Glenn_

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Do you ever think the the ford scene will ever die.All i ever seem to here is that people are sick of there old fords and want a more modern and so called reliable car.Like cossie owners getting sick and moving onto evos or subarus.If everyone does this in my eyes the ford shows will get quieter and quieter.

I love my cossie to bits and have thought a few times about selling it myself,but i just love it every time i get in it to drive it.

I love my fords loads and would hate to see the ford shows getting quieter.

What are your thoughts on this.

gingerxr2

cant see it happening,ive only been doing shows for the last 3-4 years,had mk2xr2's for last 10 years,and id say the ford scene has grown,cars are getting rarer so its more enthusiasts now than say chavs driving xr2's/rs turbos,5 years ago i could pick up a half decent xr2 T&T'ed for well under a grand,not any more,

Orion_Gav

Doubt it,people come and go..Someone leaves and someone joins

24vcossiemat

I don't think it will ever die, the trouble is, you sometimes stray from them, I had 2 supra's for a while and loved them, but I just couldn't resist the oval badge for long. I think sometimes what I love about old fords is that great feeling ya get when all is well, but even if it isn't, we get the spanners out an fix it, an that I do enjoy, its a bloke thing. trouble is with a scooby or evo, I wouldn't know where to start.

Csm

Yes it will die a horrible death

cossies will be nothing more than a recycled tin of beans (if theres enough metal left from the rot)

Glenn_

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I know not alot of people have a second car so they use there old fords most of the time.I will always have a ford in my life.I would only sell my saff so that i couls buy a escort cossie or a 3 dr.

Fiddy

So when you getting another one col ?

Csm

Must resist must resist must resist

FORD RS MAD

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My first Ford was a 1982 Mk 3 Escort 1.1 L 5 door which i modded slightly,had that for about 6 years,then got a Mk 2 Orion 16i Ghia with the full Rs kit,modded that alot (that was one of my fav cars i have owned) I now have a Subaru Impreza but i still love Fords,if i could i'd like to have a Mk 2 Xr2,a Mk 3 XR3,Series 1 Rs Turbo,the new Focus RS & my favs,any Mk 1 or 2 Escort RS's,Mexico etc.

Glenn_

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So why dont you get one then.

Fiddy

Bollocks mills, as soon as you got the money sat in the bank doing nothing, you WILL buy another one, i know it, and so do you

Lee Ivatt

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The ford scene wont "die" but It will change.

The problem is as the cars age, so do the majority of people who love them.

I can see smaller, enthuiast clubs forming in years to come, much the pre 80's ford clubs that exist now withe the anglias, cortinas capris etc.

Also as with all "classic" cars, parts get increasingly expensive and or illusive to find, which sadly drives out the younger folk.

Take mk1 and 2 escorts, as an example.

What does intrest me is the question that - will the New generation fords ie 2000 onwards get the same following as both the early fords and the 80s fords now have?

Less.

No it wont die as there is always someone too cherish old fords,the people today who can not affrod the more modren RS,es will be bale in a few years to afford them,

Much like the with the MK1 and MK2s

Ryan

it will certinly get a lot smaller and IMO. its been slowing the last 5 years.

As IMO ford havent done anything interesting, they are simply a selling machine.

The new Focus and the old focus is very much a marmite car, not iconic i dont think.

Too much competetion the modern age fords are drowned out by background noise from other competitors.

back in the 80's there was nothing that touched the 3dr, and again when the escort came out rally wise.

now, every manufacturer has something to rival the focus RS.

its a very small slice of a very big pie IMO.

back in the day i think ford owned the cake shop!

Glenn_

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in a way i think ford themselves are to blame cause like people said they have made some bland cars. I know the stoc is a popular club cause they are a modern ford and people use them everyday.

Ryan

aswell as being stoopidly priced!

Fiddy

No chance, they have made some very nice motors since 2000, ST220, ST170, ST150, Focus ST, to name a few, all very nice cars, but they wont have the same appeal as the older cars imho, with maybe the exception of both FRS. if you comapare the newer generation ive just mentioned to S1 AND S2 ERST, FRST, all the cossies etc, they just wont age as classics imho. even the normal MK1 and MK2 escorts, most car enthusiasts class them as the nice cars, cant see the same being said of the MK1 and MK2 focus in 20 - 30 years.

Glenn_

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yeh i agree about ford owning the cake shop. If you look at old programs on the tv most of the cars are fords. Like i said blot of people use there old fords everyday so if they start to get faults on them and people might get sick of repairing them. I think thats when they turn to newer cars.

Staffi

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I personally think it,s thinned out quite alot the Ford Scene, i,ve been going to shows for well over 12yrs and there,s defo alot less folk than when i started.

I see it like this though, they,ll ALWAYS be a FORD RS scene because they,re CLASSIC cars now and you,ll always have a following for them, resteration jobs etc, PLUS imo good cars will increase in value too, ESPECIALLY when lots are getting broken these days, a good solid rust free, low milage example will always be sort after imo...

I did the whole Evo/Subaru/ M3 thing and yet i still came back.....DAFT TWAT I AM....

dakar

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I think people get sick of there old cossies because they expect to much out of a 20 year old car tbh and any other ford as well

Glenn_

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I agree with that mate. They are gonna have faults cause they are a old car. Staffi your not mad you just love your fords.

Staffi

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Glenn,

I do yes, but the trouble is mate it,s taken me about Ł120k on other cars to realise that.....

Rod-Tarry

No it wont die just change & get smaller like even older cars.
The 1950's VW beetle fans are still out there & so are the 1930's Morris 8 Forums with fans just as dedicated as the Cossie boys.
Most of you will leave their RS Ford days behind, check this or any modified car Forum & you will find most in their 20's & 30's still a lot hanging on in their early 40's not many still here in their 50's & im probably alone being here in my 60's so yes only a very small minority will stand the test of time, in my 15 years around RS's many many die hard ' I will be here till I die' fans have found that other things in life become more important & leave & they wont be back.

Glenn_

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How much bloody hell. Well i hope you still love your cossie.

Csm

Lol

Could buy one tomorrow if i really wanted but if it really came to going and looking i dont know, Sometimes just better to stand back and admire them these days and let someone else have the heartache and hassles

you never know Craig i might be stupid enough to buy my 5th sierra one day cos i bloody love em

Glenn_

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Well get one bought then fella.

Fiddy

Ive never owned one mills, and im addicted, there more addictive than crack, i hadnt drove one for a while till i drove glenns, i felt like a recovering addict falling off the wagon

Big G

Cant see the Ford scenr dieing, afterall there is a Ford scene older that than Cosworth era.

Glenn_

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Well bud you can drive my car anytime. If we go to the pod in her i will let u drive it then.

jammerrs

i think thge modern fords 1995 onwards, will become parts of other groups and not just ford anymore.

but there always be a place for the classocs, theres still anglinas cortinas etc, just not alot of them, and they seem to be older people that can afford them.

the days of a 19 year old being able to buy a nice rst or xr are over, now you hvae to be older and most of them time restore them before you can use them.

there mostly rusted and panels are hard top get, this puts people off even more, where as landrovers and minis still have huge suppliers selling every panel there is, or chassis etc.

cossie4i+

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It wont be the same in years to come as Ford have not made a car of great interest for years

Steve

Glenn_

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i agree with john the older fords are easier to work on than newer cars. I love the look i get when i drive my car cause most people stop and stare at the car.

Fiddy

I hold you to that

dingla rs

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rs fords never die they live on in newer things

wulliesxr4i

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i think the ford seen wount die mayb just get slower in places think the problem is the youngsters these day hav hardly heard of them nd sum dont even no wot they are

i mean am only 20 and was brought up wiv my dad ownin loads of fords and i just love them nd most of my mate round my age dont even no wot a cossie is there all runnin bout in shity wee corsas nd that i just love the feelin i get wen i pull up in the saph its awsome

RST

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The other week i put a post up about not liking my car. Was fed up with it. Fitted new clutch and G/Box friday and i love it again until the next time it breaks

Glenn_

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These fords are also old designs so they do have there faults.

All you seem to here on PF is people slating fords to bits.

pacwest

You guys have it so easy.

To be into these cars where I live takes serious commitment and work. You get drowned in hot rod, muscle cars and asian rot boxes.

The RS/XR scene over here is tight but very, very small. W're spread out over thousands of miles.

Enjoy what you have, you have it so damn easy.