Well the RS6 goes tomorrow but what next????
08 April 2011, 09:32 PM
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The Mk2 Focus RS is a bit of an underperformer is it not? By all accounts even with a tune to 400hp they are still only luke warm. All show and no go, surely better off with a Mk1 car then, quicker?
M3/RS4 for the money if you can find decent examples
Or how about 1 of the VAG hot hatches, 350hp tune, sh*t off a shovel. Golf Ed 30, S3 or Leon Cupra?
M3/RS4 for the money if you can find decent examples
Or how about 1 of the VAG hot hatches, 350hp tune, sh*t off a shovel. Golf Ed 30, S3 or Leon Cupra?
08 April 2011, 09:57 PM
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i am actually swaying towards an e92 335i now as they look nice and can get some proper power with a map but as they are still pretty pricey in M Sport spec i might have to look for a well specced SE.I've looked at a few golf and such like tonigh but they really don't do it for me
08 April 2011, 10:00 PM
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i am actually swaying towards an e92 335i now as they look nice and can get some proper power with a map but as they are still pretty pricey in M Sport spec i might have to look for a well specced SE.I've looked at a few golf and such like tonigh but they really don't do it for me
i found the interior horrible compared the the e39
was rather disapointed tbh
08 April 2011, 10:38 PM
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Don't worry Alan an oil burner is very much a second choice and very unlikely and i don't want another V8 as i am not keen on 20 mpg again for the moment as i have a few more important things to spend my money on rather than fuel every other day,and i would always feel a little inferior in any audi other than an RS (excluding TT) now ive had one
I know what you are saying but it is well laid out even if it is totally bland but the car i get will have to have i-drive as it spices up the interior a great deal (even if it does encounter issues from time to time) and it looks so much more up to date than the e39's
Might just get a C4S
Might just get a C4S
09 April 2011, 05:54 PM
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Using the MLR 30-130 results for reference, the lower powered VAG hatches were quicker than the Focus RS's. The Mk1 FRS was on a par with the S3, but still behind the DSG Golf. The Mk2 cars posted poor results which was very surprising...
Perhaps there was something up with the pair of them, superchips map not performing perhaps? I would have expected the pair of them to be posting 16-17s with 400hp. I wouldn't say they were slow cars, far from it, 400hp through the fronts is always going to be quick when it gets traction, it's just the times posted above are poor, very poor, the lighter Mk1 with less power seems to fare well though, just pips the 370hp S3
Perhaps there was something up with the pair of them, superchips map not performing perhaps? I would have expected the pair of them to be posting 16-17s with 400hp. I wouldn't say they were slow cars, far from it, 400hp through the fronts is always going to be quick when it gets traction, it's just the times posted above are poor, very poor, the lighter Mk1 with less power seems to fare well though, just pips the 370hp S3
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09 April 2011, 06:59 PM
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The Mk2 Focus RS is a bit of an underperformer is it not? By all accounts even with a tune to 400hp they are still only luke warm. All show and no go, surely better off with a Mk1 car then, quicker?
M3/RS4 for the money if you can find decent examples
Or how about 1 of the VAG hot hatches, 350hp tune, sh*t off a shovel. Golf Ed 30, S3 or Leon Cupra?
M3/RS4 for the money if you can find decent examples
Or how about 1 of the VAG hot hatches, 350hp tune, sh*t off a shovel. Golf Ed 30, S3 or Leon Cupra?
I've driven a mk2 frs and they feel pretty quick, much faster than I thought they would be (usual hype etc) and they are quite funky with the sound they make.
Think I'd rather have an e92 335 though, they've gotta fly with a remap.
09 April 2011, 07:39 PM
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Perhaps there was something up with the pair of them, superchips map not performing perhaps? I would have expected the pair of them to be posting 16-17s with 400hp. I wouldn't say they were slow cars, far from it, 400hp through the fronts is always going to be quick when it gets traction, it's just the times posted above are poor, very poor, the lighter Mk1 with less power seems to fare well though, just pips the 370hp S3
09 April 2011, 10:29 PM
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The Focus RS Mk 2 are awful on that list. It feels a nice car to drive, I wouldn't have guessed that the stock car is that slow to be honest, and these ones are supposedly tuned.
09 April 2011, 10:35 PM
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My car is insane to 100 John then slows right down + when I change to 5th it gets slower still 
I'm guessing that the RS's are also quick to 100 & just slow after that.
TX.
I'm guessing that the RS's are also quick to 100 & just slow after that.TX.
09 April 2011, 10:40 PM
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That's normal in any cars as you shift to taller gears; the torque sent to the wheels gets less.
09 April 2011, 10:42 PM
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Generic chips? That to me is a warning right way. I'd never put a generic chip/tune/map in my car and expect optimum performance.
