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ksh64
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Although i have not dabbled in forums much before joining this brilliant site,i would like to have a little gripe about another forum.My 13 year old son is car mad.He just loves our Ultima.(i think his idea of heaven is to stand in a carpark full of Scorpios).Anyway,he joined a general car site and asked for opinions on the scorpio and got the usual narrow minded views.He asked what cars other users liked etc.And the replies he received?He was slated for leaving caps lock on when posting a thread and for liking scorpios.All i can say is ,thankyou for making this site helpful and friendly and for fellow scorpio owners who seem to go out of their way to help one another.Ahh! feel better for that little moan.Maybe i should go on offending site and tell them to come to a decent forum and to lay off of my boy.
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Kjetil S
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #1 on: Jan 4th, 2006, 7:27pm » |
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Leaving caps lock on can be a bit irritating 
But yeah, you do have a point indeed. This forum is one of the better ones I frequently visit, if not THE best.
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Octavian_P
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #2 on: Jan 4th, 2006, 9:30pm » |
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on Jan 4th, 2006, 7:13pm, ksh64 wrote:| My 13 year old son is car mad.He just loves our Ultima.(i think his idea of heaven is to stand in a carpark full of Scorpios) |
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Soooo, then heaven exists afer all  ...........
i'm always dreaming of scopios, lots of them.......
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wayne
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #3 on: Jan 4th, 2006, 11:55pm » |
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A teenager with an eye for class, not crass? I didn't think they made them any more! 
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janspeed
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #4 on: Jan 5th, 2006, 12:12am » |
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I used to have a Landrover Discovery, although the car was great, especially in the dirty stuff and the forum for that marque was good too except for a few bad eggs.
There was a certain "click" amongst those few that spoilt it for the rest. 
If you were a newbie they looked down on you and treated you with utter contempt.
Like going in to a strange pub and the music stops and every body turns round and looks at you as if to say " what are you doing here" 
They couldn`t be bothered to be courtious to you if you had a valid question because they had been there done that and didn`t want to pass on their experiance.
Not like on this site i may add, where everybody is polite, courtious and very helpfull.
Trying our best to keep our marque on the road.
Thankyou to you all and keep it up. 
Jay
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David_South_West
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #7 on: Jan 5th, 2006, 8:01am » |
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I would think the people giving your son grief are the boy racers of this world who have probably had that silly, spotty smirk wiped of their faces by a Scorpio 24v.
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Octavian_P
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #8 on: Jan 5th, 2006, 11:13am » |
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I remeber when i bought my scorp. Everyone that disn't see it "saw" a sierra, and when they heard 1996....they said...."that old !!!". But the next time they saw the car ......surprise "It's that you car", "what make is it ??", "what engine it has ??"......."is that a ford  " ....."it's american ein't it" ....... ......"it must have costed you a fortune !!!"....."wow it has duble electronicaly controled air conditioning, and headed windshield and mirrors and seats"......but my peugeot 407 from 2005 barly has double zone climate 
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ksh64
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Thanks for replies.Atl least he is not alone.Appreciate the photos.He will probably use them as his computer wallpaper.By the way Slurpio and slowpio were 2 replies he got as other peoples opinions.Due to being juicy and slow apparently.
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Octavian_P
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #10 on: Jan 5th, 2006, 5:23pm » |
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on Jan 5th, 2006, 2:43pm, ksh64 wrote:| Slurpio and slowpio were 2 replies he got as other peoples opinions.Due to being juicy and slow apparently. |
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Reminds me of the last "run-out". There are a lot of idiots in my country, all they know is to flash you from behind to make them more room the get you passd. The thing that bugs me the most is that they have enough room, and eaven so the also can pass you by (don't know to spell in english....when you get on the oposing line when nobody comes from the other sense). Last time i was with my parents and car full of stuff, i was going for a vacation in the country. A stupid guy with a renault laguna turbo deluxe edition started to flash me. The road was only with one way for each sense, and from front there was nothing so he could pass me normaly, and i was doing a lot of speed (way over the speed limit), after a bend in the road the guy finnaly tried to take me over, but now i was in a high speed zone (out o villages) so in the 5-th gear i had put the pedal to the metal.........i was doing about 75 miles per hour. the speed started to rise 87 mph, 100 mph, 110 mph........well the crappy reanult "TURBO" couldn't keep up with may "SLOW" big whale of a car......so he strugled to pass me , but he couldn't.......he got behind me and continued his SLOW run. After 5 minutes he was just a small silver spot on my mirrors. The "SLOW" scorp made him cry, and i only got a 2.3 . If i had a 2.9 24 cossie........well that is another story.
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Kjetil S
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #11 on: Jan 5th, 2006, 7:06pm » |
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I outran a merc 500SL last summer, with my 2.0 16V Saloon.
He was alone in his, I had two passengers and way too much load :-P
Ofcourse, the 500SL is WAY faster than my 2.0, but some people don't know how to push their car (and yes, he was trying).
This was on a 4 lane road, practicly no turns, with little traffic. Concrete "fences" separating oncoming traffic.
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mr._floppy
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #12 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 12:10pm » |
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Well, speed don't interest me , I bought the Scorp for its looks (I'm weird , I know ) luxury, size and its lovely gizmos
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Kjetil S
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #13 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 1:05pm » |
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I've always liked the big luxury fords. Had a 2.4 V6 granny/scorpio before I got my '95 Scorp.
Miss the engine in the granny (except that it couldn't run on unleaded, that was a pain), but I the '95 is better overall (ofcourse).
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Paul B
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #14 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 5:44pm » |
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on Jan 5th, 2006, 2:43pm, ksh64 wrote:| ....Slurpio and slowpio were 2 replies he got as other peoples opinions.Due to being juicy and slow apparently. |
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How rude.
And how wrong too.
As the other guys have already mentioned, these cars are better and quicker than most people realise.
on Jan 5th, 2006, 5:23pm, Octavian_P wrote:Reminds me of the last "run-out".
A stupid guy with a renault laguna turbo deluxe edition started to flash me
.......well the crappy reanult "TURBO" couldn't keep up with may "SLOW" big whale of a car......
If i had a 2.9 24 cossie........well that is another story.
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Never experienced the Laguna, but I was surprised at how quick the Nut-Job Clio was. Mind you, he still didn't get me.
And... the 24v will quite nicely 'have' an Escort RS Turbo (I enjoyed that one!)
on Jan 5th, 2006, 7:06pm, kskjon wrote:I outran a merc 500SL last summer, with my 2.0 16V Saloon.
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That must've looked a good little tussle
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Kjetil S
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #15 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 6:16pm » |
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He did seem a bit surprised..
(but as I said, he couldn't have known his car very well. If you know where the torque sets in and when to shift gears and so on, most cars can be driven quite fast.
The 2.0 16V seems to have the most grunt around 3800rpms and keeping it between that and 4500-5000rpms usually keeps it happy, acceleration-wise.
Btw, he gave up trying to keep up with me after 5 miles or so
Had been on vacation to Sweden, and was on my way home. Nothing but (almost) clear straight roads for miles. Difficult not to be a bit heavy on the right foot under those conditions :-P
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #16 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 10:16pm » |
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on Jan 6th, 2006, 6:16pm, kskjon wrote:
The 2.0 16V seems to have the most grunt around 3800rpms and keeping it between that and 4500-5000rpms usually keeps it happy, acceleration-wise.
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The 2.3 seems "normal" till 3.000 rpm but after that is like having another engine, it screeams, it throws you in the seat, just like having turbo kick-down
Highest rev i did with it was 6700 rpm on the gauge, after that the ecu shut my "excess fuel" off ....till iddle speed
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Paul B
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #17 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 10:37pm » |
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on Jan 6th, 2006, 6:16pm, kskjon wrote:
The 2.0 16V seems to have the most grunt around 3800rpms and keeping it between that and 4500-5000rpms usually keeps it happy, acceleration-wise. |
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on Jan 6th, 2006, 10:16pm, Octavian_P wrote:| The 2.3 seems "normal" till 3.000 rpm but after that is like having another engine, it screeams, it throws you in the seat, just like having turbo kick-down |
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So.... have you blokes tried the Cossie?
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #18 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 11:36pm » |
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on Jan 6th, 2006, 10:37pm, Paul B wrote:
So.... have you blokes tried the Cossie?
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no mate , not tried the cossie yet, when yours is done, you must take me out for a spin, but as octavian_p says, the 2.3 does have a little more than you would think in it, and paul, you witnessed 1st hand, a 3 car 125 mph return from a recent kent meet , well, at one point it was anyway, must have been when we got to brands!!!!!!!!(the circiut of course)
Russ
p.s i look forward to my 1st experience in a cossie powered scorp.
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Paul B
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Re: Unfriendly Forums
« Reply #19 on: Jan 7th, 2006, 9:19am » |
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I have to admit, the 2.3 does have more than people give it credit for. Its a worthy substitute for the Cosworth, if not a better choice 
And I remember that run back from Essex very well. The cars looked fantastic and were all running really great. 
At Brands Hatch, as I went past you and Paul, we were doing 125mph. And that was on that uphill section too. A nice run home that one
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