bug back the xrs being worked on and goin to Ford fair and I'm going to reshell the rs to get back behind the wheel I do love a mk4 lol

 

I'm not finished with mine yet, it can still steer better, handle better, be a better drive, and be quicker... I've built mine myself and know it can be better even though a standard 3series hands better as standard- I'm stubborn I guess LOL

 

A Boxter would run rings around an RST on B roads, it may be the low end of the Porsche scale, but it's a Porsche with Porsche engineering nonetheless

 

I keep my Escos because it suits my anti social cunt personality perfectly

On a plus note it's part of the family and prettier than money in the bank