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i love these cars so much,mainly the 3dr ones,but why do they cost so much,saw a rs500 4 sale,£26k he wanted:cry:! they cost 20k brand new!!!!,and the escort cossies take the piss and even some of the smaller rs badge cars like fiesta and escort rs turbos,why r they so expensive?,just because they got an rs badge on it they whack the £ up,is there any rs fans in the club?:)
i`d love a sierra cossie..... i`d even be happy with a mint sapphire, infact if and when i ever sell the 5 i would like 1 next :)
a chap down the rd has not long bought a white 4x4 cossie showroom condition with 30k on the clock. he payed 12k for it. seems alot for a sapphire 2 me but it is rather mint. :agree:
if you like a tank yes, i dont like these there so heavy unless you get the power in behind you properly..... then hello hedge
3 door cossies are not heavy! compared to a 5 they are but in modern day metal there as light as!Quote:
Originally Posted by R5GTTRaider
Hello hedge? learn to drive.........Rwd is so much more fun than front, more skill required in over steer than under steer.
a 5 is fun cause of its lift off over steer, on the limit driving......i love it
Im sorry mate but that is the biggest load of bollocks I have ever read, It has to be one of the finest rear drive set ups ever made. Rs5oo touring cars nuff said. Why are they worth so much probabley something to do with only 500 examples made including 4 prototypes and less than 400 around today.Quote:
Originally Posted by R5GTTRaider
I have a Sapphire 2wd cossy and a RS500, also several Renault 5 GT Turbos. They are completely different cars, but both grate fun! Try and keep a cossy on the road though £££££sss. As mentioned they dominated touring cars! That has got to say something! Rs500 are rare hence the price and spare parts are murder to find as Tickford used what ever they had to hand!
A friend of mine had a black 3dr and a few saffs, cracking car's plus nothing chatters louder than a YB at full boost.Quote:
Originally Posted by phase i 16 v turbo
These are the only 2 pics I can find of his 3dr, it was mint.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...o/100_1536.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...o/100_1540.jpg
Just checked your profile and your S1 and 500 look mint.
Didn't warleydaddy used to own that black 3 door?? Mint example that.
ill have a cossie one day, 2wd saph or a 3 door. Hopefully before the price for a good'un goes through the roof!
Yeah, Warleydaddy AKA Pete Mills is a friend of mine, he owned the red 5 now owned by TNT hammond. Into his fords.....you know him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brigsy
That was warleydaddys brigsy , j8tro is his mate and i own the 5 he built. Tbh not alot left of the 5 he built now except paint . His 3 dr looks amazing i think i have more pics somewhere of it . i ll try find them :)
nah man,its all about the ford orion innit..with the boost....
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too late to reply haha
TNT how dooooo?Quote:
Originally Posted by TNT!hammond
You off to Pod on the 29th?
dont you need to be fat and bald to own a cosworth? take a look at the fast ford magazine rolling road shootouts, enough said
Thank you, don't get much time to use them though!Quote:
Originally Posted by J8TRO
So the raider is rarer then :DQuote:
Originally Posted by rs250nut
thanks to you dick wad..:cooter:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigfoot
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Originally Posted by R5GTTRaider
Your only jealous that I had fun with the angle grinder :cooter:Quote:
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
funny that,my mate got that black 3dr now:p,very small world,thats why i love the cosworths,1 ride in that and i was hooked,fast as hell,the car is in bristol and still going around,he cleans it every week,it was a fast ford cover car cant remember the month and year tho,but still looks gud,wicked cars :)
I cant believe you own a moonstone 500, that is the holy grail of cars to me:)
This cosworth is even rarer! Only one I know of!!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1013636.htm
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Originally Posted by J8TRO
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Originally Posted by rs250nut
well compared to other rwd cars no, i feel it is was such a handfull in the corners yes ok its fast, not that ive owned one, but been in a sierra sapphire and it did handle but i dont know it felt such a lump even in the passenger seat, ive owned a e30 and a rx7 fc and tbh i think there both out handle them round a corner but overall spped and power the rs would be gone, like all rs's
but this is my opinion not fact, so before you slag me off as usual you have your opinion i have mine
here's a pic of a fiends sierra cos, it was owned buy some tunning company and was featured in quite a few mags but when he got old of it engine and box had bin robbed for another project, all arches are steel aswell
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...r/100_2174.jpg
Is that a Rousesport special edition or something? :scratch:
I remember finding a wide arched Cosworth for sale that was called something like a Rousesport edition and after spending a couple of days trying to arrange a viewing the bloke sold it to someone else so i went out & bought my Cavalier Turbo :cooter:
Your right.....but as rs250nut stated.....your talking bollocks - (my opinion) :wasntme:Quote:
Originally Posted by R5GTTRaider
lets be honest there is that much suspension tuning gear out there for all these cars (E30, RX7 and Cossies) that one could handle totally different to the next, a sorted RS is a proper weapon.
fair enoth just saying from what ive been in, not what rs250 may have, thats why its called an opinion:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by J8TRO
Hi Steve, a mate of mine has a Rouse Sport, they have a different body kit but not made of metal, different mind, but don't quite look right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Steve - Raider
have to say I love cossie's.....always have done and the touring car era before the gimps got involved were some of the best racing ever seen, manufacturer's wanted to be involved and we'll never see that kind of "win on sunday, buy on monday" mentality again...sadly..
any car can be worth more now than when purchased if someone wants it enough...
some cracking car's on this thread already....but all so common...you need a 9 turbo..LOL
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Lad I used to know had a rouse sport 304r and had it 7 hours before destroying it what a plonker:sad: They also did a 302r which are quite about as common as rocking horse poo, 10 grand plus:eek:
A painter I used to work with at a crash repair centre had an Escort Cosworth, but couldn't drive it because he was banned for 2 yrs for drink driving, what a cock! I hid his spoiler that he'd just painted and said I'd accidently thrown it in the bin, being young, as I thought it was scrap... He nearly cried:D
I've always loved the sierra's myself...
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Originally Posted by wrightygtt
It must have been a fecking big bin :laugh:
aiiii, There used to be 2 massive yellow skips outside, He was a mouthy cnut though.
the picture of the black 3dr,,,,that car goes like stink,like i seid my freind got it now,its the fastest point to point car iv ever been in,it is set up perfect and handles excellent.the engines are highly tuneable hence why they put them in everything,there was a renault 5 gt turbo raider with a cosworth engine in years back but sadly caught fire....:)
I was so close to buying a 500 this time last year but being sensible got in the way, JGE built motor with t60 series turbo, eight grays anti lag launch control big wing sump etc banging out a silly 630hp.I only time I have felt sightly out of control in a car. I want one now the her indoors wont have it:cry:
just found out the sierra in last pic was turbo-tecnics own show car then sold it after a feature in fast ford or somthin
The only reason the RS500 kicked arse in touring cars was because it had twice the power of anything else, it handled like a bag of ****e. Watch some footage from back then and see them wobble around the corners and piss off on the straights. The M3 was far better round the twisty bits.
Cossies are great cars but don't give them too much credit, lightish RWD car with 500bhp is always going to be a tool, it's just a pinto engined sierra with a 16v head and a T3(or 35 or 4 or...).
hehe i spend too much time watching the old stuff on youtube, and i can agree with your comments, the sierra drivers always look like they were trying to tip toe around the corners and then just blast down the straight, while the e30 m3 drivers look like they are on maximum attack on all the cornersQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Jim Racing
last seen in a scrap yard near stafford a few years ago....Quote:
Originally Posted by mad murdoch
Is Rouse Sport anything to do with the former touring car driver or just coincidence?Quote:
Originally Posted by phase i 16 v turbo
Remember to own a Cosworth, you must be.
White, Bald, Fat, thick and wear a bomber jacket and white rebok classics and be called Dave or Steve or big Rob and you're knuckles must drag if you ever walk around. oh and you must have the obligatory POWER ENGINEERING sticker in the front window and its will always put out 450BHP even with no engine :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
dont forget the jewelery and the earrings...
Me girlfriends dad has got a white 550bhp escort cossie sat in the garage which hes had for a couple of years only done 5000 miles an thats scary to drive
ooohh harsh:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by 6FOOT6
there is a lot of knobs in the rsoc but theres a lot of genuine guys with good knowlage
anyway i had hair when i ownd mine (it fellout when i bought the 5:cry:)
:laugh::wasntme: so true thoQuote:
Originally Posted by 6FOOT6
my best mates brother is called rob and he has one
yeah rouse sport is andy rouse, awesome driver with the knowledge :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tonesGTT
Fords are bollox, Renault 21 turbo FTW!!!
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Originally Posted by Kenobi
the dude does talk sense......sometimes:cooter:
an lol when any folk ask about engine mods..you say...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparkie
'its got the chip innit'....
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Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
awesome cars, and ive always enjoyed watching the cosworths when going to the rally's however unlike probably 90% of my friends , its not a car id ever think about buying.
iv been in quick cars but cosworths always seem faster to me,also went rs day at the pod,definately not to see rs turbo rubbish:crap:!!! but cosworths,,, most of them only manage 13 seconds up the strip,but most of them were crawling of the line like they cant be botthered, and alot was still pulling above 110mph terminal.its like they were sunday driving and aint even trying:coffee:
I ran my Cosworth a while back at the Pod and I didn't launch from the line. Pulled away in 1st and then when in second I put my foot down, still ran a 13 (112 mph). It might have to do with good second hand boxes selling for £500 and read diffs selling for £150+ now, not ebay specials and rebuilds alot more. Prices are going crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mad murdoch
I enjoy both my Cosworth and my Renault 5 GT Turbos, but they are two completely different cars.
Because like mike said owners dont want to smash boxes and diffs with hard launches, at central day last year I saw a saff 4x4 do a 11.1 crossing the line with two broken drive shafts. Some have so much poke you see them trip the inertia switch and cut out.Quote:
Originally Posted by mad murdoch