Ewww, Focus RS

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 01/10/2017 at 17:03 • Filed to: Sarcasm Font

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Don’t know how you end up hoodwinked into one of these. Could have gotten a fully loaded 201 hp Acura ILX for that price. Why am I drooling?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:08

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Yeah but just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:10

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I’m strongly considering getting hoodwinked.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:11

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The first RS I saw up close was a guy at the other pump at a gas station, who asked me how I liked my ST. I thought that was really cool of him, since, you know, he’s driving the fancy pants version of my car, and had every reason to lord it over me.

And yes, my theory held up, and he had a beard and glasses.

BeaterGT > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:13

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Gross

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:14

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Your money would be better spent importing an Integra or Civic Type-R. Just sayin’

bob and john > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:14

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both cars are stupidly over priced. in canada, a focus rs (after tax and everything is a FIFTY. THOUSAND. DOLLAR. FOCUS.

same with the STi and the Golf R. at least the golf you can argue its a cheaper, manual S3. but still.

TysMagic > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:17

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i wanna be hoodwinked

LOREM IPSUM > bob and john 01/10/2017 at 17:17

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50k for a focus is insane to me.

superhead > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/10/2017 at 17:18

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Is this theory that all ST/RS drivers have a beard and glasses, because if so you can add me to the evidence list.

bob and john > LOREM IPSUM 01/10/2017 at 17:19

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its insane to anyone with a brain.

Wobbles the Mind > feather-throttle-not-hair 01/10/2017 at 17:22

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Get it! I’m seeing them with almost $6,000 off MSRP right now.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > superhead 01/10/2017 at 17:23

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Yes, yes it is. Every ST/RS I’ve seen (including both the Focus and Fiesta) has been driven by a guy with glasses and at least maintained five o’clock shadow. I fit the description, my girlfriend’s former coworker who drove one fit the description, the informal Oppo poll I ran a few months ago that it was the case, along with people who want one also having a beard and glasses, and those that who lacked either a beard or glasses either wore contacts or were not allowed to have a beard for work, but would if they could.

It’s either very focused (lol) marketing or a refusal to sell to people who don’t fit this description.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 17:50

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And yet, I found one listed at $60k!

Spaceball-Two > feather-throttle-not-hair 01/10/2017 at 17:52

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There are two black on black at Bickford. Just sayin.

Amoore100 > bob and john 01/10/2017 at 17:52

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nafsucof > bob and john 01/10/2017 at 17:54

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I’d argue the s3 is an expensive automatic golf.

nafsucof > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/10/2017 at 17:56

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Cept they wouldnt be as legal or as fast. Enjoy your 1992 type r.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > nafsucof 01/10/2017 at 17:57

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But Honda is love Honda is life.

(Turbos are for people who don’t know when to shift! /jk)

TheHondaBro > bob and john 01/10/2017 at 17:58

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It’s inbrain!

nafsucof > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 01/10/2017 at 18:00

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Yeah right na cars are easy! Hold it to the floor till the numbers turn red, turbos you have to feel when the turbo is out of breath! Lol. :)

Decay buys too many beaters > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 18:18

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Where?

feather-throttle-not-hair > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle 01/10/2017 at 18:30

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This is whats scaring me. I’m not in a big hurry so i was thinking of waiting 6 months to a year. I’m up in the NW where WRX’s and cars like it are pretty popular.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Spaceball-Two 01/10/2017 at 18:34

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Heh, funnily enough i just checked bickford last week and saw those. One is 36K the other is 50K.

citrus > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 18:35

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I’m kind of bothered that the RS badge and the focus badge aren’t the same place on the hatch.

why are automakers just throwing badges at cars and hoping they stick?

B_dol > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 18:36

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Where - seconded.

Spaceball-Two > feather-throttle-not-hair 01/10/2017 at 18:40

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50k is nuts! That’s a lot of coin for hot hatch.

Wobbles the Mind > Decay buys too many beaters 01/10/2017 at 19:22

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I was wrong, they were all $37,900 cars that were adjusted to $44,000 and then discounted to $38,700.

Wobbles the Mind > B_dol 01/10/2017 at 19:23

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I was wrong, they were $38,000 cars that were adjusted to $44,500 and then marked down $39,000.

DocWalt > PanchoVilleneuve ST 01/10/2017 at 21:50

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Sorry, I don’t meet the stereotype... I may be an exception.

DocWalt > feather-throttle-not-hair 01/10/2017 at 21:51

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Do it. Besides some relatively minor issues (early cars had B-Pillar rattles, and some guys, including me, have had leaky transfer cases) the car is a freaking blast. So much fun on the street, and the hype holds up at autocross and on the track.

DocWalt > citrus 01/10/2017 at 21:52

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No idea, but the Focus badge doesn’t even look like it’s straight on my car, lol

DocWalt > Wobbles the Mind 01/10/2017 at 21:53

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That’s pretty rare... Got any links? Every time I saw an RS listed under MSRP “oh, that’s a mistake on our site, the RS doesn’t get the same discounts as the other Ford products”

PanchoVilleneuve ST > DocWalt 01/10/2017 at 22:04

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You’re there to throw us off, so we don’t uncover Ford’s plans.

Dusty Ventures > bob and john 01/10/2017 at 22:34

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I wonder if, when the 205 T16 or Delta Integrale were new people declared the prices of those cars insane, since they were “just hotted up 205's and Deltas ”

feather-throttle-not-hair > DocWalt 01/10/2017 at 22:57

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It’s definitely number 1 on the list. If it stays there much longer I think it’s going to have to happen. I tend to own cars for a long time so I really want to make sure it’s the one before buying but I haven’t heard anything to put me off of them.

Do you daily yours? It’d mostly be a daily for me, with the odd track day and parking lot hoon session.

DocWalt > feather-throttle-not-hair 01/11/2017 at 09:20

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Yep, it’s my daily. Even in the lovely weather recently...

I’m averaging mid-upper 18 mpg, including four hours of track time on VIR and a bunch of autocrosses.

Besides the issues that I mentioned, it’s been a blast.

bob and john > Dusty Ventures 01/11/2017 at 10:14

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well, they are.

also, i’m curious to see how much of a difference in price they were back then. because between a base focus starts at 17K in canada. a RS is 48K. that’s MORE then double the cost of the car. almost 3 times in fact. Somehow I don’t think the old Integrales were almost 3 times the cost of a base delta (or maybe they were, I’m curious)

Dusty Ventures > bob and john 01/11/2017 at 11:06

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I don’t know what the difference between Delta trims was, but I’ll ask around. And is that seriously the starting msrp for an RS in Canada?! Because in the US the base Focus starts at almost the same price as up there ($16,500), but the RS starts 12k less at $36k

bob and john > Dusty Ventures 01/11/2017 at 11:13

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our ST starts at 36K. and yes, our RS starts at 48K.

granted, canadian dollar is in the shitter now, but still. not cool.

our freaking FiST is 25k....

Dusty Ventures > bob and john 01/11/2017 at 13:19

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Wow, I wonder why the gap to the performance models is so much bigger there

Dusty Ventures > bob and john 01/11/2017 at 14:48

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So I’ve got the prices for the hotter Delta models, I’ve also learned that I hate a Canadian named Cyril