Suuba

Wanting a second car and have £5k to spend..

I have been offered a mint Saph 4x4 k-reg cossie with stage 1 270bhp

or

A Pulsar Rebuilt forged internal'd running around 300bhp


Which one? I want to tune it as well..

Moonloops

Pulsars are chavvy, unrefined and have weak gearboxes.

Saph any day - didn't think there where any mint ones left though

Suuba

Well the saph just had the full 'de-rust-round-the-back-arches' only has 60k miles on it and is being offered for £4500!

Is there any problems that can occur on the 4x4 saph cossie? (weak points)

Moonloops

You just have to check every single body panel and see what's been replaced etc.. It's been a long time since I owned one (2wd 320bhp) crazy..

Suuba

Funny you should say that! I know the owner and it appears the Passenger side door was replaced before he had it. plus the car was nicked straight out the showroom way back in 92' but was recovered obviously unmarked..

Big a1

I' m thinking of a saph at the moment and the points that I have picked up are the drivetrains and transmission on the 4x4 are weak points.

Relatively cheap to tune but pricey to service.

Agree with the comments on image posted above regarding the pulsar being a bit chavy.

hth

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

the transmission on the 4x4 can be a bit weak as well. If you want more fun then the pulsar is a very capable machine and cheap to tune to get big gains, however the cossie will be cheaper to repair when something goes wrong with it. Your best bet is to take a test drive of one of each and see which you prefer. I had a gtir which needed its box doing, but there are many that have no problems including 400bhp+(there is another thread going on at the moment). The acceleration on the pulsar//gtir is really awesome, try to get a uk one as it wont have aircon and so will be a little bit lighter.

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

with regards to it being chavy suppose it depends on where you live. Where I am I have only ever seen 2, however everybody seems to have scoobs.

Suuba

What about a 3-door? Seen one a few days ago...it certainly stands out as an icon!

Big a1

I think the three doors fetch quite a premium over the saphs. i.e 8k + for an average example.

Def an icon tho

Mr pulsar

I'm going to have to say its got to be the pulsar, dont know about the chavvy comment as the cossie is an essex boys car who are the king of the chavs so dont know how you could say that, but lets be honest pulsar/scoobieMK1/cossie are all getting like chavs cars now as there going cheap !!!

AudiLover

Sapphires are more chavvy than pulsars. Any cossie apart from the focus RS (so far) is super chavvy. It was a chavs wet dream back in the day.

Rob16v

I'd second that. The Sapphire is the Pikey option IMO

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

I would have an escort cossie though, they are visually stunning even though not mega quick standard

Mr pulsar

The Escort cossie is so nice, good all round performer but still A little to expensive !!!!

J4CK50N

agreed, apart from the fact it is a lot too expensive!!!!