Sorry but i felt left out so i just had to post anything that said evo

seems they are the new cossie

Never will they be as good ,BUT , they are stunning and i can see why people are buying them

 

maybe you should start breaking them

oh no you cant theyre super reliable weapons

just stick with the rust buckets

 

Started with the jap stuff

I have a wrx impreza in for breaking

 

Why won`t they be as good Paul??

 

everyones at it.

 

Staffi

What i mean is , they will never have the following ( world wide ) etc and the status that the name cosworth has

altho they are a great car , a cosworth is a cosworth and it will take a rather special car to be the new cossie ,,if you know what i mean

 

my reckoning.....

cos a Cosworth is a legend and an icon to many people, ive never seen as many people stare at a Cossie before.... there are 10 a penny Evo's they just arent in the same league

 

Maybe because they`ve been out twice as long

don`t see many cossies winning Ten of the best, or time attack

Paul, you know my feelings on the RS 500!!!!!!!!!!1

 

Evo's ten a penny do yourself a favour mate and stop drinking, ten a penny they are not Scoobys maybe Evo's not,

Mike

 

Pete

cossies are now 20 years old , my point is that they may not now be the fastest cars or the most reliable , BUT , will any of the jap cars be as popular in 20 years ???

I dont think so ..

They are stunning looking and very impressive to drive , but will never have the long lasting "must have " factor that the cossie has

Paul

 

well around where we live there are a hell of a lot of Evo's

and i dont drink im pregnant

and get off your high horse, im only stating how i see it

oh look surprise surprise you own one

 

theres more to owning a cossie then power!!! cosowrth is a name thats been stamped in history i doubt that anyone will remeber anything special about an evo in the future.

they are good cars but dont have the presence or the folloing and i doubt they ever will.

 

You've already broken my Saph. I've put a date in the diary in a few years time you can have my STI and break that . Never got the Monaro in the end, couldn't find a good one on my budget.

 

Right, shall we all agree/ i still love cossies, always will, and will probably one day have Pauls 500

But the Evo is a fantastic car aswell, which i think every CAR FAN should try

 

Bring the Sti next week mate I have some spare axel stands and some spanners

 

true true

 

Lots of Evos around here too

Not so much the 5's and 6's,but loads of 7's and 8's

Only need to look at the price of the 7 to see how many are around

 

Pete

Well said mate , we will all always love cossies , even if we all end up with a jap car

 

Not a bloody chance

 

I have.........frequently and it is a MEGA car,if a little synthetic.....but my cossie,which is crap.....has much more character and is also very enjoyable to drive/fight with..

SO..............................Fook off to the MLR...

 

LOL,you sold your 3dr cause you couldn't handle the power to the rear wheels!!!!!................................
You stick to your car that even a monkey could drive m8!!!!!!!

 

Year ,, Pete , your car is for girls

 

Nail and head spring to mind!!!!

 

Evos are awesome untill you have owned one & seen how they handle & how reliable they are you cant comment mine was great i miss it so much i sold it & bought a e46 m3 but the evo is great

 

No blinkers here - but Ste Scott's cos came around 10th on totb handling - on his sighting lap .... Pity he shat his box on proper lap

 

They have no need to be long lasting, as they are continually evolving with new technology and not one minute wonders.

 

How long till some 1 puts an evo engine/gearbox/diffs with active YAW control and all the electronics that make an evo such a quick car in escos shell.

 

Redkop very very true , you hit the nail on the head there , still would love a 3 door though

 

The AYC etc is the stuff people prefer to not have on the Evos often enough.

Dont get the idea they handle cause they got computers doing it all for them, they handle cause the suspension geometry, transmission, etc isnt shit

 

Not all Evos have the AYC, the RS's don't - neither does the IX GT.

 

i noticed on this forum a lot of talk about evo or cossy ? .the thing is the 2 cars are totally different and in no way can they be compared to one another .i can speak with a lot of personal experience of both cars .over several years i first owned a 2wd sapp running approx 300bhp ,then a 4x4 sapp approx 300bhp then a escort cos 4x4 in standard form then back to a sapp 4x4 standard then my last sapp cos 4x4 running approx 380bhp at least ( very fast car indeed ) the last cossy i owned for 8 yrs and for the last year owned an evo 4 standard at the same time .then i sold both and bought an evo 6 tme that i have now ,the tme is running over 360bhp and feels fast .the biggest difference is the handling ,the evo standard will run rings round a cosworth with uprated shocks and springs on .the other main noticable thing is the evos break less mechanicly but the cossys are cheaper to fix ( diy ) as a blind man could work on a cosworth .i for one though would never under estimate a sorted cosworth .all said and done the cossy is not that far behind the evo even on a twisty B road and i have driven all of them ie the sapp / esc / evo 4 / evo 6 .one way to compare the evo v cosworth is the evo is a jet fighter and the cossy is the fighter / bomber .i will one day own a sapp 4x4 cosworth again because they are legendary and i miss the brutality of the power delivery only the cossy has .

 

Would this be the wrong place to say I'm getting a beemer

 

You can still change your mind and get an Evo

 

Gaz007

some good points mate

What we have to remember is tho that there is 10 years between the first cossie and the first evo"s ( maybee more ) so they cant realy be compared that well

Having said that the cossie still holds its own against cars 20 years newer Will there ever be a car that holds its own in 20 years built today ??? Never in a million years .

The cossie is a legend , simple as that and thats why people love them

COSWORTH , what other car name makes people talk as much as that

Modern cars are all electronics , yes they are more reliable , if it wasnt for that fact would any of you seriously own one if a cossie was as reliable ????

I would honestly think not

Paul

 

Have any of you people thought that we are still on here because we still love cossie's and Fords ????????

Or is that to obvious,

I will have a ford one day again because i love cossie's my rst was great fun, but i have what i want now,

Look for any post were i have said that cossie's are crap ...............................


Every Evo is better then the last hence the name, if only Ford did the same and kept relising a new and better model more of us might have cossie's ,

Mike

 

 

Mike

I think there are hundreds of people like you ..

Still love cossies etc , BUT need a car you can use day to day , so sensible you buy a modern jap car , but you will have another cossie one day when you can justify owning a car you cant use

 

To be fair Paul, I have been extremely lucky with reliability in the 6˝ years that I've owned my Escos, but as parts get harder to source and parts wearing out on a 12 year old car, I am being a realist and sticking with the Evo and selling the Escos. I have loved the Escos to bits the whole time I've owned it [still do] and I will be absolutely gutted when it's sold.

I have always liked Evos but never enough to sell the Escos for one. This year I had the chance to get one without selling the Escos and I had it in my mind that I would never like it as much as the Escos, but I was wrong..... I love driving the Evo, I like everything about it, bar the crap turning circle fuel consumption is far better, handling is awesome and modding is cheap for a reliable 360-370bhp.

 

hmm this is an intresting post...as 'redkop' said...'they have no need to be long lasting, as they are continually evolving with new technology and not one minute wonders.'

as this is said, what it the point of buying 1? as if there always evolving you as a buyer will never actulli have the up to date evo, each new model will make the older model lose vale, so u as buyers are loosing money in the car world COSWORTHS are like the never dying legend, jap cars are constantly being updated so the evo which people drive now in 5 years will be worth nothing however a good cosworth will hold its value or even go up in value...thers no doubt about that

 

In 5 years time my Evo will be 8 years old and still have newer technology than my Escos which would be 17 years old...... think about it