If Ever???

I see them for sale now at £12,999

Seriously thinking of getting one

 

Go on treat your self

 

Its about time you got a new car for yourself bro



buy it for the misses, as she could be getting 3 points

 

arnt they a nightmare to get any power out of em tiff ?

 

For fooks sake Tiff, the Series 1 hasn`t ever been on the road

You go through cars like fook, ever thought of a different CHEAPER hobby

 

You can get 375 bhp from 'em now m8.

 

 

Thought about it........

 

Eh???

How much do you want? Mines putting out around 270 with some very simple mods, its fookin quick.

 

My m8 payed 11.5k for his 28k miller with ffsh, how cheap is that.

 

See......Turning into a VERY VERY good bargin car

But when will they stop falling price wise???

 

Just after I sell mine probably.

 

agree Plynchy, there was a couple going round today, love em, sound lovely aswell

 

Mine sounds fookin great! De-cat & mongoose, only got 1 box in the system, nice burble when cruising but roars it's tits off on boost. Will be taking it round Donny on Saturday before Nat day, bit concerned that it's TOO loud.

Great cars for the money.

 

Worth every penny IMO.

Like any other RS, they will hold their value.. not like a cossie though.

 

These days there are so many similar cars out there to compete ie. Type-R, Cupra, even the Skoda RS.........and the Focus is (was) the most expensive so the prices will have to drop to compete with the used variants of the aforementioned.

 

"Like any other RS, they will hold their value.. not like a cossie though."


You're right there, my Focus is reliable.

 

Plynchy, how do you go about getting them MOT`d with a decat???

or do you put it back on for MOT time............

 

Officially it WILL fail, got my first MOT in November, but i've known the tester for years so i'll see what can be done.
If I have to put the cat back on it's a half hour job, so not too bad.

 

Personally I think that as mentioned, too much compo for them to have really stood out, don't in my eyes have the same special feel as a cosworth 3 door or escos.

Also, and i am most likely totaly wrong, but aren't disc and pads etc very expensive ££?? may put people off them.

 

FWD RSs will never hold value. The only reason the Escos does hold it's value is it's the last of the proper ones.

 

I seen a few this week go up in price.

Depends on milage, bodywork condition and how someones looked after the car.

When looking for my FRS i looked a couple of £13-£14k cars and they were shocking. One had been abused badly, and the other had filler on the arches, badly resprayed with runs in the paint.

Which is why i was glad to find a low miler without any paint work on it and payed a higher price

 

And how many FRS's have driven and how many times on track with one?

 

He's got an M3, say no more.

I'm JOKING here, not starting that debate again.

IMO the FRS should keep it's value pretty well (I hope ) as it's a bloody storming car and more worthy of the RS badge than any other FWD RS, except maybe the S1 RST. IMO of course.
And i really like the looks, not as "in yer face" as an Escos but very subtle and distinctive.

 

Driven one, along with an ST, but wont start a mass debate. It's FWD and as said, it wont/doesn't hold it's value as it isn't seen as a true RS along side the RST. The Focus ST will hurt the values, apart from the die hard RS fans who will see it as the last RS made.

 

Mass debate ..............................ooooooooooeeeeeeerrr rrrrr missus

I disagree, the ST will help the FRS hold its value. In 2 years time there will ALOT more ST's on the 2nd hand market and they will all have dropped like a stone in 2nd hand value because they are mass produced and there will be loads forsale.

The FRS has the RS badging to help keep values higher and there will be ALOT less forsale compaired to the ST so they will become a desireable car.

As for not a true RS ????? Its based on the WRC rally car, Colin Mcrae helped with the suspension set up, It has great handling, good power and are great to drive, so why isnt it a true RS ? Oh is it because it doesnt have a Cosworth badge?

Oh the only thing it doesnt do like a "true" RS is breakdown constantly

 

I think he was on about his S1

 

Because the ST/XR brand is faster and it's FWD and it's raced in what WRC, or indeed any series?

 

Where is the ST faster? In all tests i have seen the FRS has either been slightly quicker around a track or they have set the same times.

Whats all this FWD shit about? These days FWD isnt a problem for a well designed chassis and suspension set up.