2016 Ford Focus RS

[EAGLE5]

Beauty. Eye. Beholder.

It's aggressive. It looks fast. It's not pretty, though.

[dalli]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Beauty. Eye. Beholder.

It's aggressive. It looks fast. It's not pretty, though.

I showed this car to my family and they say the samething.

"your brz looks 100000000x time better" rekt

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by dalli

I showed this car to my family and they say the samething.

"your brz looks 100000000x time better" rekt

haha no doubt. The BRZ/FRS are great looking cars

No doubt that this is more practical though!

[Re_Invention]

Originally Posted by raven1231

It sure as hell doesn't. In most cases even paying MSRP doesn't make sense. People are so impatient and constantly seek instant gratification and as a result do some pretty stupid shit.

Or they just make enough money that it simply doesn't matter

But whatever helps you sleep at night.

The color is kinda cool. Here's to hoping the seats are clavicle killers like the FoST recaros are.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Re_Invention

Or they just make enough money that it simply doesn't matter

But whatever helps you sleep at night.

The color is kinda cool. Here's to hoping the seats are clavicle killers like the FoST recaros are.

Sure, I guess if you like throwing money away and wipe your ass with 100 dollar bills then yes, I guess in that case being impatient and overspending "might" make sense (if getting it for msrp would be less convenient, and thus alter one's cost-benefit analysis).

[raven1231]

Those of you who might not have seen this thread. There is some pretty good info over on nasioc.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...49285&page=250

[Joakim3]

Originally Posted by raven1231

Those of you who might not have seen this thread. There is some pretty good info over on nasioc.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...49285&page=250

Figured the car would be aero limited, anytime (to within reason) you add downforce... you kill drag, it doesn't help the natural shape of Focus ST/RS isn't the most aerodynamic to begin with lol

I've gone 155mph, and honestly thats idiotically fast on anything but a racetrack (yes that includes the Autobahn).. Why anyone would feel the need to go faster on a public road beats me lol

I'd be wayyyyy more interested and have a hell of a lot more fun hooning around with the drift mode lol

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Joakim3

Figured the car would be aero limited, anytime (to within reason) you add downforce... you kill drag, it doesn't help the natural shape of Focus ST/RS isn't the most aerodynamic to begin with lol

I've gone 155mph, and honestly thats idiotically fast on anything but a racetrack (yes that includes the Autobahn).. Why anyone would feel the need to go faster on a public road beats me lol

I'd be wayyyyy more interested and have a hell of a lot more fun hooning around with the drift mode lol

No idea, I sure as hell wouldn't go any faster.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by raven1231

No idea, I sure as hell wouldn't go any faster.

Yeah, I never even break 100 on a public road.

[Joakim3]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Yeah, I never even break 100 on a public road.

In a powerful car it's way to easy to break into triple digits...

Once you get 120mph shit starts to happen noticeably quicker... you roll up on cars a hell of lot sooner than you think you would, theres also substantially less reaction time in the event someone pulls a dummy move and jumps in the left lane and for most cars they start to feel floaty (sorry but an 99.5% of cars don't produce any legit downforce)

Anything above 150 and you seriously need to consider and know what the fuck your doing. At those speed and higher the margin for error is quite literally zero

[dalli]

lol brz feels pretty planted when it hits 3 digits

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Joakim3

In a powerful car it's way to easy to break into triple digits...

Once you get 120mph shit starts to happen noticeably quicker... you roll up on cars a hell of lot sooner than you think you would, theres also substantially less reaction time in the event someone pulls a dummy move and jumps in the left lane and for most cars they start to feel floaty (sorry but an 99.5% of cars don't produce any legit downforce)

Anything above 150 and you seriously need to consider and know what the fuck your doing. At those speed and higher the margin for error is quite literally zero

It's really not hard at all to stay under 100.... It's driver choice to do so whether it's a 50hp car or a 600hp car and I've spent plenty of time in cars in the 400s that can easily get to 100+ and yet always managed to avoid it on the street.

Sure it's *easier* to hit triple digit speeds with 600hp car than a 100hp car but in no way does that make the driver do so.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

It's really not hard at all to stay under 100.... It's driver choice to do so whether it's a 50hp car or a 600hp car and I've spent plenty of time in cars in the 400s that can easily get to 100+ and yet always managed to avoid it on the street.

Sure it's *easier* to hit triple digit speeds with 600hp car than a 100hp car but in no way does that make the driver do so.

While everything you say is true, there is a strong causal relationship between driving a powerful car and driving quickly. I just plain drive slower with less HP on tap. It's the main reason I haven't turbo'd the FR-S or upgraded to a more powerful car.

You also get your rocks off on the track much more often than most mere mortals do.

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

I just plain drive slower with less HP on tap. It's the main reason I haven't turbo'd the FR-S or upgraded to a more powerful car

This car has probably double the horsepower of my first car, I get places a bit slower than I used to because now I have a speedometer that works.