Mk1 Focus RS vs EP3

[dan11219]

Hey, ive been browsing the forums for a while but never actually posted anything, but here i am!
Anyway, the time has come for me to be able to get a nice car thanks to cheaper insurance (and a nice scratch card win!)

Im 19 and have been driving for just over 2 years, but ive sold my sold my aweful little saxo vtr (nothing against saxos, mine was just especially bad, for example the rear lights filling up with water whenever it rained and half of the time the lights refused to turn on at all, along with the exhaust falling off! was a standard one so nothing i did to it either) But back to the matter in hand, ive been looking for a new car for a while now and ive narrowed it down to two choices:

A) Civic type r ep3, test driven a few and love them!
B) MK1 Focus RS, havent had the chance to test drive one as there arnt any near me at the moment

But i was really just interested in the details, for example i know that the ep3 isnt too bad in running costs ect, but a little bit more to insure, but does anyone know the general running costs of an RS? mainly parts ect as i know there getting rarer and harder to find parts, and the general MPG of a modified one as i cant really find this anywhere! Also if anyone is interested Admiral want £2004 for the year for the ep3 as standard, and £1493 for the RS with a cat-back miltek, remap and coilovers declared!

Cheers again and look foward to the replies!
Dan

[dan11219]

Cheers for the advice guys, not really too fussed if anything is classed as a chavs car, if i like it, il drive it probably steering more towards the EP3, it did give me that happpy feeling with i test drove them plus i love Honda anyway, hoping to import an ek9 when i leave uni, il still try and get my hands on an RS to test drive before i make any final decisions anyway!

[dan11219]

Looked at the VXR too, but insurance is about £2300 on one of those, plus my friend has one and i wanna be a bit diffrent i think Admiral just use a random number generator for my quotes, 2k for an ep3, or £900 for a 200sx s14 or supra, also only wanted £1200 for a boxter! Got about 10k to spend including insurance, but i would prefer to keep some tucked away for a rainy day *cough student loans cough*

[dan11219]

I would kill for a DC5, but I can't even get quoted on one till I'm 21, same with a jdm DC2, would still consider a ukdm DC2 if one came up that is decent and has had the rear arches treated, but also worry about the protection as I hear they arnt great in accidents, I got hit by a foreign lorry on the motorway that spun me around at 70, shunted me foward, leaving me facing the wrong way on the motorway, only to hit me head on again, happened years ago and the claim is still going on, they admitted full liability though! My mums brand new corsa wasent lucky enough to survive though!

[dan11219]

I would kill for a DC5, but I can't even get quoted on one till I'm 21, same with a jdm DC2, would still consider a ukdm DC2 if one came up that is decent and has had the rear arches treated, but also worry about the protection as I hear they arnt great in accidents, I got hit by a foreign lorry on the motorway that spun me around at 70, shunted me foward, leaving me facing the wrong way on the motorway, only to hit me head on again, happened years ago and the claim is still going on, they admitted full liability though! My mums brand new corsa wasent lucky enough to survive though!