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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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Hi Paul, ive seen your car around Eston twice now, if it is you then i'll give ya scooby wave for old time sake lol!!!

By the way ive got an silver STi v4 with v6 boot spoiler

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yeah thats me mate, i cant stop nipping out for a pint of milk, im sick of drinking the stuff

i still have a soft spot for scoobys and always have a good look but ya better flash ya lights aswell, justin case

you must be local then ?
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by paulwrxboro
yeah thats me mate, i cant stop nipping out for a pint of milk, im sick of drinking the stuff

i still have a soft spot for scoobys and always have a good look but ya better flash ya lights aswell, justin case

you must be local then ?
Yes mate. i live in Whale Hill. Will flash next time lol
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by paulwrxboro
dont tell her

mine fell in love with it when she seen it ...i was lucky
She likes the idea over the Noble TBH. so quite possible.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremy

Marketing is this cool little language that some people learn and once they believe in it, anything can be made true-- its like modern art...You see that black box over there its an original constructed by X and its a steal at 2 million! J
I think you've hit the nail on the head. With all this talk about revoknuckle etc, you'd think that Ford had found a golden bullet that could overcome the laws of Sir Isac Newton, but they haven't, no more than when people refer to Subaru's and Evos as having limitless grip....they haven't!

As I mentioned above, I recently test drove the Corsa VXR running on 18 inch rims with super low profile and wide tyres. It had to be reigned in the first two gears with just 197bhp and you really could feel the torque steer, even though they'd tried to disguise it by making the steering extra light.

It looks like a cracking car; it will be very good, not doubt, but, irrespective of what the marketing bods say, it would have been better had Ford of done it properly! 4WD was dropped bacuse of the cost, and because most people will be happy enough with the car with a decent diff and FWD, simple as!

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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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The latest evo has the results of a drag race between an RS and a mountuned ST.

0-130mph RS 27.4 Mst 27

So if funds are tight and you fancy going as fast as an RS, then the mountune ST could be for you. At least in a straight line...

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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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Mountune RS will be about soon too
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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i have seen some of these about now, a few white ones and a green one the other day on m40. best looking ford since the escort cossie in my opinion and they look really chunky in white. heard alot of good things about them. i was also told though that it would be hard to extract more power from the 300 it comes with, not sure if thats true or not? its impressive what ford have done with 300bhp at the front wheels but cant help wonder from a tunners point of view that much more power will see issues with grip. as most people on here buy a subaru for all sorts of reasons but most of us get the bug for more power at some stage so it will be interesting to see what will happen in the future of the new rs.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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already a 375 version available.

http://www.mk2focusrs.co.uk/home/jam...-packages.html

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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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the car now is very driveable id be scared with 375bhp it might spoil it
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Guess what i collect on sat...

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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Was it buy one, get one free?

Nice very nice.....even if you are only getting one of them.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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BLUE are you shy or something

read evo ,when they first picked up there RS he thort he had got off lightly he had only driven 20 miles and got aproched 3 times "love your car mate" ect, ect
it was blue

a few sleepless nights ahead i expect
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
Guess what i collect on sat...

A new Camera?
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by stilover
A new Camera?
Only taken on my phone.

Is it sat yet?
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
Only taken on my phone.

Is it sat yet?
I take it that there are some free cars out there as all my local dealers are saying no and will be early next year if I want one .....which I may after the test drive on Saturday. Anybody know of any free stock....white or green with Lux pack 2

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Speak to Calvin at Rates Ford in Grays, Essex. He WILL get quicker. A guy ordered tuesday and has a sept 11th build slot. be with him approx 1 week later.

01375 391234

The blue one on the right pictured above is Lux 2 /leather and available today.
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dealers are saying yes sept 11th ect, when it comes to it its gonna be another month ect, and another month, some are selling for 32k, of corse they will be green ones
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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What the hell is that naff bit of honeycomb black plastic under the headlights for?

Looks odd.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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tis a bit disapointing and the side bit with the RS badge on supose to be air vents
sure some after market one will be along shortly

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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by paulwrxboro
dealers are saying yes sept 11th ect, when it comes to it its gonna be another month ect, and another month, some are selling for 32k, of corse they will be green ones

Calvin WILL get you a car ordered today by the end of sept early oct, trust me. If not already he will be the highest selling RS dealer of the country. At the moment he has 8 to register. plus one collected weds,one thurs & 2 tommorow.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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is he henrys son or something ?
why isnt he just adding a grand to each one people would be snapping his hand off
if he has unlimited supply
some people have been waiting a year/ 18months, what makes this fella speacial ?
i bet he could turn that october into a jan
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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He has ways. Not for me to say on an open forum.

The amount he has sold he dont need to add more money to them. More are going to him for offering at list price.
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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theres plenty paid list price and are still waiting 6+ months
anyways you will have got your car by the time you read this
what do you think ? and how hard is it to keep under 5000 rpm for 500 miles
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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Test drove a RS this morning, loved it and now have a 3rd sept build date for a frozen white RS with Lux pack 2.......can't wait.

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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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you guys are lucky ,in hull the next delivery going by the salesmen (puffs) is december .dont know who would wait that when you can go and get them sooner from over places.

£26135 for the white basic spec
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mog
Test drove a RS this morning, loved it and now have a 3rd sept build date for a frozen white RS with Lux pack 2.......can't wait.

Mog

welcome to the club

we need to convert a few more on here we might get our own section
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Originally Posted by Mog
Test drove a RS this morning, loved it and now have a 3rd sept build date for a frozen white RS with Lux pack 2.......can't wait.

Mog

You order via rates/calvin?

In fact i would think so. He did mention yoy had called when i collected on sat.
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
You order via rates/calvin?

In fact i would think so. He did mention yoy had called when i collected on sat.
Calvin has sorted it out thanks, just hope it comes when it is scheduled to.

Get some pics up.......

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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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hope you get it on your date mog

spec c how you finding the car ?
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:39 AM
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Calvin is a top guy and will deliver. Thanks for the mention also. Means i get a referal

Im loving the car. Just trying to get it run in now, so much so that i used it for work today. another 60 miles out the way. maybe a couple more days this week and it will be done. Then time to enjoy.
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