One of my friends has just bought a Cossie
today, and I must say- having always written them off before and not even seeing one- I eat my words. The Cossie is absolutely wonderful and from what i have seen it is alot better than a Uk turbo with Looks. Performance wise they are around the same.
So I am starting to waver from my Scoob. I currently have a sport like i've previously mentioned in past posts...(I cannot afford the Insurance as although i am only 19 (about to turn 20)- I consider it all to be a waiste of money). The cheapest insurance quote I could get for a Uk Turbo was 3500pa. Now to me that is crazy as 3 years goes by and you could have payed for the car... so I phone up for a quote on a Cossie today and although it is still semi rediculous it is much better than the scoob quote.

[This message has been edited by Hos (edited 20-06-2000).]

 

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say...

I'm not surprised about the insurance - I'm 30 with full protected no claims, no convictions or accidents and I'm still paying 950 for my my00 turbo ppp. okay that's in surrey, but still.

 

Hos, performance on paper may look the same, but in real life the Scoob eats cossies for breakfast, particularly in the handling department. I have had a couple of drives of a well prepared cossie and it isn't the sort of car I could live with.

You need to shop around a lot more for your insurance quotes. One of the lads at work has a UK turbo, he is just 20, it isn't garaged (silly boy) and he pays £1,200. Me, I'm somewhat older and pay £450 for a PPP'd etc. turbo.

Ken

PS: Is my old pal Chris Kirby still teaching at Oxford?

 

As an ex-RSOC member and owner of a modified Cosworth I have to say that their insurance deal is well worth having. I was paying £350 fully comp including track days through the RSOC scheme, and my STi costs more than twice that just for use on the road.

Having had the Cossie for 11 years, I know I made the right decision changing to the Scoob.

 

I turned 20 2 months ago, my insurance is only £2,200 (MY96 UK loads of mods) just slap it on a credit card and pay it back for the next 10 years.

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Steve

 

Slap it on your credit card and pay it over 10yrs???????????.
What happens when you come to renewal time!!!.


I forsee one who will have large debts.

 

Ken,
Do you have any idea who your friends insurance company is? I'm very very interested . As for Chris Kirby- I don't recognise the name but will ask my instructor tomorow (they have morning instructors and afternoon instructors at the moment so I'll get back to you).
Thanks for the replies guy,
Ian

 

Same here
Don't regret selling the modded saph cos now.
The RS insurance scheme is very good but having paid 700 for fully comp on a 1992 reg
cossie i'm delighted with 600 for MY00 worth
more than double. Shopping round on the internet is good idea.

 

I HAD a sorted 330bhp escort cossie. Changed to a sorted WRX. Now changed BACK to an escort cossie.

Horses for courses really...

In MY opinion the RIGHT horse for MY course

Everybody slags off cossies...which is fine...but out of those people that do, who has actually OWNED a well sorted POWERFULL Escort Cossie before......

I have owned both and where as both cars are neither bad, if you want ***** out POWER with (IMHO Rail like handling) good handling, the cossie is excellent!!!!!

Too many people seemed to have jumped on the overhyped JAP bandwagon. If you have had experience (ownership) of both types, fine your comments are valid......if not well.....

Scatman.

 

I am 25 and drive a W reg MY00 all the mods and I live in north london and only pay £900 comp with the norwich union but I do have full NCB try and shop around.

 

Jake , 900 quid !! I'm in Enfield which Admiral charge me £1200 for. 11yrs protected NCB, 29 yrs old etc. Don't think I'll be renewing with them somehow


AllanB

 

I'm 21 and still have trouble affording insurance for my Series 1 RST, being the reason I don't drive a cossie.

I've been in a cossie and a scooby and prefered the cossie although I didn't drive either. The interior was to basic on the scooby even though it was alot newer, and the cossie beats the scoob in looks department too. (btw I'm on about the Escort not sierra)

Maybe if I hadn't just bought my first house I'd be challenging you in my Coz, but for now I'll sit back and watch.

CheeRS
Will

 

Cossies are reputedly a bit crude handling, but wouldn`t "be eaten for breakfast" by a scoobie with similar power.
Scoobie owners are believing their own hype these days and seem incapable of accepting that other cars might be as fast or maybe even quicker.

 

Zoog,
A std Cossie won't be quicker. Simple as that. An average driver will be quicker in the Scoob than Cossie.
It's personal choice and maybe we don't need to go down this road again? Unless yo lot want to

Shaun is spot on for once

Going back to the original question, cheapest isn't always best. I'm with privelige, pay 900pa, with trackdays and mods. Big ends went on way back from Le Mans
(Cossie built it maybe!) - got trailored off the motorway to a garage, trailored from a garage to Calais, put on a ferry, car collected in dover, taxi to take me and passengers to hotel, courtesy car in the morning to drive back to derby. Not sure if you'd get that service on cheaper policies.

Still if it's cheap you want, try Bell Direct.