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(Message started by: Jonnycab on Aug 9^th, 2008, 12:26am)

Title: None seen in East Anglia
Post by Jonnycab on Aug 9^th, 2008, 12:26am

Drove from Essex to the tip of North Norfolk last Sunday for a camping holiday.....

......saw none on the A12/A14/A140 ???

No Scorps on the campsite, & driving around North Norfolk for 5 days, I still didn't see one single Scorpio ???

Even on the way back from Norfolk to Essex today.....still not a solitary Scorpio in sight ???

Rare as rocking horse poop in East Anglia.....it would seem :)

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by joe-satch on Aug 9^th, 2008, 8:32am

saw a couple in and around caister nr gt-yarmouth during our stay up there,there was a ultima saloon on the camp site,and our daughters ultima estate.and another mk3 on an e plate same as mine.and that was it.i had to repair the auto box oil cooler pipes on the daughters car...2 pin holes in the pipes and she lost near all the automatic trans fluid,went away for a weeks holiday to get away from all that. ::).

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by budgie on Aug 10^th, 2008, 12:19am

there are a few scorpios in norwich.none as nice as mine though!! ; ; ;D

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by Jonnycab on Aug 10^th, 2008, 3:23am

Norwich !!!!!....that must be the worst ring road in the country :o

It reminded me of the North Circular before the M25 was built ::)

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by pinto on Aug 12^th, 2008, 11:39pm

Thought the same when i visited a friend in Fakenham a few months back..... Rye-Fakenham-Rye over a weekend and didnt see one other scorp all the way - and that included the monday morning drive home at rush hour on the '14 and '25

Think they're just starting to reach that "dying breed" status, much like my sierras - just there were fewer to start with

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by matt1987 on Aug 13^th, 2008, 9:01pm

well i have seen 3 today a silver estate a blue saloon and a grey estate and i live in norwich just near asda on the ringroad where asda is

norwich ringroad is easy to drive on just drive in the middle.

budgie where are you in norwich then what type of scorpio do you have then?

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by budgie on Aug 14^th, 2008, 7:47am

hi matt ive got a s reg 24v cosworth.im in the city near the eastern daily press building.you may have seen my car on boundary road near asda.i used to spend some time there!!! ;)

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by budgie on Aug 14^th, 2008, 7:49am

hello again matt i didnt ask you about your scorpio,which type do you have?

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by TiberiuS on Aug 14^th, 2008, 7:31pm

Jon, they seemed to peak around 2004/2005, since then they're gradually becoming rarer. It's been good but the window has closed now, they're getting too old for people to see them as reliable drivers, we're seeing now the low point the last Capris/Cortinas hit about 15 years ago.

Still a couple around here I see regularly (like one which is the mirror image of mine) but also a couple of really worn ones, hate seeing a really tatty Scorp, makes them look so old :'(

Title: Re: None seen in East Anglia
Post by matt1987 on Aug 16^th, 2008, 8:21pm

capri's i know of 6 in norwich but as you said the scorpio is being see as old now

i fully agree with you