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1985 11:11 Fri Jun 24
Forget Payet and the EU, if anyone is planning on buying a 30 grand car...
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Forget BMW's and Mercs, great cars as they are, for this price you can't beat the 2016 Focus RS. An absolute beast (BEAST) of a car for circa 30k.
I had the pleasure of driving one recently. Yes, it's a Ford Focus, but if you're only gonna spend £30k you won't get better value. 0-62 in 4.7 seconds, top speed 160 mph.
AWD, the engineering in this machine is incredible, it listens to everything you tell it to to, cornering it sticks to the road like it's on rail. Drove it in sports mode but admittedly didn't try drift mode. A real triumph to the engineers at Ford. Ok, pretty basic inside which is where the BMW or Merc would give more comfort and luxury feeling but it you want a phenomenally fast (FAST) car without looking like a flash coke-dealer, get a Focus RS 2016.....
Unassuming, but awesome power and handling. If you're thinking of buying a new motor for around this price, please book a TD of the Focus RS, you will not be disappointed.
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1985
11:14 Fri Jun 24
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Oh, and by the way my staffie, although she didn't come on the drive, would have love the RS bucket seats.....
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stoneman
11:19 Fri Jun 24
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Are you from Essex?
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Scraper
11:21 Fri Jun 24
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Thanks for sharing
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1985
11:21 Fri Jun 24
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No Stoneman, Dorset. Are you from Wiltshire (Stonehenge)?
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mentor
11:22 Fri Jun 24
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A Focus is a Focus. Push the boat out and get a 5.0 Mustang.
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1985
11:26 Fri Jun 24
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Mentor, yes not a bad shout it's only slightly more than the Focus but the handling of the Mustang won't compare to the Focus and it's a 5L against the Focus 2.4L. Depends on your priorities and budget..
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Fivetide
11:29 Fri Jun 24
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But it's basically a Fiesta...
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1985
11:33 Fri Jun 24
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And how is it a Fiesta? Hmm, don't know of many production Fiestas that would tear strips of Subes, Ferraris and Lambos...
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1985
11:35 Fri Jun 24
Re: Forget Payet and the EU, if anyone is planning on buying a 30 grand car...
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And we're talking about a 30k car that outperforms those Lambos and Ferraris. If you want a Lambo or Ferrari you'd have to pay more than 30k :-)
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1964
11:36 Fri Jun 24
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Dagenham dustbins, falls to bit with rust in 3 years, engines blow big ends, electrics shit.
Well I am from the 1960s
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Fivetide
11:37 Fri Jun 24
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RS and ST hot hatches are the funniest little cars ever. Silly orange and green things that only look normal for 17-20 year olds, yet only affordable to people at least 10 years older who are starting to feel a bit sad about mortality and think this will help. If you are 26-49 and driving one of these, you look like a weird tattooed version of the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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1964
11:43 Fri Jun 24
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How about a 66 year old driving one?
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Fivetide
11:44 Fri Jun 24
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Wrong un
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gph
11:44 Fri Jun 24
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I can easily go at 130 in my Volvo. (Probably 140, but I've never gone quite flat out)
13/16 of 160, and I'll let you have it for 13/16 of £30000...
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The Joker
11:45 Fri Jun 24
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You're too late. Top Gear have already found a replacement cunt.
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Fivetide
11:46 Fri Jun 24
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I'm just being a git :) Toys are fun.
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Schoffie
11:47 Fri Jun 24
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£30k for a ford!! Ffs.. World has gone mad!!
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1985
12:02 Sat Jun 25
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Fivetide 11:37 Fri Jun 24
Youare so wrong my friend, how wrong you are.
If you are talking about the MK2 you would be right. But I'm talking about the 2016 Focus. Probably won't appeal to the Essex mob (although nothing wrong with that), no lime green etc.
2016 comes in Grey, Blue, White.....Black
You're thinking of the RS in a different era ..
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1985
12:05 Sat Jun 25
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1964 11:43 Fri Jun 24
Mate, nothing wrong with age. The bloke who took me out around the track for the first couple of laps was a huge brummie boke who I thought was in his 70's. He was one of the best drivers I've ever been in a car with, he drove the RS much more to the limits that I dared to. Age means nothing my friend...
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Saul Bollox
12:31 Sat Jun 25
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What about the Reliant Rialto?
http://www.3wheelers.com/rialto.html
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