We all moan about petrol prices and that fact the scooby is not the most economical car to run !! just wonder how the focus rs compares ?? always remember when it was reviewed on tv the lovely Vicky said " if you have to ask about mpg figures then you cant afford it " when talking about the mountune - rs500 spec converted one !!

 

It'll be not better than a Subaru.

Early 20's taking it gentle. In the Teens driving it normally. Single figure when booting it.

 

Not best. I really want one but just can't justify it

 

Quote - Single figure when booting it ??

explains why the green coloured one near to me very rarely moves off the drive !!

not being funny but realisticly there cant be many that can afford to drive a focus rs as a daily driver with these sort off figures, and yep at one stage counted seven off them within the town where I stay, strangely enough think that seven is down to just the two now and one off them is the one above that never moves from the guys driveway !!

 

My old Focus ST with and without dreamscience remap only managed 23mpg around town which with the 285-290bhp remap wont be that much difference to a RS (fuel wise)

I had a remapped Astra VXR which only managed 23-24mpg and the Golf ED30 i have now (standard) does 26-27mpg

It seems most hot hatches can only manage early 20s which seems poor these days as the old school XRs, etc (ok so they weren't as powerful) would do mid 30s

 

everyday driveing you would get22/ 24mpg and thats a mix of booting it

I followed my son one day for about 40 miles in his old slow 316 e30 and the RS did 35mpg wich is pretty amazing

great cars...mines gone now

 

PS got a BMW 330d dont belive the hype it bores the **** out of me, wish id never sold the RS il wait till the summer and get another i think

 

That's also why my local Ford dealer has had Focus RS's on his forecort for months and months without shifting any of them.

Nice cars, but too expensive to run as a daily hack. Probably more like a weekend toy for most people.

 

what bhp are they? I am tempted to stray

 

3 litres & a turbo on mine, running on super UL - 40mpg on a run.

 

2.5 turbo 305 bhp 2k gets you 400bhp..do it

 

I really like them, was impressed with the one I drive but it's still wrong wheel drive IMHO

 

Most make about 10-20bhp less than qouted but have an extra 10-20lb ft more than qouted.

Ive got a Ford mag where at a rolling road day one made 276bhp standard.

They look stunning, sound amazing and hold their money well but too many nidges put me off. Brakes from a Volvo XC90 Jeep, bland looking alloys (although Compo's look sexy), horrible engine bay, FWD and still weighs nearly 1.5t.

 

mine made 338 bhp with decat and filter total cost £160

 

Was that with a Remap?

 

no

To be honest the next time it was RR it made 320 bhp But it was running on 95 ron at that time
and 390nm both times wich is nice

 

Impressive mate, take it you meant 390lb ft rather than NM as they are torquey ****ers lol.

 

yeah i think you might be rite
heres the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUb9...layer_embedded

 

I don't see why people can't use these as daily drivers. I have a 335i as a daily driver with similar economy.

 

Makes good low down torque mate, but something didn't look quite right in the video and i couldn't quite guess what it was.....ahh i get it, the back wheels aren't moving haha just kidding mate.

 

haha ive spent many a night on here fighting my corner over that one...good job ive sold it

 

I get on average 24mpg, mixture of driving. Pretty much the same as what my Sti was getting. No performance car will be cheap to run but £260 a year to tax and £350 to insure for me isn't bad.
The XC90 brakes do a good job too unlike the Brembos on my STi!
Paul, still see your old car about the NE.

 

I only sold it about 5 weeks ago so was probably me driveing it
I know the garage have just sold it this week becase the guy rang me and said why has it got 25 locking wheel nuts on it ?.. I said there D speck raceing nuts mate

 

25 wheel nuts? Ones for the spare aswell i take it.

 

lol thats what he said

 

I suppose it just depends on how much you like spending a week on fuel.

When I had my STI, it cost me £50 a week `just` to get to work and back. And that was when petrol was about £1.00 a litre.

My daily car now gets 35-40mpg. Even that looks cr.ap now. Considering a 140bhp Audi A1 TDI will do 69mpg on the combined cycle. (real world probably 55-60mpg)

But then, having a second car probably works out more expensive than just tanking up thirsty daily car.

Just tanked up the R8 this morning. Cost me £75.50 for 208 miles. For that in my other car, I'd be getting about 450 miles.

 

What Garage was it Paul? Wasn't fecking Holiways was it?

Fell out with them over my MK1 Focus RS.

 

no mate it was just a local one to me.. riverside