Bill.

How do chaps, currently got a williams 3, but its costing me a bit in keeping it on the road, so i'm debating shoping her in for a focus rs, fancy something newer and more reliable? so i'd like to know what the running costs are like on them, i've heard fuel can be a nightmare, is this true, surely driven sensibly they return reasonable mpg?

Have they any weak points, that cost a fortune to repair/replace, whats the service intervals for them and are they expensive with it being an rs or are they similar to any other car?

Hopefully i can afford one , insurance is not much more than the williams

cheers

Bill

monkey nutz

They're not that bad mate on fuel, driven sensibly. Servicing costs are again not too bad, but obviously more than a normal Focus. The service interval is 12,500, which is bloody good IMO. My advice is to buy as low mliage one as you can afford. I paid £14K for mine with 19,000 miles on the clock in Feb, but I was surprised at people asking for the same money with 40k+ on the clock!

dave_si

I had one

It cost me lots of money to run

I no longer have it

Bill.

Thats what i wanted to hear , like you say thats very good servicing intervals is that, will probably have around the 12k mark for one, so should be able to find a nice example

Bill.

Thats not what i wanted to hear lol

rssteve

not bad on fuel. I get 22mpg it seems no matter how i drive it. If you are worried about cost, get a tdci focus.

Bill.

its an RS or nothing mate , just need to do a few little jobs on the willy, and off she goes

Doncarlyon

i get about 25mpg on average, running costs arent too bad.

Bill.

i can live with that

AlexRS2782

Used to average between 20-24 on mine before i went mad with mods The FRS only gets expensive it you dont look after it, thrash it, etc otherwise daily running is fine Plus get a specialist to maintain the car as that will save you £££ over using Ford

Bill.

Well i'm only 30 minutes away from blackpool so i know who'll be maintaining it

gingeRS

or buy a high mileage one (as long as its been looked after)

i paid £9k for my 90k mile 1 owner focus, in february