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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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I have just joined the forum after trading in my Focus RS for a brand new Impreza WRX STI type uk with the 340bhp upgrade. Glad to be back in a scoobie- have owned a 2000turbo and 2003 STI in the past -both great motors- loving the new car 3 days old!!
hope you like the piccies attached-what do you think of it??
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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Good man,but your pics are alittle small
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:32 PM
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yeah had trouble loading -will try and increase size!!

NOW BIGGER!!!

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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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Very nice mate and welcome back.
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:38 PM
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Very nice!

What did you think of the RS, after having Impreza's before?
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:42 PM
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Welcome back to the fold
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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A happy year for you then :-)
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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Never seen so many T,s on a no plate lol. Nice car by the way. Awd so much better imo
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Moley_WRX
Very nice!

What did you think of the RS, after having Impreza's before?

The RS was a really fun car to drive- fantastic performance and looks- would have been tempted to buy another if they were still making them- only changed due to having covered 60000 miles in 2 ans a bit years!!
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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Very nice. Welcome back
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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Welcome back
Getting a few of us with sedans on here now
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:42 PM
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Looks stunning. Love the spoiler on these. Also it's WRX not WRK

Do you have any plans/future mods for it?
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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very nice looking car mate
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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very nice indeed
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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that a cracking car mate, not keen on the wheels thought tbh.
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 06:12 PM
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very nice
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looking good mate, very sexy
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 07:39 PM
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Very nice, Not sure on wheels
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So you changed form an RS Focus to a Rover 45 lookalike? Why?
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Originally Posted by LSherratt
Looks stunning. Love the spoiler on these. Also it's WRX not WRK

Do you have any plans/future mods for it?
no plans for any mods yet!
the spoiler is one of the first which keeps the warranty in tact- had to have new strenghtened boot- apparantly the earlier after fit spoilers invalidated the SUBARU warranty
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 09:45 PM
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lovely looking car mate, the best colour lol
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 10:55 PM
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Hatch has never really done it for me, saloon looks though!

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Looks nice and heavy ...

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Old Jan 2, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
So you changed form an RS Focus to a Rover 45 lookalike? Why?
Rover 45!!!!

doesnt drive like a Rover!!
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Originally Posted by L.J.F
that a cracking car mate, not keen on the wheels thought tbh.
have to area wheels give the car an overall ford mondeo look,but yep welcome back ,great choice off car would love to have a go in your old rs, sounds lovely !! what colour did have ? how do the fuel figures compare between the two cars ?
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Originally Posted by jono300
have to area wheels give the car an overall ford mondeo look,but yep welcome back ,great choice off car would love to have a go in your old rs, sounds lovely !! what colour did have ? how do the fuel figures compare between the two cars ?

Had a blues FocusRS- kept it standard but it really went well-never let me down once in 62000 miles!!
the mpg in the impreza is much worse- i got 30mpg in the RS but down to less than 25 in the scoobie- will need a pertrol tanker following me around
the wheels are a SUBARU upgrade from standard 18 to 19 inch- they were descibed as anthracite in the brochure and I did expect them to be slightly darker-may be tempted to paint them black( subaru dont do a 19 inch in black) i have retained the 18 inch factory fitted so may swap over for the paint
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Originally Posted by TT-MAN
The RS was a really fun car to drive- fantastic performance and looks- would have been tempted to buy another if they were still making them- only changed due to having covered 60000 miles in 2 ans a bit years!!
What did you think of the performance of the RS compared to your new car?
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Okay cheers for the info, yep think a play about with wheel colour / choice would just finish the car off.

interesting that the sti has worse fuel economy than the rs- 30mpg on the rs as opposed to 25 in the scoobie- that has got to be motoway figures. as 30mpg on a 340bhp rs around town is surely just not going to happen ??!!

asked about focus rs figures on here just the other week and was advised as low as single figures during serious play and high teens on local runs ??!!

how does the insursance compare ?? have to say the rs looks a cracking car to look at and the seats personally best ones I have ever seen in a car apart from maybe the Audi rs ones ??
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Looks very nice just hope you didnt pay anywhere near the full book price on her, you have to shop around the dealers a little but they are going for far less (2011 saloon model) than they are advertised for

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Old Jan 2, 2012 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyBurns
Looks very nice just hope you didnt pay anywhere near the full book price on her, you have to shop around the dealers a little but they are going for far less (2011 saloon model) than they are advertised for

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Hi Tony
yeah-got a good discount that nearly paid for all the extra goodies
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