Jay As you say its each to their own but when I am going somewhere on a long drive with my wife I have to drive it slowly as she does not like going fast so its just like driving any other car and the Recaros are comfortable.The steering is now nice and light since fitting a new power steering rack and the hydraulic clutch helps to make it easier to drive. I dont arrive feeling tired or with back ache etc but just frustrated at not being able to put my foot down! If everyone decided to ditch their "shitty old sierra" Escorts, Capris, RSTs etc and buy a new Focus RS the Ford themed car shows would be even more boring.I can think of nothing worse than seeing 50 or more Focus RSs all lined up next to each other.