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521.9 | COSWORTH LEADED? | SEDOAS::TILLING | | Fri Mar 01 1991 18:35 | 3 |
| Anyone know if an RS Cosworth will run on unleaded or super unleaded?
Simon.
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521.10 | | VOGON::ATWAL | Don't dream it, be it | Fri Mar 01 1991 18:41 | 7 |
| the current 4x4 ones are unleaded
i'm pretty sure older ones could be adjusted to use unleaded...?!
...art
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521.11 | Super Plus | UNTADH::LEWIS | It's a Racing Snail... | Tue Mar 05 1991 11:02 | 19 |
521.12 | Thinking of getting one... | SKIWI::EATON | Marketing - the rubber meets the sky | Tue Feb 25 1992 03:21 | 8 |
| How do you guys find the Cossie 4x4 over the long term ? Any know weaknesses
and trouble spots (mechanicals, electricals, body, interior etc.) ?
Has the suspension been firmed at all since the Sapphire was released ?
What are they like to live with in the city ?
Would you buy one again ?
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521.13 | | VOGON::ATWAL | dream out loud | Tue Feb 25 1992 11:57 | 7 |
| >>How do you guys find the Cossie 4x4 over the long term ? Any know weaknesses
longterm is something Cossie owners needn't worry about - it's highly likely
to be quickly stolen :-)
...Art
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521.14 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Bread + Fire = Toast | Tue Feb 25 1992 14:24 | 20 |
| There was an article in last month's Performance Car about the Sierra
Sapphire RS Cosworth 4x4, and what they thought of it after a long term
test over 1 year and 23,000 odd miles. Apart from having it broken into
twice, the owner said he really liked it and was very sorry to have to
part with it. He also said he'd have no qualms about having another
one.
I don't think the suspension has been firmed up on the Sapphires. I've
heard reports of the rear bumper bottoming out on the ground. I noticed
a Sapphire Cossie last week with 3 people in the back seat, and the
rear of the car was sitting *very* low to the ground, so I guess the
rear suspension is not very firm.
I had a drive in a Fiesta RS Turbo on Sunday and found that the
suspension was very hard in comparison to my Escort RS before I got the
Konis put it. The Sapphire Cossie is still supposed to handle superbly,
so the suspension must be OK.... pitty I'll never get to drive one.
Still if you get one, let me know, and I'll steal it on you :-)
Gary.
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521.15 | What's retail in the UK ? | SKIWI::EATON | Marketing - the rubber meets the sky | Wed Feb 26 1992 03:04 | 0 |
521.16 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Bread + Fire = Toast | Wed Feb 26 1992 13:15 | 8 |
| A new Cossie a while back would have set you back 28,000 approx. But I
read that if you shopped around and told the dealer you had been
offered one for a grand less than he was asking then, you could get
this price down by about 4,000 pounds.
Now I think you can pick one up for about 21,000 pounds.
Gary.
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521.17 | | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Bread + Fire = Toast | Wed Feb 26 1992 13:19 | 5 |
| I think Performance Car quoted the reatail price at 26 thousand odd.
But after one year they worked out that the car had depreciated by an
alarming 7,500 quid!
GAry.
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521.18 | About a 20% price cut | VOGON::MORGAN | Capt. Fabby Face | Wed Feb 26 1992 13:19 | 7 |
521.19 | Cheap to buy, impossible to insure! | NEWOA::SAXBY | Go ahead, Punk. MAKE MY TEA!!!! | Wed Feb 26 1992 13:29 | 14 |
521.20 | Wondering on the cost of those extra valves | PERKY::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Wed Feb 26 1992 13:52 | 6 |
521.21 | ! | NEWOA::SAXBY | Go ahead, Punk. MAKE MY TEA!!!! | Wed Feb 26 1992 14:10 | 9 |
|
Not recently (After all I doubt the car would run so well if I took
out half the valves! :^)), but when I was changing the Renault I got
comparitive quotes and the extra eight valves were costing about 10
quid a throw! (As I recall, it may have even been more!).
Mark
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521.22 | Group 20B | YUPPY::ELLAWAY | Martin Ellaway@hhl | Wed Feb 26 1992 20:47 | 12 |
|
List price for the cossie is now 21,380 but you can still haggle for
your 10% discount which should bring it below the 19,250 tax level.
Re last few - I was down the local Ford garage and A bloke who I know
through RS meetings was there and he said his cossie had been chipped
which makes it group 20B under the new ratings as opposed to group 20
for the standard cossie. The car is on an E plate so is probably worth
about 10,000, he's 27 with 40% n.c.b and it costs him 4,000.
Regards martin
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521.23 | | FUTURS::WATSON | Rik Watson | Thu Feb 27 1992 10:49 | 3 |
| What does the ``B'' stand for in ``Group 20B''. I assumed (obviously
wrongly) the the new 20 group insurance scheem would remove the need
for extra ``special'' groupings (A'la old 9+)
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521.24 | Instead of just 20 - Very Expensive? | NEWOA::SAXBY | Go ahead, Punk. MAKE MY TEA!!!! | Thu Feb 27 1992 11:50 | 4 |
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B - Bloody expensive?
Mark
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521.25 | I thought 1070.50 TPF&T was bad ! | BELFST::FLANAGAN | Bread + Fire = Toast | Thu Feb 27 1992 12:30 | 6 |
| That's a completely extortionate rate. 4,000 pounds to insure a Ford is
just not on.
Shouldn't have told them about the chip :-)
Gary.
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521.26 | Unreal! | NEWOA::SAXBY | Go ahead, Punk. MAKE MY TEA!!!! | Thu Feb 27 1992 12:38 | 4 |
521.27 | Does the '92 Cossie 4x4 run only on unleaded 96 octane ? | SKIWI::EATON | Marketing - the rubber meets the sky | Mon Mar 02 1992 00:30 | 0 |
521.28 | Chips | YUPPY::TILLINGS | | Wed Feb 02 1994 15:30 | 4 |
| This is a long shot looking at the last entry for this note........
Anyone got a 270/280 bhp chip for a 2wd Cossie.
Simon 7847 5439
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521.29 | ? | FUTURS::LONGWY::LEWIS | Imagine being without a Newt | Wed Feb 02 1994 16:25 | 4 |
| Simon,
Are you looking for info on them, or for someone to sell you one ?
Rob
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521.30 | ...Give? :-) | YUPPY::TILLINGS | | Fri Feb 04 1994 16:54 | 5 |
| Rob,
Some one to sell one
Simon
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