Picked it up today:







The speckle in the paint is unreal:

I asked the dealers not to touch / wash / valet it as it's covered in fallout and crud from it's train trip from Germany - I'll give it a full detox wash tomorrow all being well so it stays swirl free from the off.

Inside was still as it came off the transporter:


I expressed an interest with my dealer last February and paid the deposit in July. It's been quite a wait.

I know lots of people don't like them - too many doors, a cylinder short, etc etc etc but I don't care what others think - to say it's an amazing drive is a massive understatement. It's immense.

 

nice one dal look forward to seeing yours in the flesh at some point

 

One hell of a car to be back in a Ford with. Very nice!

 

Congratulations on the new car,bet it is worth the wait.
I wasn't keen on them up till this week as new owners like yourself are posting pics of them.
The rear doors and lack of flared arches put me off initially but I really like them now and font think it would look right with bulky arches.
Blue is the best colour too,looking forward to more pics

 

its the same as the one on the other thread that crashed. I still don't like the colour combo of light blue and black wheels and as I said there black wheels are sooooo 2005 .
I cant say I know anything about the spec but id expect it to be loud ,fast and a lot of fun! one thing I do know though is I cant see me ever having the cash to buy one!
just googled some specs,prices starting at Ł31000 and apparently it generates 1G of lateral acceleration. what does that actually mean?

 

Cracking car to be back into a ford with and a very wise move not getting it cleaned as 99.9% of the valeters a in dealerships are mongs nowadays and haven't a clue

 

Lovely buddy

 

That is bloody lovely Dal and the colour is fantastic!!!

Im not jealous one bit!!!

 

Oomph, love that. Congratulations

 

I think they look much better in the flesh than in pics . Saw one at Time Attack at Caldwell park last weekend . Looked great going round the track

 

Bet your well happy mate nice one

 

Very nice mate and I see that you're also from Northants, I'm in Kettering am I likely to see you around?

 

my mate vince on here just collected his one too and 1st thing he did was take it to his brothers bodyshop to have the colour changed (not allowed to say what colour) and add some more agressive parts from the US so it should be at the ace cafe for our birthday meet in 3 weeks

 

Quite possibly; I'm up the road in Corby

 

Very nice

 

Looks the business, sure you will enjoy it.

 

Looks great, I'm a fan of them, don't care about door number etc.

 

Nice one Dal they have really grown on me such a great car


Regards Jay

 

Good lad. Your one the lucky ones to get one.

 

Great, will keep my eyes peeled for you.

 

Awesome, really glad to see cars are coming through. Looks pretty much same spec as one I've ordered. Deposit paid October and been told to expect September!

Have fun with it fella

 

Nice one Jason.

 

An 11 month wait isn't too bad.. I only had to wait 14 months

 

Today's has all been about decontaminating. Well, after another 80 miles of fun

Was a ton of iron fallout, tree sap and tar all over it - glad I told the dealership not to touch it.









Come up glass smooth:


Polishing, waxing etc tomorrow.

 

Top work matey. I bet you love it do you?

 

Finally got it all polished and waxed today - looks awesome.

Then went for a nice drive round the countryside. Got it nicely warmed up and by christ is sounds fruity in Sports mode even up to only 4000 revs!

I purposefully didn't have a test drive as I wanted the first one I drove to be mine. I've not been disappointed in any way. It feels awesome.

 

Glad you are pleased with it. I can't wait to see one in the flesh. Be nice if I could afford one one day!

 

was at simply ford today and the show had loads of them and a couple even wrapped in alternate colours just to be different

 

I counted 7 nitrous blue frs's there today! still none of them mine...!

 

Lucky man, really liking these.

 

Cool matey. I bet its notas good as your old puma ha ha ha ha.

 

Puma was great round the twisties mate - this is on another planet

 

Looks great after the detail (wasn't half bad before mind!) Amazing what a good clean does!

 

Lovely that, as for the colour lets just say m4 yas marina blue stunning...

 

The Pumas are a good car. Sadly the way they rot they wontbe many left.

 

I concur, although I was only a passenger in the frs. I have nothing but good words to be said for a pooma but the focus is absurd

 

Some updates....

Not really done much with it other than drive it, but put on some black wheel nuts and lockers - think it looks better all black.

OEM


Black


During prep for Ford Fair, a Focus ST owner from up the road came to have a chat about it as he'd not seen one before. Caught up with him as Silverstone so that was cool:


Had it at the end of the Ford Fair stand


All ready for TRAX last week, I don't normally like graphics and needless promotion, but in the spirit of the chavtastic show that is TRAX I thought I'd dip my toe in:


Then fitted the "rally slag" Kaylan mudflaps to protect through the winter:






I argued with myself for months whether to fit them or not. Now they're on I think they're quite good.

Then at the show:


Next to mates Fiesta ST:










Walking back to the car at one point, noticed a few people just stood staring at it. Probably saying "Didn't realise it was so metallic" as that's the usual comment..

 

A very nice car

 

I love the new RS!

Plus the colour is beautiful!!

 

Nice car. Im following you on instagram matey.