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Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

Rhyno posted:

Oh poo poo, we've got a line on a Mercury Tracer LTS!

The LTS was, if anyone cares, a top of the line Ford Escort sedan with some LUXURY options (4 zone cooling or something?). And under the hood was the Mazda BP. Basically an Escort GT with lipstick. It's got 175K, some rusty doors but it runs and it's $1000. We might have a winner.

We got these in Aus, sans the luxury stuff (I think), but available in an AWD coup, with the option of 323 GTX motor and badged as a Ford Laser TX3 Turbo.



Cool cars. I had the Mazda Astina N/A fwd one and even that was a laugh.

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Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

That's kinda the crap one tho (The GTX Mazda version was better). The earlier TX3 AWD (1.6 litre turbo) was esp at it's time one eye opening lil beastie. Actually was the first AWD turbo I ever drove and certainly left an impression. That pictured generation was bit understeery and not a throwable IMO

Reputation also suffered due to gearbox detonations ad the appearence of the Lancer GSR..... which was a whole new level of fast. And then not long after Subaru dropped the WRX annnnd we all know how that went.

I dunno why but I've really taken to early AWD cars lately. I think it's to do with uncharted territory as I've never owned one, also I can't stop driving the Audi S1 in Assetto Corsa.

I've always kinda loved the ST205 but I assume that's even more understeery...

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