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(Message started by: Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 8:48am)

Title: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 8:48am

Have you had to get rid of your pride and joy? Having panic attacks, nausea or other withdrawal symptoms? Then do not fret! The ex-scorpio help group has been formed to aid your transition back to the world of mundane, backbreaking driving.
My name is Baw and I owned a Scorpio. After she went, I had feelings of inadequacy, emptiness and a deep seated unhappiness that led to depression. I realised that there must be many more people like me that must struggle to carry on after the passing of a loved one and were not getting any support. Here we can discuss anything about our loss that we want and attempt to heal the wounds. We welcome anyone with long ranging experience to discuss how they coped and pass on any tips that may ease the pain of others.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Group hug!!

;)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Ells on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:00am

Aaaw, I think I need the other helpgroup, the one for people who have too many ::)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Daven on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:14am

You can have too many?? :o

;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:21am

This is not helping guys :(

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Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Daven on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:27am

Lee, I understand what you are going through having owned a 2nd scorpio for only 3 weeks before sending it to the scrap yard in the sky, my attachment to it became unbearable for my wife to cope with.

My consolation was the parts I kept and cherish along with my first love (and my wife). All I can say is keep something to remind you of it - especially during these long hot night when you may crave for those soft cool curves, the comfort of a well warn seat and the forgiving temperament of a godess.

You are not alone :)

;D ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:38am

Well I do have a set of back seats, perhaps I could turn it into a sofa :) I dont think a manky old drivebelt tensioner or a seat motor would have the same sentimental value ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 4^th, 2006, 9:58am

You sad bunch of namby pamby, wishy washy feeble girly bed wetters, instead of crying into your Ovaltine go out to-day and face your fear.

Buy another Scorpio, you know you want to, are you MEN or MICE ?

Come back to the fold, all is forgiven. ::)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 10:09am

Sob, mouse :'(. You neo-nazi, un-sypathetic, carrot munching, sister lovin...... >:( When the day comes for you my friend, who's shoulder are you going to cry on?? Eh? Eh? ;D ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by jonnycab on Jul 4^th, 2006, 10:28am

Although being a Scorpio owner at the moment, I did have an eighteen month sabbatical between my old one & this one (I was Mondeo man for this period) ::)
I sold my old 2.0 Ghia at Chelmsford car auctions & it was a difficult thing to walk away & leave her in the car park surrounded by various inferior cars.
While waiting for a taxi to pick me I couldn't stop looking through the bars at her. she looked so unhappy, like a lost puppy. I felt a lump in my throat & a tear in my eye. When the taxi finally arrived I took one last look at her & I'm sure she flashed her headlights at me one last time :'( :'(
I'm still reminded of of her every now & then....especially when I receive the odd photo from the Metropolitan police after she's been caught speeding at various camera sights in North London. Obviously the new owner has not registered it & I'm the last known owner (they do try it on, the Met).
At least I know she's still out there somewhere gracing the highways & not being slowly crushed by two Fiestas in a scrap yard :)
I hope this little story isn't too sad for the Ex-Scorpio owners group. ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Daven on Jul 4^th, 2006, 10:37am

on 07/04/06 at 09:58:26, mr._floppy wrote:

Come back to the fold, all is forgiven. ::)

Easier said than done when pushers and dealers are offering it to you where ever you look! I still have one but I can control my use of it - for now, but what happens when they are no longer available or taxed out of reach? :-[

Maybe a patch will be available :)

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Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by craig on Jul 4^th, 2006, 11:14am

i know 1 thing.... :)
i'll never moan about the running costs of a scorpio again.. :o :o

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baz on Jul 4^th, 2006, 5:52pm

A couple of Scorpio related images.

First one is for Cosworth owners without LPG!

http://www.cylinderheadshop.co.uk/suicide.gif

Second is just for Scorpio owners in general!

http://www.dabaerplace.homestead.com/files/Animations/Suicide.gif

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Lee on Jul 4^th, 2006, 6:20pm

baz so true []

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 4^th, 2006, 10:32pm

Oh what have I done ???

Back in the fold, looking anxiously for symptoms of doom but kind of happy with it 8)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 4^th, 2006, 11:50pm

Don’t worry Geoff.... We will be here when you fall :)..........
Johnny, you have my warmest thanks for that heart-rendering story. I'm sure this will resonate with many patrons.... :'( :'( :'(

Baz, you are simply not helping. Folk are meant to feel guilty about loosing there’s, not by having one! I think you need help outside of the group, preferably by someone with some letters in front of their name...;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 5^th, 2006, 1:00am

It's all worth it when you roll into Kwik - Fit and the bloke says " God, you don't see many of them around any more ", or the MOT guy mentions " not a bit of rust anywhere , them Germans sure know how to make cars ".

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by jonnycab on Jul 5^th, 2006, 1:46am

on 07/05/06 at 01:00:33, mr._floppy wrote:

Or when I'm sitting on the rank & someone gets in & says "this is a proper taxi, not like these little Ford focus's with no leg room that all the other cabbies seem to be buying"....sweeeet ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 5^th, 2006, 8:29am

All I ever got from my ex ford mechanic when I called him (bi-weekly basis) was - 'Oh what now? why dont you get youreself one of them wee Honda things, that Scorpio aint gonna stop breaking you know!' But hey, there was nothing like picking your in-laws at the airport in the Scorp for the first time and having them giving me the 'Oh, nice car, you must be doing OK then!?' ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 10^th, 2006, 10:40pm

well Baw its with total regret that I may have to become a member of your group
the car is still in my garage but I am already greeving the loss. I realy want to keep pouring money into it but having a family to feed, unfortunately Its time to cut my losses.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1152563123

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by jonnycab on Jul 11^th, 2006, 1:21am

If you were to break it, then you may feel a little better knowing that its parts will help save the lives of many other Scorpios ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 11^th, 2006, 8:23am

Welcome to our humble band Cossie_al, or will that just be Al now :(. I wonder if Ford produce a Scorpio donor card, like the one we carry if we get hit by a bus and say it is OK for some goober to have our kideys or something ;D
Well, it was big test time this weekend for my toyota: A long trip with the misus. Did a couple of hundred miles with her moaning every few minutes about how she could not get comfortable, 'this is not a bloody Scorp is it?!'. For me, the old knee and back pain that seemed like such a distant memory, has came back in its full horror...... Snif :'(

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 11^th, 2006, 12:15pm

Why deprive yourself of the Scorpio at all ?

When it finally packs up or burns a hole in your pocket for the last time just ( if you have the room ) give it pride of place in your garden, wash it every Sunday, sit in it and play your Supertramp CD's, put a TV and a beer cooler in it and escape from the kids and the trubbel and strife for a few hours. ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 11^th, 2006, 12:56pm

Baw, I know exactly what you mean about the back troubles Ive been looking for cars in my wifes pug 206 and as your good lady says no its not a bloody scorp!!
Mr floppy,
Having the scorp without being able to drive would be like cutting my legs off.
It is still on the drive but I have already got an empty feeling knowing it has to go. :'(

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by sector-9 on Jul 11^th, 2006, 11:04pm

If you've got the room to keep it then mothball it - doesn't cost any money to sit on the driveway if you SORN it. At least then you can repair the fail items at your leisure and as funds allow (apart from corrosion which will be slow, and tyres if not rotated, it's not likely to get much worse). Even if you do later decide to get rid, it's still not worth any less than it is now; and possibly more in terms of spares!

Darren

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 12^th, 2006, 8:13am

If I had the space, I would have done that because at the end off they day Im going to have to get another at some point (or an XG30 :P) ;D I only have one parking space at the mo (always hounding my landlord for a spare) and the rest of my area is tighter than a knats chuff.

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 13^th, 2006, 8:20pm

Just wondering if anyone knows of a pill that gets the scorp out of your head?
Been all over looking at cars the last couple of days and had a few test drives but I find myself saying:-

This seat isnt comfy

The steerings a bit heavy

It feels sluggish to me

Isnt it noisey

What do you meen the rear view mirror doesnt dim on its own

Just push that mirror down so I can see the kurb will you

What do you mean pull the lever to adjust the seat

Why wont the boot open from fifty yards away
And so on
I would sell my soul if I could buy a new scorp :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 14^th, 2006, 2:06am

poo, Is'nt it :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by jonnycab on Jul 14^th, 2006, 2:46am

Why don't you just get rid of it, have a break (to get over it) & then look for another one (there's a few nice ones for sale if you hunt).
As you know, I sold my trusty 2.0 Ghia at auction...but eighteen months later i've got another one that's... 'bigger, stronger & faster'...& I really don't miss the old one anymore.....honest...... :'(

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by km449 on Jul 14^th, 2006, 4:53pm

But what else does one get in the meantime???!!

And, panic, what if one isn't available in 18 months????

I am tempted by the XG30, but.................

Can feel a headache coming on!!

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 14^th, 2006, 11:52pm

Well in my case over a six week period I had a Honda Civic and a Toyota Prius, got to say that at some future point I would get one because they are so practical, but I am really delighted to be back in a Scorp ;D 8)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 15^th, 2006, 12:01am

Guys Watch this space my membership to the ex scorpio owners group may be a short one.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 15^th, 2006, 12:06am

Good to hear ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 15^th, 2006, 9:46am

I knew it, the allure of the Scorpio was too great to

ignore. :o

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 15^th, 2006, 9:54am

Like I have said previously when I look at other cars there is a list of things I start going through in my head.
These are the little things we have come to love about our scorps and any other vehicle just doesn't measure up.
so fingers crossed that Matt and I can work a deal out.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1152639971

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 15^th, 2006, 9:57am

Nice one, I hope you guys can work that one out ;)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Dave on Jul 15^th, 2006, 12:53pm

on 07/15/06 at 00:01:35, cossie_al wrote:

Guys Watch this space my membership to the ex scorpio owners group may be a short one.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Good man :D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by sector-9 on Jul 15^th, 2006, 2:00pm

So are you keeping/fixing the one you've got or buying another?

Darren

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 15^th, 2006, 10:55pm

Well I may be doing a deal with Matt from here on the forum.
The wife has always had a bee in her bonnet about me running a big car and the running costs of the scorp are,,,,,,well I dont need to tell you guys.
But get this, today she said why dont you just keep it untill you can do the work (health permitting) or perhaps one of your ex collegues(mechanics) may get time to help out eventually.
I was on the floor with shock :o :o :o
perhaps me being generally peed off moping around the house with my bottom lip tripping me up cos it had to go made her change her mind.
either way it looks as though I will still have a scorp one way or another
Also there are a few in auto trader that may be worth a look if mine does have to go ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by jonnycab on Jul 16^th, 2006, 1:07am

Good on ya'.....there's loads of one owner, well looked after Scorps out there.
Hope you find the right one :D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 17^th, 2006, 8:58am

Top news mate :) Always good when the 'minister of home affairs' gets behind it and something I'm banking on when I can keep another.

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 17^th, 2006, 12:29pm

Well Gentlemen.
Good news all round I am going to keep my cossie and either do the work myself as and when I can or get some help with the jobs i can't mannage due to my back problem.
But were going to be moving soon so the work will have to be done within five weeks :) :) :)
So does anyone mind if I continue with the nick name of COSSIE_al ;D ;D ;D
I am one happy bunny

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Dave on Jul 17^th, 2006, 1:19pm

Great news, glad to hear you two are not parting company :D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Penguin on Jul 25^th, 2006, 11:04pm

I had to make a decision recently as to whcih car I got rid of. My wife had recently changed jobs to one that did not require are car to get to and we decided that we would therefore be much better off if we only ran one car.

The candidates for expulsion were my Scorpio and her Honda Accord.

The Accord does nearly 40mpg and in all the time we'd had it it had never even blown so much as a spark plug.

The Scorpio does 20mpg on a good day and (whilst the new gearbox and the radiator were on warranty) it has required two fixes to the air-con and a new cat.

We had to make the decision based on the head not the heart.

So I said to my wife. "Put it this way. I'm driving us to Poland next year. Which of these cars would you rather ride shotgun in for two days solid?"

I banked the money from the sale of the Honda last week....

:D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Jul 25^th, 2006, 11:19pm

Its the right decision, for a bit my head got into acountant mode and told me that the scorp must go. However this turned out to be a mistake after driving cars of inferior,,,,,,,well inferior everything by comparison.
So imagine the smile on my face as the wife suggested keaping it. After lots of arguments about the cost of repairs.
I think I am winning on the argument about the cash lost on a new car due to depreciation would be more than maintaining the scorp ;) ;) ;)
By the way she reads this from time to time so absolutely no discusion saying that a new car would be the better option cos then the arguments would start all over again ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Jul 29^th, 2006, 9:36pm

}{ }{ Good luck there mate ;) Mouth shut :-X

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by cossie_al on Aug 2^nd, 2006, 8:44pm

Its passed its test ;D ;D
Pair of new cats
full set of goodridge hoses
ebc green stuff pads
equipment to make brake pipes
full set of wheel bearings
and an mot with not even an advisory
total just over £300
so Baw my membership to the ex-owners club will most deffinately have to be suspended for one year.
the grin on my face as I drove away from the test centre was from ear to ear and my cheaks (the ones on my face ;)) are starting to ache.
After driving the wifes puegeot 206 for a while its just like driving a scorp for the first time again.
Oh happy days are here again ta da da da da dah etc etc ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: The ex-Sorpio owners help group
Post by Baw_Flinger on Aug 3^rd, 2006, 8:48am

Good luck mate, until next year..... I'll keep your seat warm ;) ;D