Sold my escort cossie nearly 2 months ago and I can honestly say
I dont miss it ..... Something I thought I would never say

Owned the car for over 9 years (and had 4 engine rebuilds )


Dont miss the huge fuel bills, the constant cleaning of it,
the cost and time spent fixing it, and the cost of insurance,
worring about where it is parked... etc..

Maybe in a few months time things will be different and I must admit
I have been tempted by an EVO ...


Anyone else feel the same ?

 

Im pretty sure i wont bloody miss it... Bloody antiques.

 

Sold my 2wd stage3 saph and i honestly dont miss it 1 bit, the cons out weighted the pro's 10-1 compared to my new car.

Cossie was costing 1k tptf to insure, my integra Ł1000 fully comp

i now get 180 miles to Ł25 of optimax where in the cossie i used to get 100 ish

The fact that in 70% of road conditions the cosworth was a pig to drive fast and the teg is a dream even in the wet

And the main reason i got rid of it was reliability, the cossie never let me down apart from 1 head gasket after 10k miles on a rebuild , but there is always that thought of "is it going to blow up" every time i thrashed it, where as the teg i thrash the knackers off it and KNOW it will cope

So in a nutshell do i fook miss the cosworth

 

Fcuk off - yours was always dirty

 

Only car i miss was my RS500 but it never cost me anything to fix unlike the rest .Would "probably" never buy another ford though to behonest.

 

Ive had mine for 13 years and I used to think I would miss it loads but realised its just the performance I would miss unless I get a new fast car that is. But since I cant afford a good replacement im sticking with my old taxi.

Doenst help when some of my friends drive around in brand new Evo 9's

 

You'd think this was a PASSION ford forum

 

EsCos...
No not really to be honest. Couldn't be bothered to keep it clean anymore. And after all that money and time spent on the car, we didn't want to ruin (spelling? ) it by using it as a daily drive. The Focus was the best choice and I don't regret it.

Sierra Cos 4x4...
Yes, still miss it. Biggest mistake we ever made

 

they can be a pain but couldnt see me in anything else-cant explain why-its just the way i am!

owned an evo 4 for 16 hrs,8 of those were sleep,part exchanged it the next day for an escos-there again didnt really like that so went back to what i like best-2wd cossies.

im a bit wary of having a go in a decent power skyline as im scared i may want one!

ive had m3's,early evo's,subarus etc and they just dont do it for me.

 

Maybe if it was setup on proper managment etc u would of enjoyed it more?????It would of ran correctly ?

 

Never regretted selling my s2 but then i did go and buy my cossie the same night lol.

 

The engine ran lovely for 2 years since its last rebuild and was mapped
by Simon Norris on my ecu.

I am/was proud of my car.

 

i sold my xr2 over a year ago now. i do miss it alot but u just get over it. its like a girlfriend really ha ha

 

cossie was my childhood dream car....

love it ,performance is outstanding and its been a fantastic car but they are getting old now

need to b e getting a mortgage sometime this year tho so if i cant afford to maintain the beast it will need to go

i do have a huge soft spot for a seat leon cupra r tho !!! what are they like ?? look crackin cars

 

Sold my stg 3 saff to fund my escoss which was/is my dream car..

still miss the saff tho, might even get another

 

Sold my Cossie and bought a Zafira GSi....practical,cheaper to insure, but nowhere as fast...

Made worst by getting a pasting off a Saff....

 

only really miss it when i got to meet and see the other ones and remember back to having mine, but there are def things i dont miss like repair costs, fuel and the fear of it blowing up

but i havent driven anything that has come close to the adrenalin that car gave me when you give it a boot

 

i miss my saff

 

I miss mine, would love another one

 

My Fiesta is only of the road for repairs and i miss it!

 

Miss mine loads, thats why im still looking for another
Although a skyline may now be on the cards

 

Sold mine and am glad its gone

 

Chris you sold your escos?

 

I have sold a few fords and I have missed them, but I just replaced them with something better, i had a crack at selling my saff towards the end of last year no luck and was looking to buy an evo, different venture for me there as I have always driven the blue oval, if i got an evo if would have been the same quest like i've had in my cossie more horsies, big brakes, fat turbo and I asked myself where does it end? and to be honest if i had all of the Ł notes that I have spent on cars since buying my first one aged 13 i'd be kin loaded, other people have asked me when am I gonna grow up I guess never

C L

 

Yep exhaust cam snapped and took out the head etc
so i let the whole car go as it was for 8k
inc T4 356MM AP's etc

 

if only you had missed the barrier

 

im in a lov hate with my series 2

love it to bits when im driving it, and looking at it all polished up,

but i hate it every other second, ans bearing in mind i only got 500miles in her last year, thayts alot of hate lol

want an evo now, or rwd ...... hmmm

 

I do miss my Sapphire and the 3DR..................................

 

Yeah i miss my old Escos it was pacifica blue And the only reason i sold it was for another house with a garage
The Escos was sold and the house fell throw
Dont matter ive got a better one now and bought another house

 

Mate thats bad luck. who bought it? i didnt even know it was for sale

 

Simon i thought you was building a 4x4 Focus????

 

Got the focus and an engine, thats as far as it got at the moment.

Been too busy in my new venture to think about cars

 

My mum still moans about selling her Mk5 3i (10 yrs its been now)
was yummy on 6 spokes.. J440 ORN (any1 know about it).. prob in knackers yard. was doing 16 to the gallon when she had it

 

What relevence has that?? rusty tank ??

 

Ssssh U!!

 

hi si wots the new venture then

 

space hoppers,

Hope to see Spence over the next few days and I will fill him in and
I am sure he will tell you.

Cant make it public as I am sure there are those on here who would
stick there nose in and deliberately try to sabotage it.

 

Ain't drove mine for 2 months now n i miss it

Specially when gonig to central day and watching the strip not running

Si - Not got a car now?....Or just got a runaround while u build your focus?

 

Smit,

I have a run around powered by a dirty diesel and no turbo

 

Mmm ive ben without a car for 3 months roughly stage 3 2wd cossie it was the right colour and was perfect BUT for some reason i do not miss it at all

Only thing i do miss is on those nice sunday nights going out a drive but i can do that in any car i suppose

Miss my S2 rst though , so many good memories for me