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LEWI007
10-10-10, 11:17 AM
Anybody had one?
Show me it, they turn me on
Thin on the ground now these, an IMO down on power given the engine size & motorsport heritage.
LEWI007
10-10-10, 11:23 AM
I really want to buy one, by the time the nova is finished id be able to insure one.
There used to be a nice one round here with a big square spoiler, those dish amg rims and it was all dark metalic grey and lowered, absolutely gorgeous thats how i want it.
Would prefer
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROJB_e6TOvtF5oCml_KzmEstdieRfV_ AEt8D7-l5HO6aXhZ-4&t=1&usg=__a72pG7cWT29cXSw_xZWN5CcAK9w=
Pistol Pete
10-10-10, 11:29 AM
Nice, but i'd rather the blue oval that has the Cosworth badge...
http://www.comp.co.uk/gallery/pics/merc.JPG
Just looked on pistons heads for Merc Evo 2's, saw two and one is up for £41,000 the other £60,000. Didn't realise they held their price that well.
vaughanmc
10-10-10, 11:32 AM
I really want to buy one, by the time the nova is finished id be able to insure one.
lol
Pistol Pete
10-10-10, 11:32 AM
Just looked on pistons heads for Merc Evo 2's, saw two and one is up for £41,000 the other £60,000. Didn't realise they held their price that well.
As Mike says...thin on the ground now.
LEWI007
10-10-10, 11:48 AM
lol
If im still alive that is lol
Maxfield
10-10-10, 12:04 PM
Evo IIs are very rare and very sexy.
Normal Merc Cossies don't fetch much at all.
Angus Closier
10-10-10, 12:05 PM
Unless you have lots of money to spend then you will have to keep dreaming, prices on these are getting silly. However there was a cheap one at a garage not to far from me, They seem to like the rot as well!
Plenty of Merc Cossies on piston heads for a couple of grand, ok not plenty but 4 on at the minute one for £8500 one just sold for £2750 a "highly modified" one for £2500 and a spares and repairs for £1500, so these Cosworth ones cant be all that.
Angus Closier
10-10-10, 12:37 PM
Plenty of Merc Cossies on piston heads for a couple of grand, ok not plenty but 4 on at the minute one for £8500 one just sold for £2750 a "highly modified" one for £2500 and a spares and repairs for £1500, so these Cosworth ones cant be all that.
No you can pick them up fairly cheap, They are not that good anyway.
However the Evo IIs are not cheap and you wont fine one for chips!
General Baxter
10-10-10, 12:47 PM
id rather have an m3 lol
craig green
10-10-10, 12:57 PM
Lush back in the day but no doubt utterly gash compared with modern day machinery.
My mate had a Gold one, it used to crack manifolds for a passtime. Lovely lookers though & beautiful Recaro's inside. Very stealthy, most people wouldnt know they've seen one.
surely buying a 190, lowering it & bodykitting it, followed by a nice big e class engine would also do the trick......old ordinary mercs are cheap
LEWI007
10-10-10, 02:20 PM
Yeah i thought about buying a normal 190E and doing it into a cossie looker, but if its only like 2grand for a proper cossie id just buy a proper one and mint it up.
then the 5k engine rebuild, and the crazy racing suspension rebuild, and the insurance......
Zildjian
10-10-10, 02:36 PM
Yep, lovely cars in their day,.........but there are so many BETTER cars around for peanuts these days.
then the 5k engine rebuild, and the crazy racing suspension rebuild, and the insurance......
I'm not familiar with these, do they have different suspension to the normal 190e?
hybridturbo
10-10-10, 03:14 PM
Class cars theres one of those evo ones next to mine :)
Angus Closier
10-10-10, 03:14 PM
The rebuild costs would be silly, and at the end of the day for the money you had spent you could have a much nicer car. Fine they look nice but Id be swaying to a diff option!
LEWI007
10-10-10, 03:31 PM
I wouldnt full rebuild just respray and a little service.
Something to use as a daily so i could keep the nova immaculate in the garage
Angus Closier
10-10-10, 11:50 PM
I wouldnt full rebuild just respray and a little service.
Something to use as a daily so i could keep the nova immaculate in the garage
How old are you? They are not going to be cheap to run and insure which is a big thing to think about if your young.
They rust aswell, from what iv seen quite badly around where the body kit is fitted (arches/sills etc)
ive driven a merc cos and im not impressed, engine is a 2.3 that only puts out 185bhp and the car really aint that good, even the evo models are only between 200 and 230bhp, if i was to buy a cosworth itd have to be a proper one escort or sierra, preferably a 3 door rs 500
i can always dream lol
****. we had a pink one at the breakers i worked at, been used in a ram raid so the boot was fooked, but it still drove. it was slow and not impressive at all. i think a decent carlton gsi 24v would had ran away from it. the gears were agricultural and the steering heavy.
Get saving. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160483660879)
davidfox280585
11-10-10, 01:56 PM
****. we had a pink one at the breakers i worked at, been used in a ram raid so the boot was fooked, but it still drove. it was slow and not impressive at all. i think a decent carlton gsi 24v would had ran away from it. the gears were agricultural and the steering heavy.
Dont tell lewi that he will hop the fence for it
Lewi these drive absolutely dog like, my mate has an 190 with all the cosworth bits on (bought one salvage due to be conviscated down to drugs lol)
Has an aftermarket bonnet/grill other than that has everything original, even the shonky 2.3 lol. IMO looks good, and thats about it, and is also a common target for traffic police lol
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs017.ash2/34214_10150194630595507_761765506_12955372_3867651 _n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs191.snc3/19867_1202218702095_1427409136_30489986_3050962_n. jpg
its long gone, i ripped the mtor oand running gear out with a gas axe and crushed it with a digger bucket. :) utter pile of wannk...
/\ that looks klike a 190 with a tacky kit, nothing special. lewi buy a beige one and fit a 5.0 ltr merc v8. thers one in a local breakers for pennies.
They will always be known as a Triad Merc to me lol This one looks crap though, colour coded/wrong bumpers? lol
http://imcdb.org/images/186/716.jpg
As taken from Nuns on the run, bonus Nova. Who'd have thought it. lol
hasn'tgotacLEWI007, watch this Wheeler Dealers 190E 'Cossie' bodge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVNXGSxIuM)
They get around the pricey suspension rebuild mentioned by Mowgli too. lol
id rather have the mk2 fez
Or the minty fresh Hilux they nick at the end for a marty McFly rep! lol
Also, the nuns metro lol
you haz reply int mech bud
Yea rob, he had a 'mild' front ender when he lost the back end :roll:
and runied the cosworth bumper and bonnet etc, so thats why it has different front end
Almost looks better for it! lol
Replied Rob :thumb:
i did hear of a swede whacking a large turbo on a 190e cos, and seeing 500bhp....
Shove your Cossie's lol. You kids seen this one before? Gotta love the vids!
http://cdn.driftworks.com/wp-content/uploads/diesel-merc-666x444.jpg
Scania snail powaaaah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24afjVqm2Uw&feature=player_embedded)
Yea that scania powered drift merc is soo cool
man that 5.0 v8 at upullit is now really tempting in a ford t bucket hot rod drift schlag....
Cossie kitted 1800 £700 (http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=89286)
Asa-James
11-10-10, 03:57 PM
They don't look right, don't sound right and don't drive right. After having the displeasure of working on and driving one recently(and not for the first time) it was a bit of a let down for an "iconic" 90's motor.
buy that one limp posted, and this v8 up here for £150 and kill most things. :d
As per nearly all mercs..... it will rot faster than GC_vaux can get banned from forums lol
saloonwoody
11-10-10, 04:50 PM
guy aross the road from me has a replica rotting in his garden but he wont sell it !!
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