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Ben G
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14th Nov 08 at 20:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

fwd with diff and revo knuckle suspension.

please don't judge by what you've read about fwd cars and lots of power, team rs know ''just a little bit more'' about cars then we do

[Edited on 14-11-2008 by Ben G]
Gareth
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14th Nov 08 at 20:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i just wondered m8 thats all as its abit pricey!
Ben G
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14th Nov 08 at 20:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i agree, 25k should be the going price. but my car was over 21k list price which is why i can see it being a little more expensive.
SVM 286
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15th Nov 08 at 01:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by jr
The first one is genrally seen as a great car


By gays.
Demo
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15th Nov 08 at 09:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
fwd with diff and revo knuckle suspension.



that revo-knuckle sounds interesting. can you elaborate on it ben? or have you not been told anything about it yet

actually scrub that. just found this on another site:

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this is the real deal finally a solution to Torque steer. And a ford patent.

"The new Ford Focus RS is equipped with an innovative front suspension system known as a ‘RevoKnuckle’, which is designed to reduce unwanted steering disturbance and torque steer, the impact of torque on steering in front-wheel driven vehicles. Torque steer occurs during hard acceleration, cornering or driving on uneven surfaces, when torque on the driven wheels exceeds grips levels. It is characterised by sudden turning force on the steering wheel and can be exacerbated by vehicles with wide tyres and limited-slip differentials.

In Focus RS, the RevoKnuckle works in conjunction with a Quaife Automatic Torque Biasing limited-slip differential. Ford Team RS engineers have worked closely with Ford's Advanced Research Centre in Aachen, Germany to develop the RevoKnuckle technology specifically for the high performance Focus RS. It allows the simplicity of a traditional McPherson strut arrangement, but with geometry settings that minimize steering disturbances and torque steer, principally a reduction in steering offset."







[Edited on 15-11-2008 by Demo]
oceansoul
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15th Nov 08 at 13:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i once priced up a russian opel astra OPC and a Vauxhall astra VXR with all the same options etc and the russian car was about 5K£ cheaper than the UK one, at the exchange rate back then (about 8 months or so ago iirc).
James
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quote:
Originally posted by MoesTavern
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by DJMartin07
I'll just put it this way, I would rather have the old Focus RS as I prefer the looks of that over the new one, as to me all modern cars look the same, to me they just don't have the individuality like they used to.


if all modern cars lok the same why do so many people stare at mine and not the other generic car behind me?


Because yours looks like an ice lolly on wheels.


Ben G
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i never knew ice lollys had 2.5t engines, chequer graphics and stripes on, but whatever floats that gayers boat
Nick-S
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15th Nov 08 at 16:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

touched a nerv ben?




33k for a focus
Ben G
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nah i love the haters
Nick-S
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i never knew ice lollys had 2.5t engines, chequer graphics and stripes on, but whatever floats that gayers boat


hhmmm... just noticed the chequer graphics

What is it? An ST Nürburgring?
Ryan
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16th Nov 08 at 14:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

why would you pay a grand for that paint?

it would be good for about a day and then you would be thinking to yourself why oh why did i do that'
the white or blue is the way to go.

imo of course

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