wildheart

iTrader: (4)

Im 29 and got an S1 that ive had nearly 7yrs along with a 3dr cosworth and a fiesta rs1800

Passed my test when i was 17 and started off with a couple off vauxhalls and when i was 19 i saw the light and got a frst and have only owned rs's sinse

dynamo

I'm 32 and i've had XR2's and a Mark 3 XR3 when i was 17.
Went to buy a series 1 in my early 20's with the money on me but the dealer had sold it...thats as near as i have come to getting one.
Moved house last year and HAD to have a garage purely to put a series 1 in it
All my mates in their 30's appreciate why they are the business..
My mate in his early 40's is a Lotus Sunbeam /RS2000 nut
I WILL definatley have a S1 before the summer

So if any of you fancy selling and making an old man happy let me know

John Laverick

I'm 22 bought my first RST when I was 18....I get stick all the time but at the end of the day I don't give a fuck.

It'll be worth the smae to me in 5 years time and its better than getting financed up to the eyeballs to buy a 1.2 Clio cos its 'New'

cossiematt

I'm 23, had my series 1 for 4 years and my 3door cossie for 2. ive had a nissan pulsar gti-r during that time and driven evo's scoobies etc but there's something about the old rs's that makes them feel more special than the jap stuff

I find the boy racers down in sunny devon where i live tend to go for the shit newer hatches like saxo's and 106's so that they can fit their girly blinkers to the back and naff bodykits to them

They're like sheep following each other into crap french handbangs

The RS is a mans car

db

My age will get the average S1 driver age up a bit, but not in the UK though
I live in Holland and my age is 40.

Unfortunately I am the only one within the Dutch XRRS club that has a drivable S1,
about 3 or 4 people that I know of are restoring one, I know of the existence of in total 8 S1 in Holland.

Cheers, Dimitri

'Eck RFC

I am 21 and got my S2 4 months ago. To be honest nobody has called me a boy racer and most folk I speak to have nothing but respect for the car. I do get ripped about it at work cos they think it is a shed this is because I have had wee stupid problems.

Loving driving the car but it does leave u with hardly any money.

AJC

iTrader: (6)

i get a hard time at work of people slagging the car of, just the usual jiberish
(unreliable, rust bucket), but will still kick their arse all over

rswoza

im 28 owned rst's for 7 years got 2 series ones at the mo

rslad1985

i was 17 when i got my s2 even tho it is always breaking latley i would never not have an rs.... i am 19 now

D200RST

Same as Rob84 (hi mate, fancy seein you here). 20! cant say ive ever been called a boy racer, not even in my old escort gti.

id like to see how many boy racers keep up with a specced up s2/s1......

SVM 286

Careful Casper, better not let her hear you say that

SVM 286

Bloody hell James! That's a hell of a role call.
Do you pimp for a living, or just sell firearms?
Why so many? Itchy feet, or just couldn't decide on a favourote?

SVM 286

I'm 33 and take great pleasure in the knowledge that my 15.5 year old 'Dagenham dustbin' or 'Fix Or Repair Daily' has always pulled away from (with one exception) anything else on the road like they were parked or going backwards.

(this is apart from the caged, white 500+bhp Escort Cossie that pulled away from me when joining the M20 recently - a very rare and rather unpleasant and slightly humiliating experience and not one I would like to repeat - wish I had the cash for a big power Escort Cosworth or RS500 )

Still, she looks quite normal and wipes the floor with everything that doesn't wear a blue oval so

rsnitrouskev

blimey after all that u aint said what car u got

SVM 286

Sorry Kev, i've got a black S2 - BTW yours looks cracking , love the rims. Gotta be the best wheels available for S2s and Sapphires.
I sort of assumed that more or less everyone on this thread had S2s - apologies for not clarifying

S.B.CO.UK

Just been looking at this post where the hell does half the 17 year olds get insurance? and is that on your own name or mum/dads

sufsRS

i was 17 wen i gt mine im insured using my dads no claims, and use my student loan evry year 2 pay it off

AJC

iTrader: (6)

i am 19 and on my own insurance, get 12 percent of my wages paid into an
account every week and that leaves enough for MOT, tax and insurance every year
and some left over to fritter away on something else for it

sufsRS

seies 1ajc hw much do u pay???

SVM 286

That's an extremely good idea

If only beer was ilegal, I could do the same thing.

I pay for mine over 10 months on direct debit, so i'm skint every month until November, I get a couple of months' grace that Christmas uses up (and then some) and then it all starts all over again - sodding money pit. I wouldn't mind but I hardly ever use it - when i'm not at work or asleep, it's usually raining

XRTypeRS

Im 29 and have owned my S2 cab (bought as a XR3i! ) 10 years. Even after all that time every time I walk back to it in a car park I still think it looks great - there just is something about the look of the S2 that just looks so "right" to me.

In the 10 years Ive owned it Ive pretty much had everything to pieces, replaced every component on it and totally restored the bodywork, I shudder to think how many hours Ive spent lieing under the thing in the cold!. Like everybody else I get a great deal of grief from workmates about my car some names being "the red shed", "red skip with a taupaulin" , "one handled wheelbarrow" (reference to the mongoose!) etc , but I have found (and Im sure this applies to a lot of us) that in fact secretly most people have a lot of respect for what we do - if it was a rusty heap the ribbing would be justified but my car is so mint, tastefully modified, and like new they just cant really find a fault to pick on it!. I also find it funny when I have to keep running my boss back to BMW to get loads of warrantly problems fixed on his brand new X3 in my 17 year old escort that has NEVER failed on me (touch wood!!!) - get a nice new car??? - nah, i'll skip that thanks!!

However, as others have mentioned, the one downside to these cars is their compatibility with "birds" - or at least I used to think so. Like most people Im a bit paranoid about my RS and so I dont like to take it anywhere where it could get nicked / damaged, also they can be uncomfortable for long journeys, buggers to park etc - all things you dont need on a stressful 1st date!!. Therefore Ive always used my shatty runabout metro in these situations and only "introduced" the escort later. When I was a bit younger this used to get me quite down and I really wondered if I should sell up and get something new and shiny like a BM to impress the birds but Ive come to the conclusion that if a car can really make or break it with a bird then shes not going to be the one for me anyway! .... maybe this is why im still single!!

Anyway, in summary I have to a agree with mitch :-

At the current rate of breaking, in 5 years time the only RSs left on the road will be our "preserved" examples and they will be a real rarity - on the roads where cars seem to more and more soulless and bland (to me) I'll still be loving my RS (you know, actually, I think I might actually get buried in it!! )

lee_thefirst

Cheers mate, top class reply

rsnitrouskev

yeah that y we all drive RS TURBOS cos we LOVE THEM

2LzvhCab

i got my mk4 esc cab 2l zvh turbo at age of 18, at begin of year.
chavs in golf, novas, al the neond up shitters try racin me as they dont relise wot it is as i m onli young.
i dnt get pulld al the time nemore as the car dnt luk lik a boy racer!
will av rs 4eva. rs500 nxt

AJC

iTrader: (6)

know what you mean about taking birds out for the first time,
i use my dads car or my sisters car usually,

unless they see my car on phone background and say they like it

sufsRS

dnt like takin the rs 2 c a biatch fing is dnt want em cumin in me recaros nw do i thats y i take the old mans x5

rsnitrouskev

as long as they keep there knickers on u should b ok

e11nwd

right! to get back on topic! im 23,and my last car was a subaru wrx sti,witch was shit loads of fun!! (track days/sunday mornings etc) that was untill i melted a piston and as a result cost me Ł2500 of my hard earned !!!
so i decided to ditch the jap in faver of something a bit more wallet friendly, and after flicking through a copy of track and race cars, i decided to invest in a s2 rs turbo! after searching through piles of shiters
i eventualy found a clean and straigt one!
with an hibrid,intercooler,ss exh,etc,! having never been in or driven an rst,this was to be my first encounter.
i couldnt belive how much fun this car was to drive it instantly put a smile on my face with a combanation of front wheel drive and big bhp i instantly got bit by the rs bug!
so now im currently rebuilding the beloved rs,into a tarmac tearing track monstor, to show the jap boys a thing or 2!

RS-adam

Im 22 and had my S2 for 3˝ years now.. AND I LOVE THAT CAR.. If I one day can afford an esccos.. the S2 is still staying... after all the countless hours I have put i that car, it can never belong to someone else... can you follow med lads

diozoid

I first set eyes on a series 2 in 1990, bought one three years later after saving up, traded up for a '90 S2 in '95 and its still with me , can't say that for any of the women though . I'm 49 and I'd like to keep my car another 15 years, my daughters after one now .

vroooom ptssssh

im 21, altho dont have a license have series1

Scott R

Now 30, and had the S1 for 6 years and the RS16i touring car for 4 months, had various other RS's before that, MK1 and 2 escorts, RS16i.

gavintwopies

I'm 30 and had my rs for 2 years ppl cant brand you a boy racer anymore as most of the people round here cant even tell me what model escort mine is let alone if its an RS and i havnt even done any mods to the out side?????

go figure that one?

S.B.CO.UK

Trying to get insurance at 17 on a s2 no1 would touch me and havent been driveing for that long

matts2rst

i am 24, i have had.... 2 mk1 xr2's, 1 mk2 xr2, an 87 s2rst in mercury grey, 87 s2rst in black, then deviated to a f-plate r5gtt, in pearl white, bad move, then an s1 rst, then a nove gte then a 90 s2rst in mercury, my best ever car, then a williams clio 2, then a h-plate r5gtt in tungsten grey, then an s1 turbo cabriolet, and a mk5 rs2000 (facelift model) in red, then a j-plate red frst, then an 87 s2rst in red, then an astra gte 8v, then a 90 r5gtt in red, then a 19 16v phase 1, then a 1.8 16v xr2i, then a black 88 r5gtt, then a 90 frst in black, and now i have a 88 s2rst in mercury grey, phew!!!!!!!!

MJC

I'm 23 and this is my third S1

Daz-rst

im 21 and have had my S2 for bout 3months now and am loving every minute of it!!! only had a fiesta before hand and due to unforseen circumstances i had to get a new car. i wasnt looking at a S2 or even an RS badged car as couldnt get insurance but saw one for sale and thought sod it and haven`t looked back (so far )
i just wouldnt be without the excellant feel of driving along and some idiot tries to overtake you, so u drop it down a gear squeeze the right foot and wait for 3K revs and then whoosh u leave em for dust!!!!!
my car aint amazingly quick but when it goes it doesnt like hanging around

lee_thefirst

keep the replies coming

Im still yet to have a reply from a female S1/S2 driver...... are there any??

dry

It's probably your siggy mate !