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Old 12-04-2009, 09:24 PM
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Old 12-04-2009, 09:25 PM
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ooooooooooooooooh lovely!
Old 12-04-2009, 09:25 PM
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Cant wait to see them on the road and have a tussle. lol
Old 12-04-2009, 09:30 PM
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Look the tits in white like
Old 12-04-2009, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by fastrob xr2i
Cant wait to see them on the road and have a tussle. lol
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Old 12-04-2009, 09:50 PM
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its fwd,LAME
Old 12-04-2009, 09:50 PM
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White one does look nice
but it'l be a pig to keep clean
prefer the green one myself
Old 12-04-2009, 09:58 PM
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I really one want Will Gordon Brown give me a grant so I can get one?
Old 12-04-2009, 09:59 PM
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@ the owner of that ST below the RS...."sh*t, I should have bought the RS..."
Old 12-04-2009, 10:00 PM
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looks like an st to me...

not worthy of the badge imo
Old 12-04-2009, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
looks like an st to me...

not worthy of the badge imo

Old 12-04-2009, 10:07 PM
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its total wank.

since when has the rs been about pretty coloured shopping cars that your mrs would drive?


its all gone wrong somewhere.

i can say, if ford had made the car we all wanted, i would have been awaiting one...but as it is, im laughing at those people who are waiting

it will be just like the st, worth fook all in 3 years, especially the green one imo

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Old 12-04-2009, 10:07 PM
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im still unsure on these like!

need to see 1 out and about!
Old 12-04-2009, 10:09 PM
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they just cameoff the boat thats at dagenham
Old 12-04-2009, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
its total wank.

since when has the rs been about pretty coloured shopping cars that your mrs would drive?


its all gone wrong somewhere.

i can say, if ford had made the car we all wanted, i would have been awaiting one...but as it is, im laughing at those people who are waiting

i was going to say if the new rs was rwd or 4wd(preffered) then i would want one! and 30 years worth of fans would too!

its shite imo
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
its total wank.

since when has the rs been about pretty coloured shopping cars that your mrs would drive?


its all gone wrong somewhere.

i can say, if ford had made the car we all wanted, i would have been awaiting one...but as it is, im laughing at those people who are waiting

it will be just like the st, worth fook all in 3 years, especially the green one imo
correct me if im wrong but it should be about how it drives? and watching the reviews of it so far looks like its well worthy of the badge IMO
Old 12-04-2009, 10:16 PM
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the 1.6 fiesta drives well....rs?

to me a true rs is about the car being raw, not easy to drive and pretty

ford are making this car for joe public, not the enthusiast imo, because they need to sell too many to survive.
thats why, imo we will never see a true rs again, rs died when the esc cos was stopped i reckon

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the clio 172 drives shit hot but i wouldn't drive one!
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
the 1.6 fiesta drives well....rs?
this statement now makes me understand your earlier comments
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im not saying its a bad car, but i really think it should be an st.

its a sad sad fact ford just havent got what i want anymore, i love the rs brand with passion, but unless you want to drive a 15 year old car, you have no chance imo the new ones just dont have it

im sure plenty will disagree with me, but when i came to buy a newer car, i didnt give ford a second thought.

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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
im not saying its a bad car, but i really think it should be an st.

its a sad sad fact ford just havent got what i want anymore, i love the rs brand with passion, but unless you want to drive a 15 year old car, you have no chance imo the new ones just dont have it

im sure plenty will disagree with me, but when i came to buy a newer car, i didnt give ford a second thought.

the sad thing is i dont think any hardcore fans would disagree with you
Old 12-04-2009, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
im not saying its a bad car, but i really think it should be an st.

its a sad sad fact ford just havent got what i want anymore, i love the rs brand with passion, but unless you want to drive a 15 year old car, you have no chance imo the new ones just dont have it

im sure plenty will disagree with me, but when i came to buy a newer car, i didnt give ford a second thought.
Originally Posted by dovboy
the sad thing is i dont think any hardcore fans would disagree with you
Have to say deep down i agree with you two
they aint built like they used to be
Old 12-04-2009, 11:03 PM
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buuuuuuuut, what do we know eh?

were only the potential customers ford are missing out on....
Old 13-04-2009, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
the 1.6 fiesta drives well....rs?

to me a true rs is about the car being raw, not easy to drive and pretty

ford are making this car for joe public, not the enthusiast imo, because they need to sell too many to survive.
thats why, imo we will never see a true rs again, rs died when the esc cos was stopped i reckon

I would disagree with you on that one! I saw a review of the Escort Cossie that said it was so easy to drive even your nan could do it
Old 13-04-2009, 04:52 AM
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Thing is its all very well ford claiming it was better as FWD than the 4WD mule they tested, but they forgot to tell you they used a pathetic gay part time 4wd system which most of the time is just dead wieght!!! Had they fitted a proper sorted balanced 4wd system (with suspension, track etc optimised for 4wd) then im sure it would be better than the car were ending up with.
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How can people comment on the car until they have driven it ?

Steve.
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
How can people comment on the car until they have driven it ?

Steve.

because their not getting one it must be shit!

when the mk1 FRS came out people moaned about it, some still are now, its still a great car, it will never be to 'cosworth' standards but it also won't spend most of its life in the garage broken

its time to cut off your mulletts & move on people
Old 13-04-2009, 08:01 AM
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Very nice car, but the one thing that is aint rite is in the first pic the focus badge and the RS badge aint inline i would have to move it
Old 13-04-2009, 08:15 AM
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How can people slate the car just for being FWD and assume it's shit as it's not 4wd or RWD? The reviews on the car so far have been extremely positive and it's supposed to be very lively.

Can't wait until I can have a play with one
Old 13-04-2009, 08:16 AM
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Have to agree with James. Not an RS in my eyes. They only made them becasue they had to. The RS badge died in the Escort Cosworth.

They do look nice in White but as they say its an ST to me.

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how can you all sit on here and judge this car before you have driven one

and how can nearly all the car mags rate this car so highly if its a FWD piece of crap, i know one thing if i had the money i would deffo be getting one, and yeah im not jealous (much) at those who are getting one but that DOES NOT make me come on here and say it should be 4wd or rwd and ford have missed there market from a few keyboard warriors on Passionford.

Time to move on with the times people, this will be a great car belive me
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when does the 2nd batch arrive?

mines one of them
Old 13-04-2009, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
its time to cut off your mulletts & move on people
PMSL @ that
Old 13-04-2009, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by andyt
how can you all sit on here and judge this car before you have driven one

and how can nearly all the car mags rate this car so highly if its a FWD piece of crap, i know one thing if i had the money i would deffo be getting one, and yeah im not jealous (much) at those who are getting one but that DOES NOT make me come on here and say it should be 4wd or rwd and ford have missed there market from a few keyboard warriors on Passionford.

Time to move on with the times people, this will be a great car belive me
Easy you either like it or you dont. You cant make my mind up for me. I think it looks poor and it's FWD. So it does not matter what it drives like, thats enough for me not to want one. I would'nt pay Ł15k for one,

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quite funny really,people who buy and talk about non fords on here get slated from the "passionate" ford people who appear to be ford blinkered.

then a new ford rs comes out and gets slated on "passion" ford before people even drive it.
this isnt aimed at anyone in particular,by the way.
i actually really like the look of the new car and from what ive read it is a hoot to drive.if i had the cash i may have even considered buying one.
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Rather buy a Mitsubishi Evo 9 and I am a Ford man, always had Ford apart from my Mercedes A210 Evo.
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I really cant get excited about the new RS i'm afraid, maybe because i work for ford and new cars really bore me to tears, maybe i'll feel differently when i've seen one in the flesh or been in one, but i prefer the look of the original FRS tbh, looks a lot rawer to me.
Also, the wheels are a let down to me, they dont seem to fill the arches that well.
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i think the problem is there is clearly still a very big 4x4 sportscar market ie scoobies and evos and ford have just given this a wide birth. when i grew up it was all cosworths as the road going supercars that you could buy from the forecourt and from what people are saying on here the public want ford to come back and compeat again and this would of been awesome as 4x4 . still no doubt it will be very good but they should had offered both options
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The problem with the Internet is everyone is an expert.
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Originally Posted by doesntbelong
The problem with the Internet is everyone is an expert.
Amen to that.
I like it, but i know what people are saying about the rawness of the focus rs( mk1 ). Even still though, im also one who doesnt know how you can slate a car until driven it, but thats my personal opinion.


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