Just weighing up the pros and cons of buying say an S2 rs turbo v vectra gsi

S2 - cheaper, harder to find a good one
GSI - more expensive but newer, tons of stuff like power steering, air con etc etc

Thoughts?

 

Martyn,

to give you an idea..

Selling my sapph cos.

Buying a BMW 740 V8. 282bhp + if i chip it and do the air filter box mod, it'll be fairly nippy too.

comes with leather, auto (i have knee problems), air con etc etc. plus a V8 oh, and cheap too considering!

 

S2 all the way for me...

But i can see where your coming from with the vectra idea. Nice cars.. but its still a vectra


Could look at an RS2000? got the goodies and still shifts a bit?

 

I woudlnt get either!

How much u got to spend!?

 

An S2 is still just a mk4 escort though
RS2000's are ok, not really that fast though are they? Ive already had a MK5 1.8i 16v escort and it was the worst escort ive owned....

I just fancy something abit newer instead of going for 12-15 year old fords!
As nice as S2's are, unless its has alot of cash spent on it its not going to break many records is it... vectra gsi is pretty fast standard, shit loads of extras, cheap for what it is and is alot newer

 

I will have about 4.5k to spend.
Dont even bother saying get a 200SX as i would rather get the bus

 

I've driven a Vectra 2.5 SRi extensively and it was a great car!

Sorry to say it, but as a daily driver, the vectra is simply a better car than an S2

Neil.

 

Thats what im thinking Neil, i know the gsi is slightly faster than the gsi, how do you recon it compares power wise to a stage 1 4x4 cossie?
Obviously going to be slower, but its is by a great deal?

 

i would say the Vectra as did own one, goes like S*** off a blanket!!! sticks to the road like glue specially if you got Yokies on it

 

You're asking the right man, as my cossie is a stage 1 4x4

Honestly, the SRi was nowhere near my cossie in terms of grunt and outright grip, but it was still a pretty competent car

Used to do 145 (speedo) pretty easily

CD player, Air Con, Traction Control, ABS that works (compared to an S2 lol) etc

Neil.

 

The fact that its alot newer and has all the extras and comforts is really steering me towards the gsi...

 

id take the s2 any day would u rather buy this then a vectra https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...539&highlight= as for reliability ive never had any problems with mine

 

That S2 is very nice, but it isnt an everyday car is it!
The only way it will stay like that is if its hardly every driven and only used in the dry.
In reality its not different from any other S2 apart from the low mileage. It still doesnt have ABS (thats any good lol), power steering, air con, elec everything etc etc
And most importantly, isnt that fast either... a standard S2 is going to seem slow as shit after a cossie

 

I reckon that the vectra would fookin HUMP a standard RS Turbo (I had an S2 at the same time my old man bought his vectra)

Neil.

 

S2 .. old rusty chav bean tin always breaking down

Vectra.. semi decent machine to lug you and your mates around in. should be reliable and comfortable

 

Every day I would take the Vectra. But then I brought an Audi to be sensible with everyday. Great car and it's lovely to drive..

And it's being sold to fund a second RST as we are bored to tears with it.

Can't go too far wrong with a Vectra mate picked a V6 jobbie up for just Ł1000 not long ago. I assumed it would be a right snotter but I was sooo wrong. Lovely car.

 

st200

 

Vectra SRi over a 17 year old MK4 Escort ALL day long..!!

If you must buy an RS, at least make it a proper one
Why Ford called the "S2" an "RS", I will never know.. Cheapens the rest of the range
Can anyone name any motorsport that the S2 competed in???

They should have stopped with the S1, a PROPER classic...!!

IMO

 

If its everyday i would get a newer car everytime, Less mainteince, less likely to get pinched, has some toys, etc

 

I would concider a saloon one, but they are holding serious money due to rarity

 

s2 rs is more of an rs than the rs2000 mk 5 escort! and the rs1800 festa and rs turbo festa! so dont pick on the s2! .......


anyway! why everyone is saying the gsi goes like shit of a shovel for i dont know! book power figures are like 160-170bhp! in a heavey car!

i use my s2 everyday! nothing wrong with it! well till about 14weeks ago when i blew a blade off the turbo! but that was due to a problem! the turbo was under 11months old! and it still aint on the road yet! hopefully start of next month!

 

A GSI is 195bhp standard, you must of been looking at SRI figures