Subaru BRZ with $10k in mods or Ford Focus RS? - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

kakacarrotcake · 01-19-2017, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sodjer

Go test drive things, find something you like, take a few days to think about it, decide you want it, go sign some papers.

Although if you're not after AWD, want to spend RS money, and decimate Cars & Coffee try one of these

Killer mustang jokes aside, that is a super sweet deal.

727HP of crowd slaying, I mean tire slaying glory for only 40k!

krayzie · 01-19-2017, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Have you driven a Ford lately? (Wasn't that a commercial at one point?) They have come a long LONG way in the last 10 years. I once would have agreed with you 100% but not anymore.

More like 20 years and the way of a circle. Just nostalgia and no longer for homologation.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lqiZ_TpbE"]Escort RS Cosworth on Top Gear 1996 - YouTube[/ame]

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klittl06 · 01-19-2017, 04:17 PM

Get whichever fits your life better because you'll end up keeping it longer.
Brz, as a platform, is sports car first and practical second. Focus RS is practical first and sports car second.

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Dark · 01-20-2017, 03:03 AM

Get a Mustang GT. FoRS is nice, but it's still based of a sub 20k car.

EAGLE5 · 01-20-2017, 04:39 AM

Man, this thread is a cluster fork. One little question and people lose their shirt. Clearly, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile is the ride of choice.

guybo · 01-20-2017, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Summerwolf

What AT?

Gotcha.

Tcoat · 01-20-2017, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Man, this thread is a cluster fork. One little question and people lose their shirt. Clearly, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile is the ride of choice.

Please note that the OP posted this one and only thread at 9:18 and logged out at 9:21. They have never logged back in or joined in the conversation.

I am getting ready for work so which socks should I wear? Grey or black?

jasonojordan · 01-20-2017, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Please note that the OP posted this one and only thread at 9:18 and logged out at 9:21. They have never logged back in or joined in the conversation.

I am getting ready for work so which socks should I wear? Grey or black?

One of each!

arrow34 · 01-20-2017, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Have you driven a Ford lately? (Wasn't that a commercial at one point?) They have come a long LONG way in the last 10 years. I once would have agreed with you 100% but not anymore.

I agree with you on that one. They have come a long way in the last 10 years. I had a rental focus wagon in Germany and hit the autobahn with it. It was fully loaded to compete with the german autos. It had a great dash cluster that kept telling me the speed limit on the sections of the autobahn I was on. Topped it out at 220kph, it sure didn't handle that great hitting that speed, but still better than I had thought.

Having said that... I missed my FRS every second driving in the mountains near lake constance... Did see one hot lava ft86 in a small town near Stuttgart.

Tcoat · 01-20-2017, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by arrow34

I agree with you on that one. They have come a long way in the last 10 years. I had a rental focus wagon in Germany and hit the autobahn with it. It was fully loaded to compete with the german autos. It had a great dash cluster that kept telling me the speed limit on the sections of the autobahn I was on. Topped it out at 220kph, it sure didn't handle that great hitting that speed, but still better than I had thought.

Having said that... I missed my FRS every second driving in the mountains near lake constance... Did see one hot lava ft86 in a small town near Stuttgart.

When I was in Germany we had a sort of communal 77 Trans Am (brand new) we used. Now that was a blast on the Autobahn!

arrow34 · 01-20-2017, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

When I was in Germany we had a sort of communal 77 Trans Am (brand new) we used. Now that was a blast on the Autobahn!

I just wish I could have tried my FRS on the autobahn

JD001 · 01-20-2017, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by klittl06

Get whichever fits your life better because you'll end up keeping it longer.
Brz, as a platform, is sports car first and practical second. Focus RS is practical first and sports car second.

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I thought the Focus is hot hatch..

klittl06 · 01-20-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

I thought the Focus is hot hatch..

It is but the chassis and body are more practical than race oriented and those you can't change. Where as the ft86 has a low Center of gravity/mass.

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Tcoat · 01-20-2017, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by arrow34

I just wish I could have tried my FRS on the autobahn

Meh. It wasn't meant for the Autobahn. Now those Bavarian Alps mountain roads...

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