RE: Ford Focus RS vs. Honda Civic Type R
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This thread has honestly made me laugh out loud a little too much.
Really should've got myself a bloody Polo, they're so cool.
Would definitely outrun the 14 sec 1/4 mile at the 'pod my crappy Mountune ST did.
I also saw one the other day outrunning a Veyron. Well, I think it was a Veyron, could've been a Beetle, no idea as my ST is far too slow to keep up with anything exept a twingo. Plus I was picking bits of my dashboard up off the floor so it could well have been a Golf... Who knows. All I know is, he was my hero!
Really should've got myself a bloody Polo, they're so cool.
Would definitely outrun the 14 sec 1/4 mile at the 'pod my crappy Mountune ST did.
I also saw one the other day outrunning a Veyron. Well, I think it was a Veyron, could've been a Beetle, no idea as my ST is far too slow to keep up with anything exept a twingo. Plus I was picking bits of my dashboard up off the floor so it could well have been a Golf... Who knows. All I know is, he was my hero!
Edited by TheTyreAbuser on Thursday 26th May 17:42
ZX10R NIN said:
Joe again you're wrong your Polo gti is £20,00 new the better hot hatches are surprise surprise all around the same price. 
I love your reasoning in making the GTI the best in class.
Fiesta ST-3 £20,000
Clio RS Lux £20,000
208 GTI/Prestige £20,000
Seat Ibiza SC Cupra £20,000
So with all of the rivals costing the same as well as having similar if not better performance & better handling are you still convinced your GTI is a better hot hatch, of course you are
How is it 20grand when I paid 18 including the extras it came with?
The Seat Ibiza is the same car basically btw.
The 208 GTI is the closest performance wise and every test I have seen (admittedly there haven't been many) the Clio and 208 have been behind the Polo.
I was talking about the Clio 229 trophy and 208 by peugeot sport by the way.
So apart from the apparantly handling of the ST being better (untested) how do you figure out the car's in that list are better when they aren't as well built, don't look as nice and don't perform as well (in a straight line at least as an unbiased track test hasn't been done to my knowledge)
Still doesn't change the fact I researched and went round all the small hot hatches for 6 months and still preferred the Polo
I love your reasoning in making the GTI the best in class.Fiesta ST-3 £20,000
Clio RS Lux £20,000
208 GTI/Prestige £20,000
Seat Ibiza SC Cupra £20,000
So with all of the rivals costing the same as well as having similar if not better performance & better handling are you still convinced your GTI is a better hot hatch, of course you are
How is it 20grand when I paid 18 including the extras it came with?
The Seat Ibiza is the same car basically btw.
The 208 GTI is the closest performance wise and every test I have seen (admittedly there haven't been many) the Clio and 208 have been behind the Polo.
I was talking about the Clio 229 trophy and 208 by peugeot sport by the way.
So apart from the apparantly handling of the ST being better (untested) how do you figure out the car's in that list are better when they aren't as well built, don't look as nice and don't perform as well (in a straight line at least as an unbiased track test hasn't been done to my knowledge)
Still doesn't change the fact I researched and went round all the small hot hatches for 6 months and still preferred the Polo
Edited by ZX10R NIN on Thursday 26th May 17:16
TheTyreAbuser said:
This thread has honestly made me laugh out loud a little too much.
Really should've got myself a bloody Polo, they're so cool.
Would definitely outrun the 14 sec 1/4 mile at the 'pod my crappy Mountune ST did.
I also saw one the other day outrunning a Veyron. Well, I think it was a Veyron, could've been a Beetle, no idea as my ST is far too slow to keep up with anything exept a twingo. Plus I was picking bits of my dashboard up off the floor so it could well have been a Golf... Who knows. All I know is, he was my hero!
Wow the basis of all ST owners argument. "Because mountune" Really should've got myself a bloody Polo, they're so cool.
Would definitely outrun the 14 sec 1/4 mile at the 'pod my crappy Mountune ST did.
I also saw one the other day outrunning a Veyron. Well, I think it was a Veyron, could've been a Beetle, no idea as my ST is far too slow to keep up with anything exept a twingo. Plus I was picking bits of my dashboard up off the floor so it could well have been a Golf... Who knows. All I know is, he was my hero!
Edited by TheTyreAbuser on Thursday 26th May 17:42
Well I could just get a superchips for the Polo and be faster still....
ZX10R NIN said:
Yes an absolute masterclass in how efficient VAG ESP is all the time backed up by a running commentary on how badly the Twingo is being driven just priceless.
I hear it being used as a tutorial by A.I.M.
VAG esp? You mean opposite lock?? It never kicked in as it didn't need to. all the time backed up by a running commentary on how badly the Twingo is being driven just priceless.I hear it being used as a tutorial by A.I.M.
Oh right, they are all putting out more than the manufacturers state 
Even is that was true the Fiesta is still 140kgs lighter and so has a better power to weight ratio. Either way you are arguing over 10ths of a second whilst calling the ST slow and the Polo a rocketship. Speedwise they are comparable so if one is slow then do is the other.
Even is that was true the Fiesta is still 140kgs lighter and so has a better power to weight ratio. Either way you are arguing over 10ths of a second whilst calling the ST slow and the Polo a rocketship. Speedwise they are comparable so if one is slow then do is the other.
JoeMarano said:
Yes otherwise known as catching the slide. Can also get on the power to pull the back end back into line if needed.
Really? I can do sarcasm too. Or I could just call you a massive bellend.
You absolutely could do that.Really? I can do sarcasm too. Or I could just call you a massive bellend.
Or you could just put the video back up and let the learned folk of PH view your "opposite lock" and judge it accordingly?
Baryonyx said:
The fabled dab of oppo has arrived!
Funny, it looked more like you'd been drawn into a bend too fast because you were fixated by the Twingo and found yourself in a right state when you realised you'd got it wrong. Luckily you were going pretty slowly or it could have been a moment.
All exacerbated by the fact he was in a Polo GTI. The notorious widowmaker; famed for its 'on the edge', tail happy on the limit handling. Funny, it looked more like you'd been drawn into a bend too fast because you were fixated by the Twingo and found yourself in a right state when you realised you'd got it wrong. Luckily you were going pretty slowly or it could have been a moment.
All in a days work for our man here though.
JoeMarano said:
But it isn't? Most of the Polo's are putting out over 200-210bhp plus they have 236ib/ft of torque which is significantly more than the fish!
( pulls pin and chucks another grenade in the thread)Your polo has exactly the same 0-6 (6.7 seconds) as £1500 worth of clio cup , fair enough you have almost 10 mph at the top end but realistically how often are you ever going to get into 3 figures?
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