"BT what utter rubbish.
Are you jealous ?"

Why would I be jealous? As I said, our Exige is much quicker round a track and our Scoob is much better on the road.
No need to be jealous because if it had been good then I would buy one...

Find any report which disagrees with the latter and find a track with an RS that I can bring our Exige to for the former.

I was actually very disappointed because I was expecting to like it a lot, and that's WITHOUT experiencing the horrendous road problems which EVERY reviewer talks about.

[Edited by BT52b - 11/1/2002 8:47:45 AM]

 

Them trolls keep a coming . . .





[Edited by Suresh - 11/2/2002 11:49:12 AM]

 

Take a bit of metal, take a bit or board,
Screw it together and you have a FORD!!

Come on, I am a very old fella and have owned about 20 Fords amongst other cars from the orient.

The Jap cars last and last - early 70's cars rotted away, but ALWAYS started ................ I remember those freezing mornings in the 70's - you would hear the Fords clattering about and NOT starting ................... out come the Datsuns and Toyotas and WOW - they started!!

Sorry, FORDS drop bits after 20000 miles and 2 years

Just IMHO, Of course!!

Pete

Edited - Crip Spilin

[Edited by pslewis - 11/2/2002 4:30:05 PM]

 

Okay firstly 95 WRX is an import and they were a lot cheaper in Japan than our UK models so I have done a bit of searching jsut to make it fair too UK models.


www.parkers.co.uk

1995 N reg 4 door UK Impreza turbo average mileage :

Cost new £18k and now costs £6,500 to buy off a dealer


1995 N reg Escort cosworth luxury with average mileage :

Cost new £26K and cost to buy off a dealer now £14,200


So what can we learn :

If you have brought the scoob it has cost you £11,500 in depreciation.

If you had brought the cossie it has cost you £11,800 in depreciation.

Now I would say that was pretty close .



[Edited by chrisp - 11/2/2002 5:43:08 PM]

 

Oh My GOD!!!

 

I was wondering how long before that got typed in here

 

The Ford can NUKE a Subaru Impreza!!!!!!!!!!!

Hes just bl00dy well said it!!!!!!!!!!!

Car For SALE!!!!!

Pete

 

This is the END of the Impreza Legend - it is I tell you!!!!

Pete

 

But he still prefers the scoob!!!

 

BUT - he CHOOSES to drive the Impreza home!!!

Car NOT for sale!

Pete

 

FocusRS: It's a FORD G*damniit, a Ford!!!
You know:
F:Fix
O:Or
R:Repair
Daily
Come on guys, the're SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good they STILL haven't been able to come up with a road-going version of their rally car. And insiders say they never will.
The following conversation just about sums Fords up:
Me,( to youngest son,13): "Would you like to win a Focus RS?"
Youngest son: "Only if I was allowed to sell it and buy something decent like an STI V7, or an EVO."
:
ALcazar

 

He will change his mind when he sees the Ford thrashing every Impreza it sees!!

Our young second hand buyers are going to want an RS NOT a Scoob anymore!!

SELL, SELL, SELL !!!!!!!!

Pete

 

a ford, beating a scooby, what is this world coming too

 

I completely forgot about Top Gear!

Does anyone know if its repeated at all?

Ben.

 

LOL none on the road yet nevermind second hand. Its a limited edition chances of seeing one are remote. Mod the scoob and bye bye RS, can you mod the RS or will it just be wheelspin/torquesteer city.

Why am I bothered its going to blow my RA away isnt .

Cheers

ChrisP

 

Who gives a toss? I'm laughing at him chucking the RS200 at the scenery still

 

4 Seconds!!!!! Quicker, that is a huuuuuuuuge difference, in fact JK was only 10 seconds slower in the Suzuki, lol!

 

JK is a God though!

 

did you miss the bit "the focus RS is 2 seconds slower than the impreza from 0-100....???

Dan

 

I have to agree with Chris JK beat Jezza's time round the track by nearly 2 seconds


1 big question WHO is Stig ?????

 

i'd still rather have a scoob than a focus tbh.

 

The RS is not slower than an MY01 to 100, it is about 2 seconds quicker

 

Damon Hill - thought EVERYONE knew that!?

Pete

 

its only quicker on the track...its been slated in all reviews once they tested it on the roads and as i never go on track days i will always be faster

 

I beat JK and Jezza on all the identification game!

Got all right!

Didn't know where the Lambo bit was, but knew it was Lambo.


People are gonna be sending my name in for the "Dull driver" thingy

 

I have always had the opinion that Mr Clarkson is....well, a lot of you know my opinion on him

But the Top Gear program admittedly did bring a fecking sour smile to my face. **** [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] I may even enjoy it in future

 

If the Ford had four wheel drive and a less snaggy diff I would buy one and then tune it up. As it is I think I'll keep the Scooby and wait for the Cosworth or Evo 11 or whatever we on by the time Ford bring it out And then I won't because the engine won't be as tunable as the old Cossie lumps?

[Edited by john banks - 10/27/2002 9:17:48 PM]

 

I reckon its great and Damon Hill as Stig is a good ploy!

Pete

 

I assume that Stig is Stig Blomqvest(spelt sumink like that), ex rally driving bloke, think he does some test driving things for Fords now.
(cant be Damon Hill, he couldn't drive!!)

[Edited by Steve Fort - 10/27/2002 9:21:20 PM]

 

Civic Type R, Focus RS, standard Impreza. If it'd of beat an STi, I'd be impressed..