Jim Galbally

...the always come out with "i had one of them once, the 2 litre... GLS, 2nd one down from the cosworth one"

now im sorry but there's a BIT of a fookin difference betwen a 100bhp twincam snotbox and a cosworth (remember, i dont often point out that mine's a snide )

anyone else get the same?

Graceland

a few months ago was talking to a bloke at work - John he's called, and he said "was that you in that cossie this morning"

yes i said,

he then comes out with "i used to have a 3 door and an S1, i also have a Mk2 escort" - me thinking a bit of billybullshit going off here, he then tells me he's the fooking chairman for the chessire RSOC group (well, ex chairman now) and that he's the official RSOC Mk1/2 escort valuator

fooking nice to meet someone who has their head screwed on when it comes to cossies

Jim Galbally

wish i had that... i always get people telling me about the chipped R5 they used to own... i'm like "er, yeah mate..."

found someone on monday who knew their shit tho, was a shame tho as i was just about to bullshit him and tell him it was a T4 powered 500bhp monster

Martyn

At work i got "i didnt know they made sapphire cosworths, ive seen hundreds of whale tail ones around but never a sapphire. are you sure its a real one?"

This was from someone who claimed to be REALLY into cars

Graceland

best thing, John brought pictures of his old motors in for me to look at - georgeus aint the word, absolutely lovely they were

Jim Galbally

Stavros

Luckily I work for car mags, comments like the above would be a sackable offence

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

its still a taxi

BillyCabrio

iTrader: (1)

The rare ones are the 4 door whale tail versions

Rhys

When i ever im out in the cossie, people always speak to me and they have always owned a 500bhp one

Paddy

dude, thats a bit f*cking harsh.

no self respecting Taxi driver would be driving around in a sapphire


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not of the licensed variety.

phil4x4saph

All of the above is the exact reason I dont tell people what I drive.

If they insist I just tell them its a sierra! Then they fook off and bother someone else!

GAZ W

Graceland....is that mr john hughes that your on about?

if so , does know his stuff when it comes to mk2's

Ham Sandwich

I feel i must contribute to this valuable thread.The sierra is just that a sierra in diffrent variations,so one saying its the model down,is technically correct.I do apologise for pissing on ones bonfire.

Fil

A GLSi 's about 3 models down if being technically correct, cos you got a ghia and 2000E above it!

Ham Sandwich

FIL you are now nit picking,in my book if you got a Sierra whatever,you are in the same league!When asked what car you drive you still have to say Sierra and in my book that is seriously uncool!

Graceland

thats the fella Gaz - and a top lad he is aswell very knowlegeable about his escorts - look at it this way - he switches his personal mobile on when not driving the staff van at work, and its call after call of people wanting valuations, advice, technical help

Dan

WTF is this dinlo on about! Jim is this the guy you was talking to!?

vinnya77

iTrader: (1)

I had a salesman at my local Ford garage that claimed to know alot about cars, ask if my escort cossie was real, even after looking under the bonnet.

Escort.Cosworth

What gets to me is when people ask what do you drive and you trun around and say an s2 rs turbo they go oh god why an earth have you got one of them Does my head in

SPADGE

Just out of intrest Jimbo when people ask what you drive what exactly do you say?
A cossie i'll bet and not a Sierra with a Granada engine in it

Less.

The XR4x4 was the model below the cossie

Patto

customers always come into my place of work and say "who's is the XR3I out the back it's really nice for it's age" ive now given up explainign the difference between the RS and the XR3I

CheeRS
Craig
NYRSOC

MadMac

Makes me wonder really, where have all the non-cossie saphs gone?

Don't see em much anymore do ya

whilee

i always get...............my dad had a capri

Beach

My missus's dad has told her that escort cosworths are proper ones and saphs are just sierra's

Thet just wont have it that theres 3 cosworths in the range

Rhys

Because there shit and who would want to drive a 1.6 norm serria?


lol at the comments from the bean tin boys too

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

yeah, and even the mention of buyng a westfield will get you the sack before you have even started


i knitted a scarf when i was at school tho

Jim Galbally

i always say "sierra". i never tell people i have a cosworth... as i'd be lying

big_wig_074

or the people who say its fake cos it hasnt got leather and bonnet vents!!!!!!!!

The Gravedigger

Yep same here, I just say a Sierra.

Oranoco

Rachel went into our local Ford dealer to get a new petrol cap for my car only to be told by the peckerston (cheers for that word Dave ) behind the counter that "Ford have never made a turbocharged Escort". He spoke to her like she was a dizzy scatty bint