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Old 16-04-2012, 11:30 AM
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Default red rs turbo 'SOY' is still about then, this car got me into rs turbos

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remember this well when james bentley had it. great car back in the day and then it got broke for parts
Old 16-04-2012, 11:33 AM
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yeah i see that today doesnt look anywhere as good now but does still look nice
Old 16-04-2012, 11:40 AM
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Loved it when I had my s2's
Old 16-04-2012, 11:49 AM
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i loved the agressive look back then.
Old 16-04-2012, 12:10 PM
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yeh still got mag with that in one of my fav s2 of all times
Old 16-04-2012, 12:12 PM
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i saw it last year at a show, will never be the same

altho good to see it actually being re-built back up and not scrapped or left for dead
Old 16-04-2012, 12:23 PM
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It looks a million times better now imo.
Old 16-04-2012, 12:45 PM
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this was a great car back in its day i loved it
Old 16-04-2012, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiesta_Jed
It looks a million times better now imo.
Totally agree, looked awful back in the day, and would look even worse now
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looks better now pmsl

Old 16-04-2012, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiesta_Jed
It looks a million times better now imo.
looks better now lol

you need to go to spec savers mate

that car was awsome back in the day and still would be now fact
Old 16-04-2012, 05:32 PM
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Always liked this car too, went a bit Max Power towards the end but still a legend in the RS turbo Scene.
Old 16-04-2012, 07:00 PM
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i think if it could not back up its looks with its power, say a standard cvh mfi etc, then yeah you could say it was ott but it was around 400bhp zetec turbo and went has good has it looked
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I think it looks better now too. Admittedly it looked alright from behind but that front bumper was fucking horrible.
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and the badboy bonnet
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Yeah that too
Old 16-04-2012, 07:39 PM
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Looks miles better now

No idea why it was so revered, ok it had skill in the chopped up bumpers etc but it never did any times of note and looked a bit chavvy really
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each to there own, not everyone likes to see the same looking car over and over, this car was one of the first of its kind, forget what you have seen before.

if you like the look of the standard car only, then maybe this is not the car for you
Old 16-04-2012, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by G2RSR
, this car was one of the first of its kind, forget what you have seen before.


It was a Ford Escort with some big bumpers it was hardly the work of a genius!

As for the first of its kind, did you see any car mags at all in the 90's?

As you say, each to their own, but the car is far from standard now also if you look, just more subtle
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Originally Posted by G2RSR
i think if it could not back up its looks with its power, say a standard cvh mfi etc, then yeah you could say it was ott but it was around 400bhp zetec turbo and went has good has it looked
At what point did it prove it was anything like 400bhp apart from its supposed spec......it did NO times to suggest it was anything like that
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yes i bought every magazine,they was all copied of soy you mong
Old 16-04-2012, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by G2RSR
yes i bought every magazine,they was all copied of soy you mong

Soy did not look like its final incarnation untill past 2000 but I digress

It was chav shit and I dont know why i'm arguing
Old 16-04-2012, 10:42 PM
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Soy was a ledge. made me get my first S2 turbo in red
Old 17-04-2012, 08:59 AM
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Does make me laugh just how much this car gets talked about STILL 7-8 after I broke it up pmsl....

Remember the stying is over 10 years old now so in nowadays terms is out of date in some respects.

As said before so what if it never put any real times down, I was at Brunters when there was a Fiesta vrs Escort RS Turbo day where it did put times down and came out on top..

James built the car for 1 thing HIS enjoyment, it was never built to break any records just to have a laugh in. Same as my car I built it for me to enjoy not to go out there and attempt every record know to man.



I look forward to ther next installment of SOY slaging off in a week, a month or a years time when it crops up again.... Perhaps we could organise a 10 years breaking anniversary????
Old 17-04-2012, 09:19 AM
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My fave rst of all time! I remember when i first see it with the exhaust coming out through the rear panel, but then when it came back again with the rs front valance and 18in rsgt's i think that was the best it ever looked! Would love to buy it and put it back to how it was. I couldn't give a f*ck what all the haters say, that car IS a legend whether they like it or not
Old 17-04-2012, 09:32 AM
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Holy crap its only in Llandudno, about 10 miles from my folks house. Gonna go have a look at it, still looks pretty good. Despite not doing the numbers, it doesn't matter, it was a cool car hands down! Piece of the Ford scene history that
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Legend, end of thread!
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who owns this now out of curisoity
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