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whats the focus RST like as a day 2 day car on petrol?

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Old 23-04-2006, 05:33 PM
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Default whats the focus RST like as a day 2 day car on petrol?

im thinking about buying one of these cars guys, but what i want to know is whats the MPG on these cars? or are they complete petrol guzzlers?

and reliability wise?

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Old 23-04-2006, 05:56 PM
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They aren't the best on fuel expect around 200-280 miles to a tank of petrol depending how you drive it, and just as reliable as any other focus i should think.
Old 23-04-2006, 06:29 PM
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RS or ST?

You have RST in the topic title?
Old 23-04-2006, 06:57 PM
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ummm £40 usually does about 230 to 280 depending on how i drive it, have seen over 300miles to a tank if i drive sensibly and on the motorway
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I drove from stranraer to blackpool on good friday and it used half a tank, wasnt arsing about just 70-90mph at most, ohh and one bigger run overtaking some twat who decided to speed up as I was passing.
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