Focus RS
Yes he does and yes he is.
"Manufacturers need to accept that not one of the designers or engineers they employ joined up so they could work on the new rear-light cluster for a hatchback. They joined up so they could get their teeth into something that would cause the world to stagger."
"I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it here again, now. Nothing brilliant has ever resulted from a meeting. A meeting, by its very nature, is bound to produce a consensus. And a consensus is never going to have any peaks or troughs. Margarine came from a meeting. Butter didn’t."
I need to print both of these out, frame them and hang them in my office at work.
"Manufacturers need to accept that not one of the designers or engineers they employ joined up so they could work on the new rear-light cluster for a hatchback. They joined up so they could get their teeth into something that would cause the world to stagger."
"I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it here again, now. Nothing brilliant has ever resulted from a meeting. A meeting, by its very nature, is bound to produce a consensus. And a consensus is never going to have any peaks or troughs. Margarine came from a meeting. Butter didn’t."
I need to print both of these out, frame them and hang them in my office at work.
I think I'd rather be driving my Evo.
Ford Focus RS - POV Bumpy Mountain Road Drive - Vlog #3 - YouTube
Ford Focus RS - POV Bumpy Mountain Road Drive - Vlog #3 - YouTube
Sounds like he enjoyed his experience.
yeah, vids like this kinda annoy me... random driver in car A vs random driver in car B, we don't know the skill differences between these drivers, making the cars they're driving irrelevant
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Does Ford amplify the pops and bangs over the in-cabin sound system? All this video did was make me queasy.
edit:: Those goats got out of the road pretty quick, I think they were afraid he was going to stop and bang them.
edit:: Those goats got out of the road pretty quick, I think they were afraid he was going to stop and bang them.
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Can't be any harder to get than this year's Focus RS!
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
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Can't be any harder to get than this year's Focus RS!
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
Add cooling capacity? Like maybe remove that huge bar that blocks most of the radiator?
Can't be any harder to get than this year's Focus RS!
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/he...r-focus-rs500/
Like the paint isn't even dry on any US Focus RS's yet and your s#@t is old already.
RS Forum's posted that several have landed yesterday in Port Hueneme via Porgy Roro.
Maybe we will hear from Matt soon in SoCal.
Last edited by whtrice; Jun 6, 2016 at 05:52 AM.
this is the one I should testing , but I cant go, these pictures are killing me LOL
I have a couple questions. I test drove an RS today and liked it a lot as a DD, the clutch is not as wambly as most modern cars, but the motor feels more like 250 hp. They encouraged me to stomp on it a bit.
1. Do you get more headroom in a Focus if you don't have the sunroof? I would have to ghetto lean the seat to drive with a helmet in the sunroof one.
2. Has anyone actually driven one on track and know if it holds up ok? I had a Boss and it was **** on track, overheated the motor, trans, brakes, clutch stuck to the floor, diff boiled and squirted, 3rd and 5th locked out, on the street 1st and reverse didn't work...My current Sti I've added cooling and brake mods but it still overheats fast. And the excessive clutch slipping necessary to keep from stalling sucks in traffic.
They want 10k markup, but I didn't fight too much because the headroom is a real issue. If it doesn't fall apart on the track and had another little bit of headroom, I'd shop around for less markup and order one. They also had a GT350R but it had 50k markup and they wouldn't budge...but I've heard some stories already about constant limp mode on track.
1. Do you get more headroom in a Focus if you don't have the sunroof? I would have to ghetto lean the seat to drive with a helmet in the sunroof one.
2. Has anyone actually driven one on track and know if it holds up ok? I had a Boss and it was **** on track, overheated the motor, trans, brakes, clutch stuck to the floor, diff boiled and squirted, 3rd and 5th locked out, on the street 1st and reverse didn't work...My current Sti I've added cooling and brake mods but it still overheats fast. And the excessive clutch slipping necessary to keep from stalling sucks in traffic.
They want 10k markup, but I didn't fight too much because the headroom is a real issue. If it doesn't fall apart on the track and had another little bit of headroom, I'd shop around for less markup and order one. They also had a GT350R but it had 50k markup and they wouldn't budge...but I've heard some stories already about constant limp mode on track.
