Focus RS MK1(02-04) - Corsa Sport - for Vauxhall and Opel Corsa B, Corsa C and Corsa D

Not logged in [Login - Register]

You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Focus RS MK1(02-04)

New Topic

New Poll

Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.

eastend

Member

Registered: 13th Mar 07
Location: Taunton, Somerset
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 02:18

what are peoples opinions on these?

anyone owned/driven one?

would you own one?

a good one can be picked up for around 8-9k now, are they worth their value?
are they easily tunable? what figures can be seen from a good remap

tom

BluKoo

Member

Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 04:15

My dad had one. I drove it a few times, and it was a great car. I'd love to own one.

The only mod to his was a full system with a de-cat, and it had been rolling roaded @ 247 bhp. ITs quite a hike from the standard 212, but most RSs make more than 212 on the rollers.

They handle brilliantly.
I never even really found torque steer to be much of an issue.

I was never a huge fan of the interior as the seats weren't as good as they could have been, and they're a bit marmite (design-wise), but that kinda adds up to the charm of the car.

They will be a future classic, and they don't lose a lot of money. Although, i'm not 100% sure what the release of the S2RS is going to do to their prices.

xa0s

Banned

Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 04:30

Strange this thread should pop up -- had a long chat with a friend about these tonight. Completely pointless to mention that, but hey-ho.

t_benn_1

Member

Registered: 28th Sep 04
Location: Shropshire
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 05:05

I'd really like to own one.
Never driven one though.
There value doesn't seem to move

broster

Premium Member

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 06:21

very easilyu tuned, if you use the right bits, we see 400bhp from them now with standard management, very caperble cars, not to impressive in standard from IMO

Kurt

Member

Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 07:06

I made a thread pretty much the same as this 2 weeks ago, have a look back, some insightful comments

edit: link: http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=489530

[Edited on 01-05-2009 by Kurt]

FruitBooTeR

Member

Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 08:01

Theres a nice one in fastford this month

Id love one but id swap the seats straight away!

1_Litre_Porsche_Beater

Member

Registered: 9th Apr 02
Location: Kent
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 09:47

Lovely cars, mate had one a few years ago when they came out. He used to spank my mk4 astra GSi everytime, its probably the only older hot hatch on the market i would personally own.

I cant see them losing an awful lot of money if you have a good example one.

drbeansri

Member

Registered: 10th Dec 06
Location: Hertfordshire / Plymouth
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 10:07

i love these cars.. hold there value...

Ben G

Member

Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 10:44

love them, hold their value very well and i can't EVER see them dropping below 5k in price. when you think, 8-9k for one now, they were 20k new, thats only 11k dropped in 5-7 years, which isn't bad right now.

they were between 11-14k before the mk2 rs came out so i think they've took the brunt of the price drop now.

davcohen

Member

Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 10:46

quote:
Originally posted by xa0s
Strange this thread should pop up -- had a long chat with a friend about these tonight. Completely pointless to mention that, but hey-ho.

Pointless yes because you havent posted the outcome of this long chat

Whittie

Member

Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
User status: Offline

1st May 09 at 11:28

Driven one, absolutely loved it.

Friend had a big powered one, was very rapid to be fair