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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 11:35 AM
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I wonder how Nemsin feels about RWD cars where the drift button is attached to the throttle pedal? Would he dismiss everything else about the car because of that feature, just like he is doing with the RS? Will he correct my grammar once again? Will he mutter something under his breath in a passive aggressive way while standing next to his car at a parking lot meet?

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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by razorlab
I wonder how Nemsin feels about RWD cars where the drift button is attached to the throttle pedal? Would he dismiss everything else about the car because of that feature, just like he is doing with the RS? Will he correct my grammar once again? Will he mutter something under his breath in a passive aggressive way while standing next to his car at a parking lot meet?

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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 11:52 AM
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That comment can be said about any car with expensive tires. Drive like an ***, and you'll be replacing your tires often. Evo owners should be all too aware of that. The irony continues...
Yes, but "drift mode" is going to be a whole new level of rear tire destruction. But whatever, its not my money. If oversteer power sliding around a track is how someone wants to spend theirs, more power to them.
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 12:12 PM
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Yes, but "drift mode" is going to be a whole new level of rear tire destruction. But whatever, its not my money. If oversteer power sliding around a track is how someone wants to spend theirs, more power to them.
Exactly, so why do you care?
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 12:22 PM
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Yes, but "drift mode" is going to be a whole new level of rear tire destruction. But whatever, its not my money. If oversteer power sliding around a track is how someone wants to spend theirs, more power to them.
You know, you don't have to use drift mode, right? You can put it in track and turn off the nannies, or drive like a RWD car in drift mode and be more controlled with steering and throttle inputs. You seem to literally be making **** up so that you can you don't like this car.
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 12:39 PM
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You know, you don't have to use drift mode, right?
What are you doing bringing logic back into this thread?
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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 04:26 PM
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Looks like KB wants some popcorn.........brought to you by FORD of course.


Donuts?

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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 04:38 PM
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Oh you mean DONUTS! Who cares Michelin's are consumable items, just like the rest of the car lol!!!

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Old Jan 19, 2016 | 09:29 PM
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I feel like this is going to be the new gen of turbo awd now
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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 05:25 AM
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I got this in an email from the focusrs.org forum. I haven't read most of them, but the reviews are coming in.

The REVIEWS are HERE!!!
We have all of the current reviews of the Focus RS live on the site for you to pore over. Check then out here:
Cheers,
FocusRS.org
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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 05:26 AM
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Looks like KB wants some popcorn.........brought to you by FORD of course.


Donuts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ncho5R-b8
and the driver always thinks this is how its looks like from outside


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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 08:55 AM
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all the RS history pictures

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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
This sounds quite evo-esque; Overdrive the entry, throttle out for maximum fun.


"The key is to the car understeering slightly on entry before standing hard on the power. The car then breaks into a big, sweeping arc of a drift, front wheels pointed straight right up until the end of the slide, at which point you do need to dial in some corrective lock. "
I was commenting on this post. Personally, I think its a ridiculous way to drive. It wears out tires and is not nearly the fastest way around a corner. But if wearing your Ken Block sweatshirt and being a hoonigan is your thing, then enjoy.

99.9% of RS owners will never track their car anyways. So I guess its moot.
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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by nemsin
I was commenting on this post. Personally, I think its a ridiculous way to drive. It wears out tires and is not nearly the fastest way around a corner. But if wearing your Ken Block sweatshirt and being a hoonigan is your thing, then enjoy.

99.9% of RS owners will never track their car anyways. So I guess its moot.
Are you 99.9% unaware of how to have fun? You're seriously telling me you never take your car out and go hoon around, at all, ever? You're always strictly driving within the limit of tire? Maybe you should drive a miata if you're so worried about tire wear, the lack of power really helps them last.


Regardless, the fastest lap times in my Evo have always come when dancing at the very ragged edge of adhesion with some slip angle on corner exit, and getting the car to rotate when on the brakes. Seeing as how its a "rally" car, it makes sense because that is really how its designed to be driven; on the dirt, with little grip, and a bit sideways. Obviously if you have a down-force car like the Tilton Evo you're not going to be sliding around so much, if at all. But I have found my car to be faster when pushed a bit past the limit.


I don't get where you're coming from. You say it will never be an Evo 9. Than a journalist writes something that makes it sound VERY evo-esque, and you complain...
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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 09:43 AM
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My opinion, is drift button is stupid. You are of course free to have your own opinion.
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