ESCOS and the youth of today

[Sunnysidebb]

How many of you think the ESCOS is lost or becoming lost on the youth of today.
I was asked by a 14 year old nephew what my car was as it was " Nice" when I said Escort RS Cosworth he didn't have a clue

[cosmo]

I think all the up and coming petrolheads know what it is, but not the footballers

[Sunnysidebb]

I think all the up and coming petrolheads know what it is, but not the footballers

LOL
Do you think in 10 years time they will still have the same appeal

[cosmo]

LOL
Do you think in 10 years time they will still have the same appeal

Absolutely

[BUSYBOY]

Lol totally agree , I had a lad bring a type R over in the summer for a job & he wanted to show his apprentice my car which was in the garage , the lad said thats one clean car What is it wasn't much point in carrying on with the conversation really & he was about 18

[ossie cossie]

If you think just the younger ones don,t know what they are, you should come to OZ. Unless you are a 37 year old POM then you have no chance. If its not a V8, its not interesting or loud enough. The only chance you get is with the younger Rice happy guys. Or late 80,s GTR guys. They only know about the Sierra Cosworth as it smashed the arse out of them in the 80,s in Australian car racing series, before they banned them, on a technicality. Did the same with the GTR,s. When they beat them as well. Thank god Nissan is coming back in in 2013. cant wait.

[psygnosis]

I think the escort cossie will have the same appeal in 20/30 years time. It is at the end of the day a classic along with other fords.

Last night i was out xmas shopping and you have this stand where you pay a fiver and you could win a supercar. So the bloke does his sales pitch to me and i say "ive already got a supercar" he said "what you got then" and i said an escort cosworth. He said to me that they are stunning cars and would perfer that as a prize then what he was trying to flog.

In the past i have young 20 year olds coming up to me saying i like what you have done to your car

I took the car into work a couple of weeks ago and the buzz it caused i had about 6 people knock on my office door to see if i could show them. Even the bloke that runs the site come over to see me and said how lovely it is and wished that he had one back in the day.

[mboon]

in a nut shell, yes.

I have said this a few times, people do not see them anymore as they are all locked away waiting for the massive price hike like the RS500.

I had two 18 year old kids in a done up Clio ask what literage it was and who did the body kit!
The 18 year old admin kid at my work said it was "shit". I questioned him and he had no idea what the car was, not even when I said cosworth, blank look on his face.

Everywhere I go, I get "you don't see them anymore" I called Ford once, and the guy on the parts department said are they still on the road? Cant be worth much!!!! That is Ford!!! When I go in I am so sick of them knowning nothing I inform them it is the second best car Ford ever made (Second to the GT40).... OK you might put the RS500 in that as well but I didn't want to get picky.

We have to use these cars to educate people... because in a minute, my generation (I am 28) will grow up and be in a position where they don't want a car like this anymore and people in the next generation are not going to have a clue what it is!! Let alone pay massive money for one!

So in blunt, yes.

[Sunnysidebb]

Interesting comments there, the first time round in the late 90's I took the ESCOS to my office in the periscope workshop and even back then it was assumed it was just an Escort with a fast engine and a body kit
I think the rarity of these cars and the fact there not driven very much hence not seen out anymore re-enforces the belief there non left

[Dave]

I'm glad the youth of today don't know what an escos is

[Gatecrasher]

I'm glad the youth of today don't know what an escos is

Yeah fuck the yoots

[broome]

Yeah fuck the yoots

Ha ha that made me chuckle!.... But to be fair, when i go out in mine all the younger people into cars give it a second look & start waving there arms about so id have thought they either know what it is or there calling me a w@nker!...

[RWD_cossie_wil]

I wish you would stop posting stuff like this Frank , keep thinking about getting rid, then thinking as it owes me nothing now why sell such an icon?

[Sunnysidebb]

I wish you would stop posting stuff like this Frank , keep thinking about getting rid, then thinking as it owes me nothing now why sell such an icon?

lol

[phil clay]

i like it when the chavs say......is it real mate or a rep? i always tell em its just a 1.3 rep lol