essex_jamie

I love saphs and always will.

I got slated and told to get the blinkers off as ususal for saying i thought in my eyes that the saph was still one of the best looking saloons.

Loved my saph miss it so much:

AndyRST

there cheap ugly 4 door family cars with a cack out of date interior but a half decent engine slapped in the front of them. cant anyone see them for what they really are?

Adam_BlackRS

I like the saph's from the outside but the inside is a wee bit dated now and is the only thing that puts me off them

RWD_cossie_wil

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Says the person driving a boy-racer front wheel drive shopping car that has been recalled as the interior keeps falling apart , tand torque steers for england

Thing is, you are right in what you say really,(apart from the ugly bit ) but it's a classic case of "more than the sum of it's parts"- there is somthing bizzarly attractive about a cossie (any model), and I would wager that %80 of people who have got rid will want another one, how many times do you see people selling up, going jap/BMW etc etc , then returning to the blue oval as nothing else ever seems quite the same?

I am addicted to them i'm afraid, the test to see if you have it bad is to go through pistonheads classifieds, and see what you fancy... The only things that I would take over a cossie now are either £60K+ for a top end ferrari/ lambo, or an ultima GTR. I might be tempted with an Evo Fq 360/400, but apart from that there is nothing quite like a shonky old ford to put a on your face

Rick

Interior - the dash is pants, for sure. But the rest, seats etc i think are all good - it's certianly a lot more inviting than the black sandpaper seats of the top of the range 06 plate Passat Sport i came to Uni in this morning! Ford have always done interiors well, and are famed for their excellent driving position. Shame bits fall off lol. Don't think i'll ever own one, but if i did - Mondeo dash

Sticky.

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Saphs are ugly

Prefer the 3dr look IMO

Mr Brannen

I fuckin love them,I personally dont like the 3dr either ,still miss my Magenta one,wonder what spec that would have been now if I hadnt went M3 ,never mind my new one will be better,starting to look awfully similar to this one already but in Moonstone

Bullett

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so you would be prefering mine like this


to like this.



persomally i love the saff if its nice and clean original look or if its rally slagged or track dayed up.

part of the problem i have with mine now cant make my mind up whether to put the stripes back on after painting or leave it clean looking as i really love both looks

Bullett

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Mr Brannen
loving the look of that mate.so clean and well looked after.

gingeRS

didnt the saff win a design award in the late 80's early 90's

personally i think its a very attractive car, bit dated and big but it is proportioned nicely, unlike my escort turbo, used to look very odd from certain angles.

still not as good looking as an escort cossie though

CossieGirl

skeg

Mr brannens magenta saph above is probably one of the best i've seen but i still don't think its a thing of beauty. Lets face it if it wasn't an RS or didn't have a cosworth engine then no one would really talk about it. I know that seems obvious but when you talk about good looking cars a Saph will just not be one of them.

The Escos puts it to shame in the looks department, its just too big. You wouldn't get many girls or people who don't know what it is drooling over one. Maybe because of the noise box.

Cawood

i think they look quality! hard as fook

not of this stupid girly bubble modern look like all the gay cars of today

Mr Brannen

Thanks very much pal,I miss that car

Mr Brannen

Thanks for the kind words,means a lot

Stu @ M Developments

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They can look great in certain conditions.. i still think its the best all round cosworth of the 3, but only because i strongly disslike the escorts build quality.





Mind you.... a good escos and 3 door do look damn well.

andyhardy

I remember getting the brochures from the local dealership for the Sapphire when it came out as a kid - what a geek!

The facelift front end along with the well proportioned boot made it the best looking Sierra in the range (as standard cars).

There's an RS500 that lives around the corner from me and it has more presence than the Sapphire but I personally would be wondering what everyone was thinking whilst driving an old Sierra with a huge whale-tail on the boot! The Sapphire is understated - nice looks and not inoffensive.

It's not going to win any beauty awards but it's aged better than most performance saloon/hatchback cars from a similar era.

Cheers,

Andy

K500BHP

TBH i am wondering if i did the right thing in swapping the saph for an escos

essex_jamie

lol bit like the frs interior then just a normal focus dash with some dodgy looking seats that some drew a blue line down, and the same steering wheel out of a zetec's, do you get blue dye on your hands yet

p.s i love the focus rs, but they too inside look dated already

Stu @ M Developments

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I have a LOT of customers who said the same. it just feels cheaper somehow, all it has is the external looks.

To me, and i intend NO offence by this...
A top money Escos Is just a good Sapphire in a £10K Wrapper.

essex_jamie

i want to get another saph i think ill have to sell the m3 and bag another one

Turbocabbie

Personally yes, although Im not being critical of your choices, the Saff was always understated for me and packed a decent punch, it had the ability to offer performance which could shock people... while the 3door and Escort were always cars that shouted out how hard they punched.

I like the stealth look of the saff and a nice clean model impresses me more than a motorsport look

fezzajsy

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i just thinksaphs look awesome..

essex_jamie

NIL 7717:
The saph looks great with or without stickers on, personnally i liked it withe the stickers but i love it without them

xr_craig

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NIL 7717 - i reckon with those wheels you've got to have stripes mate, it looks hardcore.

warleydaddy

Well ive aid it once,and il say it again..

I SERIOUSLEY prefer my 1st saff to my 3dr!!!!!

All round drive,was better imo,ok,"looks" wise its nowt on the 3dr,but i just had alot more fun driving it.

Pete...

SS1

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i will always remember the words...

the car shell was based on a jelly mould..

AndyRST

well pull up in a std saff and people wont even notice the difference between that and a 1.8lx.

pull up in a std FRS and people look and comment on it

3K scabby saff or £15k FRS i know which i rather have, get what you pay for

Turbocabbie

I don't think you can compare the vehicles fairly... if the focus is as good as you suggest then the real question to ask is..... If you had 15k to spend on a car what would you buy and speaking for myself the FRS would not come into consideration. The saff however has always had a certain appeal and desirability for me at various price ranges through its life.

LeviA

Saphs are gorgeous, I've always loved them.. hence I bought one!

LeviA

Had a Focus RS... 8k miles and I bought it for 17k 3 years ago.. lovely car and I'm certainly considering another one..

BUT the Saph I have gets far more looks than the FRS ever did. Nothing screams out like a Saph.

DanRSturbo

The only problem with Saph's 3doors and RS500's is the dash, rest of the car is nice, went out in popeye's 3door and Benn304R's Saph, both nice cars minus the shocking dash

Bullett

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[quote="AndyRST"]well pull up in a std saff and people wont even notice the difference between that and a 1.8lx.

quote]

er or maybe at a glance youve bought a ltd edition blue st170

saff_cossie

Saff is by far the better looker out of the 3 but would still love an Escos. 3 doors are nice but having been around 5 doors for so long, they look slightly odd.

Easy to see why it was called a taxi, my home town was full of the GL and GLX as taxis

Saff was the only one I wanted right from when they were launched and dad came home with the cosworth sales brochure (which I promptly cut up and made into a scrap book as a 7 year old!).

Bullett

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UnseenMenace
mate,you can be as critical as you like.you wont upset me im a realistice person and i believe everyone has thier own views and tastes,we would be boring if all the same. i look back at my photos and compare the standard plain car to the striped one and i relly love both,does my head in cos now i cant decide which way to go.

there isnt that many silver saffs left and they are all clean with wheels and thats it,which is part of the reason i striped it.i like to stand out.but do i re-paint it back to ultra clean standard or stick out again to get the attention?







essex_jamie
you shouldnt have sold it mate,there that certain character that a cossie has that just doesnt come from other marques,ok they can rust and break but they have an addictive quality


xr_craig
cheers matey, but as said i cant decide.think i need to see what others are out there and decide.i look at yours and the other few on here and think that looks so sweet and tidy i think mine would look better that way,and then look at mine and think nah it looks different and menacing

IAIN ABZ

I think that the saph can be made to look awesome - Like Lambchop or Luicianos, but there are so many dogs out there, 2 grand rotten saph cossies with 200K on the clock and tiger stripes......No thanks.....

Still has not stopped me looking for one for when i replace my day to day bucket......

And I had an ex-taxi Saph.....rotten body, 1600cc fooked pinto, in LX trim and without a radio....Drove it for a year and it stank of petrol in the cabin....but at 250 quid on the road i was not caring!!!!

Bullett

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ok now i am insulted! mine only has 150k onit i'll have you know.

AndyRST

RichardPON

If you do look to sell up, let me know, as I could well be in the market for an M3 convertible...

charlie luciano

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FRS is a fucking hairdressers car, my cossie has chewed up everyone that it has come accross when they came out sad cunts were paying 25k to get one, now you can get one for 12k, escos fetch more than that at how old? cossies have much more presence on the street geezer

Loads of people comment on my car when its out on the street

Go and put the kettle on


Luciano