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Old 23-08-2008, 10:45 PM
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Default £4000 -£4500 for a saph cosworth

would this get me a good nice clean and reliable cosworth?
Old 23-08-2008, 10:47 PM
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love nor money will buy you a reliable cossie
Old 23-08-2008, 10:47 PM
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No IMHO. Every 4 grand cossie I've seen was a dog, 5k they started getting nice. But I wouldn't buy one unless I had 6 or 7k.
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Cheap cossies are NEVER cheap cossies
Old 23-08-2008, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by J1mbo
love nor money will buy you a reliable cossie

lol
Old 23-08-2008, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by J1mbo
love nor money will buy you a reliable cossie
£7.5 would and did you lose
Old 23-08-2008, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by avid-fan
£7.5 would and did you lose
does it do 150k miles like a reliable volvo or summut

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Old 23-08-2008, 11:08 PM
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no its a sapphire cosworth 4x4

ive even found the for sale thread for YOU

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...er=asc&start=0

forgot to say humble pie tastes shit dont it LOL



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Old 23-08-2008, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by avid-fan
no its a sapphire cosworth 4x4

ive even found the for sale thread for YOU

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...er=asc&start=0

forgot to say humble pie tastes shit dont it LOL


looks nice

i dont mind havin 1 of these lol
Old 23-08-2008, 11:22 PM
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no offence taken

i dont need to brag about the car..or do sigs..shes been proven on the ring

and a pleasure to drive "sometimes scary "

FLAWLESS flagship for stu@msd
Old 24-08-2008, 12:33 AM
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would imagine that sort of money will only get a average sapp these days imo
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i had a 4x4 saph 52k miles in white couldnt fault the car at all it was slow as fuck but it was a nice car to drive had all the basic nice bits eg suspension, nice wheels, exhaust etc i sold it for 5800 and ive seen a few that were bought for the 4k mark they were piles of shite compared to the one i had mine had never been welded had all original panels a box of history and the leather was like new thats what i would expect if i bought another one tbh just save a bit more and get a good one mate theres some nice ones on pistonheads and cheers for the steering wheel bud it arrived in very good nick
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Originally Posted by jonnyrsturbo
would this get me a good nice clean and reliable cosworth?
a think u can get a decent reliable one for that no problem as the prices are falling just now on everything cause everybodys skint , problem with cossies etc just now is everybody thinks there bit of shits worth a fortune cause they seen somebody elses selling for 6k etc . just shop about mate there out there .
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reckon you will get something ok, 5k deffo, mine will owe me about £3600 when done including buying it, it will have a engine that was rebuilt last year and a fullly reconditioned head, (with light port).

Already has pectal loom, just may need to do a coilpack

It has 78K on the clock from new
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Originally Posted by jonnyrsturbo
would this get me a good nice clean and reliable cosworth?
yes, not concours or high spec.
It will just dont rush into one and dont get to hung up on what power its running.
I paid 3800 for my stg1 saff, tax moted done 79k, one little patch of weld.
Old 24-08-2008, 10:19 AM
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cheers for the replys, i think im going to save up alittle long my be 6k!
just bought a t reg cit berlingo van from work for £100 so @least i have a run about for now!

cheers again
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