RSKim

And do you have any reliability issues, if so what are they


Been having a discussion about this thats al

Ta for your input

RichardPON

When I was at Uni, I used it pretty much everyday to drive to campus, and had no problems to speak of at all.

rsnissan

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do a poll

Graceland

yep - used to use mine daily for about 8 months, then the fuel was starting to cripple me


no major problems apart from alternator taking an escape on the motorway

Graceland

poll added for you Kym

Stu @ M Developments

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https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=156553

Should give you a clue. I have ALWAYS used one as everyday transport.

RSKim

Ye but I want to know how many people have problems that use them every day NOT how many people use them daily pmsl...so prob asked the wrong question.....been told to get an evo over a cossie due to daily use and the evo being more reliable, BUT i want to stick with a cossie so wana know how many people have problems

Thanks Paul

Sticky.

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Mines used everyday. I sometimes go slow aswell and in a straight line

Jim Galbally

not a YB, but similar:

1) fuel
2) traction (especially in this weather)
3) comfort (suspension aint exactly comfy!)
4) Cleanliness (outside looks dirty, inside fills up with rubbish where i cant be arsed to clean it)
5) Tyres (it goes through Eagle F1s like nobody's business... costs fortune!)
6) Scared of crashing (soooo easy to have an accident in rush hour in london, one day someone will hit me)

RichardPON

Which EVO?

That's important as things like diff servicing intervals are fairly short, so as an everyday car piling on the miles, they could be costly.....

Stu @ M Developments

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A good cossie will NOT give you problems. Its Ford Sierra, nothing more, reps used em for millions of miles. The only difference is the engine and loom and they, once running correctly, are fine. Take professional advice, do as suggested, and enjoy the trouble free miles.

Ignore advice at your peril, old cars require a certain no bullshit approach to remain reliable and that advice can be expensive. Its the little things that count, and lots of em

Heatshields for example.... an annoying yet functional SAFETY item...

Physio

It's alot cheaper to run a cossie daily then an evo

rsdene

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i use mine pretty much every day ! rain, shine, snow what ever

RSKim

Stickie i SO dont beleive you, could be to do with the fact I NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN


Stu - ok ok point taken Im not going to argue

Ok so cossie it is

neilm

Since I started my own business in 1999 I've ran cossies of various types and in varying degrees of tune from standard to Stage III

I usually do about 20,000 miles in them and then sell them on so I dont loose too much on them.

As Stu has said, regular servicing and sensible maintenance will ensure trouble free motoring.

Simple things like letting it come up to temprature before booting it, letting it idle for a while after a run before turning it off.

Like anything, look after it and it will look after you..... abuse it... and loose it.

On a run my 3 Door returns over 30 to the gallon, my Stage III Escort was like that too, as was my standard 4x4 Saph.

As for the 500... that was a little too heavy on fuel to use for short runs...

But hey... as Spadge once said to me... why preserve the car for the next owner to get the benefit from your dilligance...

Just enjoy it !

Sticky.

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You was in the car when i drove slow and in a straight line hun

Porkie

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As you said to me once, the main problem with old Cossies and RST's is that the owners disregard routine maintinence because they don't wanna spend any money on their cars. And when they do wanna spend money they want to spend it on go faster bits and bobs rather than replacing warn out parts that they actually NEED to!

DOO

I would love to use mine every day have no reliability issues just would not want to leave it any where out of my sight

To many pikey thiefing scum about

Stu @ M Developments

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A quote from a recent topic by me, to give you some idea of the mileage i do in mine.

And maybe this topic will give you an idea..
https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=136923

Do these quotes or topics suggest im worried about them breaking down? No. Thankfully, i dont suffer from the famous Rs Paranoia as i know its just nuts, bolts and wires.

Thats not to say a driveshaft or prop cant give you a problem or even a gearbox, but i have to say, when your hundreds of miles from home, if you drive like a twat you are asking for trouble anyway, in any performance car. **



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Anyone who mentions me doing 21laps of the ring in my shonky old saff gets a 24hr ban

The Youth.

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Yikes!!! just saw that was about to mention it!!! lol

didn't want to post tonight anyway

lol
steve

Stu @ M Developments

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Piss Off Steve

IANS2RST

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mine gets used everyday as well as track & sprint days
only problems I've had have been on track when I blew the gearbox on 1 & melted the alternator on the other
its a stage 3 btw greens 500 cooler t34 etc

Mr Brannen

I remember reading you say summit similar in one of the ford mags Stu a while back, ya spot on about people cutting corners mostly young people like myself who arent as loaded as people like Porkie,Doug Stirling and the likes etc...
I think its just that the young ones want to see the best possible return for there money,I know thats what I was like with mine, when it came down to either spending a grand on a live mapping and whatever or nice shiny shields etc I used to buy the things people would notice

slowpoke

i wouldnt say i use mine everyday anymore but i do use it a hell of a lot plus i do croft each year,would love to do more track days but then i think i would start to see problems seeing as its done 103k miles now

cant fault it, its running shit hot at the mo and has a healthy appetite for spark plugs lol

gonna need some money in the future tho cos of that dodgy noise coming from somewhere

if driven properly ie not like a twat all the time they are fine everyday cars

matt

RSKim

Oh you mean that 2 second go slow you had when you got stuck behind someone

pmsl @ the 21 laps of the ring you know what I drive like Stu, no matter where in the country I am, my problem is, all the small parts i can afford, like heatsheilds but if gearbox or anything costly goes wrong, i cant just pay it out like that, which would mean I was carless, hence I wanted to see wat the main issues of daily use were...

Im beginning to think being into fookin performance cars is a bad idea....

RSKim

I dont think I drive like a twat ALL the time, but everyone else seems to disagree

slowpoke

they do with me kim aswell

especially my dad who thinks i compete in the wacky races each time i go out in it pmsl

matt

GUZZLER

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good for shopping

RSKim

And I thought you were sensible


Matt - NO thats your escort, its got the handle

They are actually REALLY good for shopping saffys, can fit loadsa bags in the boot, then loads more on the back seat!!! IDEAL