Westy

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its only been a couple of weeks since I sold up.. but I want a S1 already I think beacuse it was my second car for 7 years, and only had that and one other car, I miss it

does the urge stop as driving these days seems boring..
I said to myself, once its gone, no more maintenance cars.., but the force is strong on this one

pip32

dude,i hear what your sayin! im tryin to sell a S2 rst & a 4x4 cossie,all in the name of a sensible maintenance free car! I know im gonna miss em when they are gone,but needs must as they say.Im sure i will get the RS bug again someday.

Šhatter Box

once a turbo freak always a freak

xr_craig

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Not really the same situation but i've been driving cheap runarounds for about 4 months now as i can't drive mine at the moment. And the craving for it does stop

Rab

It will never go away. I'm pining for a certain red S2 in the for sale section, but the inland revenue are taking years refunding my tax so it's a non starter I;m afraid

Westy

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I must just miss throwing money at it

dead weird tho..

I think once you've had one, its a case of evryday normal motors just seem too bland etc..

pip32

hi there alex.nice car youve got there mate,where abouts in surrey u from? grove garage sounds familiar

Chipped UK LTD

Its hard for the first 2-3 years.
I only sold my RST after my dad died,
The night before he died we went round for dinner and he said to me, "ill never be alive when you sell that bloody car"

The reason for this chat was that the box blew 2 days earlier at brunters on a mag shootout for performance ford.

This made up my mind, i fixed it then sold it.

It was hard at first but when you drive cars like the M3 which doesnt give 5% of the agro an RS does you see it from a different prospective.

I trully think you need deep pockets to be an RS owner, there highly unreliable and cost a fortune to run.

I bet a large proportion of members here could have bought a 911 or a 355 for the money they have spent on there RS.

biglee

if you want a S1....buy mine....lol ive so had enuf....

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...hlight=biglees

gingeRS

it never leaves

once a ford nut always a ford nut

agreed there are cars out there that are better than RS's but theres something great about them

give it a year and you will want one.

my friends have all got different cars, boxsters, vag turbos, tvr's

and all cars are good for different people but all of them love going in my saff

saying that though, since my missus bought an mx-5 i have been borrowing it ALOT

jump in, drop the roof, crank up the stereo, go out for a blat, and hang the arse end out at every opportunity, cant beat it

It's Czech Mate

Rubbish, the poorly maintained and poorly prepared ones might be unreliable, but one properly prepped and maintained will be no less reliable than when it was new.

If you choose to hammer a 15 year old car with an old loom/sensors and a tired engine and gearbox it will be unrelaible lol

But yes, to properly prepare and maintain an RS for relaible daily use does require deep pockets...but its unfair to call them unrelaible IMO.

ANY old car that is pushed beyond standard spec on old components and running gear will be unrelaible