Dunccoss

Right you all know about my escort and you also might know that i have a RS focus but whould you sell both to get a RS 2OO ???. I have been thinking about it, or am i being silly

Carlsworth

being silly imo

charlie luciano

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Keep the two cars you've got mate, RS200 is a jinx car and ugly imo

C L

Ian3dr

You keep thinking of that one that roared down the lane Saturday evening!

Did sound the bollox, but you are being daft!

TIFF

tbh i know the background to the RS200

BUT

I think they are horrible looking cars

Keep your fleet Dunc

pee vee

RS200 is right up there mate.

but, i would imagine that its Properly the sort of thing
you can Only use on very special occasions, else it would spend its
time being fixed more than working ??

be something amazing to say u have/have had though!!

Rick

I think 200's are really really pretty, especially in red.

Turbo Zetec

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awesome cars, but in no way practical. i seem to remember a quote from the rs200 handbook was something like 'if you need to use your car on the road...' pure rallying machines not particularly cheap to look after and source bits for... unless you know a man who deals with them

Dunccoss

yes thourght so being silly its probley one off them cars you whould like to own, but when you do you hate it

Matt

incredibly sexy cars imo
more so than any escort or focus
fuck it,.......buy it lol

LEGAL AGENT

A purchase sounds imminant and you wish us just to clarify your thoughts are right.
Go for it if you want it that bad. Very nice car and yes I would say its a car, Ford fanatics "should own" once in a lifetime.
Seems you have achieved plenty with your escos at the shows so sell up and take the bull by the horns.

Good luck with your decision.

Cam

FUCKING A!

xr2.0zetecturbo..

by the sounds of it mate you have the best of the rest so why not go for it,i wish i was in youre position to even have the chance,it has to be somthing that you have to go for just to say you have,hell if you want practicality and reliability then get a daewoo matiz,if you want something you probably couldnt describe in words then get them up 4 sale and get buying,lifes too short not to and it aint like it will ever loose value, even more rare than the mile high club and i bet no matter what show/meet you go,dont need telling what would steal the show!!! good luck regardless

Lambchop

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If you can afford it then why not

Surely gonna cost some on top but if you have another runaround motor then why not

luke89

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what about a rs200 rep and just sell one like the focus lol imo rs200 is well sexy

smitsturbo

i dont know what its like to own a focus rs never mind a minted escort cossie like yours but if i did & i was tired of it... well the only way is up & theres no higher than an rs 200 in the british ford world, well except a GT40

Anonymous

Are you asking if you should have an RS200 as a daily driver?

If so:

Stavros

If was me, I fucking would.

Proper special.

And the 2 cars you own, tho v.nice, dont do it for me, but a fucking GrpB rallycar would

Big G

Do you have an everyday driver??

cossies4eva

if its something you want to do then do it

Azrael

chip-3door

RWD_cossie_wil

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mate, it would be silly NOT to IMHO, a focus RS is a focus with a boy racer engine in, a escos is nice but still an escort under the flash body kit, an RS 200 is a legendry group B rally car, fucking do it, could be dead tommorow live for the moment , if you hate it, sell it and start again

Azrael

RWD_cossie_wil you have ways of thinking that I cannot begin to understand. You say Escort Cossie is just an Escort even though it shares almost no common parts with Escorta...and you want to make yountimer classic rallycar RWD....:-/

RWD_cossie_wil

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end of the day Az, I am under no illusions as to what my car is, its a escort with a chopped tunnel and a big engine , And don't get me wrong, I love my car, but an RS 200 is a storming car compared to an escort cossie

And RWD is just soooo much more fun than 4x4

Dunccoss

All ready have a focus estate as the daily driver, the focus rs is for sale on the rs owners site so we shall see, as for the escort i will see what happenes after national day, it might just go up for sale you never now.

turboloon

you ain't going to loose alot of money with a rs 200,simply because of the prestaige of the thing if i was you i would go for it you only live once and well you can always sell it on...

PAUL S

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One of the reasons you wont loose money is because you would be stuck with the thing if you ever try to sell it - very very hard to move on once your bored or need the cash

Shings

Problem with RS200's isn't finding one to buy.

Its selling it when you have had enough.

GARETH T

i would be tempted to buy the rs200

Disabled Account

Dunc, some good advice on here, and yes - they are awesome cars. I looked into getting one about a year or so ago...............It's only when you look in the Quaife catalogue at the price of essential replacement parts (engine block/gearsets) that you realise you wont be hooning an RS200 around, because if it goes bang it will cost a fortune to repair

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Porkie

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Legendary cars

heard they are shit to drive though. Really old agricultural and PONY....

and lets face it cars are for driving (just realised you are a concours bufty though aren't you! )

Why not try something like a Ferrari 360? great value now the early ones

Mr Brannen

Aha now were talking Porkie , get a "proper" sports car Dunc, my thoughts on the RS200 are simple, I cant fuckin stand them , so old man, not a pretty car either ,I appreciate the prestige n that but it doesnt bother me at all

Azrael

Acctually it's a Sierra with Escort-on-steroids outlook. Not much in COmmon with Escort. Body parts - only roof.


Both are legendary because they are homologation specials - rlalycars for road.

It's only more fun because you drive to slow If you think about sideways stuff Escos can do that very well without brakingit. And AWD is much more fun because you can actually move not burn rubber almost stationarily. If you're looking for sidewways fun you already have right car, if you're looking for really fast track-car and want to rip out front drive bacause of that you should have bought a Lotus.

Woud you convert RS200?

Mr Brannen

Think you missed his point there mate, see yours though,but he`s hardly gonna start "scandinavian flicking" his 4x4 round Sainsburys car park or the roundabout next to his is he

GARETH T

rs 200's are both 4x4 and rwd

some have the changing stick removed,, but there is no problem having them put back on


as porkie says thouh,, i would have a look at a 360 or 996 turbo

Azrael

Dunccoss you will probably disagree with me but me view is that you should consider if you can afford to actually DRIVE RS200 from time to time. That means you have to have vastly more money then one is worth. If you're not and yiou're only going to keep polishing it, then what for?

It's Czech Mate

RS 200 is 4wd with a lever to adjust the torque split between front and rear axles

Azrael

GARETH T
MattRS1600i



I think you're both wrong. RS200 rallycars and RS200 Evo road cars had a handle to lock up centre diffferential for slippery conditions, normally it only ruun 3 viscouse couplers (can you imagine how shit handling with front VC must be?). Also they had lever to change final drive somewhere under rear bonnet. Never heard of possibility to run one RWD and it wouldn't make sense, probably very deadly with front drive failure.

Azrael

And with RWD'ed Escos will he? Or burn rubber by just applying to much throttle? Doesn't sound that much impressive. You can make 280bhp Escos go sideways on tarmac by just kick in the clutchg if you need very much. And you can do your roundabout sideways...



Of course I often miss a point, and I'm strange guy from far way country, but I try to understand.... I really do.

It's Czech Mate

I dont think you can read

I said it was 4wd

I think the torque splits were 40/60 50/50 60/40