Focus RS MK2 owners feedback

Focus RS MK2 owners feedback

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TOENHEEL

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4,501 posts

226 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Evening all.. Had a drive of a mk2 RS yesterday and mighty impressed. House purchase meant I had to sell my old cars and currently running an e92 320d at the moment but bored to tears!! Am i right in thinking these seem to average around 22-28mpg depending on type of driving and obviously the old right foot?? just need to know what the fuel economy is like as this will be used daily for commuting to work etc.

Im looking for a straight standard car preferably white with black wheels. Had some insurance quotes that are coming out less than my BMW which is surprising!

Anything major to look out for? I gather the intake plenums where prone to going bang on modified cars?

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Not RS owner, but I understand the RS is very slightly better on fuel than the ST, and I often struggle to get below 25mpg, with a remap and no other mods. Considering some of the horror stories I hear of high teens from other owners, I'm quite happy with this. Mixture of 6 mile commute, motorway miles and "enthusiastic" A road driving. Servicing and insurance is same as ST, (I pay about 28 quid a month on a service plan which includes a service every 12k, MOT and AA). I was told that some parts (like the wheel arch liners) are stupid money compared to the ST, but it's generally seen as a slightly better built car in terms of quality.

TOENHEEL

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4,501 posts

226 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Cheers, mighty impressed by how it drove and thats after some seriously good cars i.e exiges, nobles and boxster spyders. For £20k a cracking buy. The residuals have been rock solid as well it seems.

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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TOENHEEL said:
Evening all.. Had a drive of a mk2 RS yesterday and mighty impressed. House purchase meant I had to sell my old cars and currently running an e92 320d at the moment but bored to tears!! Am i right in thinking these seem to average around 22-28mpg depending on type of driving and obviously the old right foot?? just need to know what the fuel economy is like as this will be used daily for commuting to work etc.

Im looking for a straight standard car preferably white with black wheels. Had some insurance quotes that are coming out less than my BMW which is surprising!

Anything major to look out for? I gather the intake plenums where prone to going bang on modified cars?
Have you seen the one at Western Ford Newcastle? White with black alloys, standard, low miles, can probably knock him down to 20-21k as I've been watching the car for about a month now with interest and seems to be still available....

http://www.westernnewcastle.co.uk/ford/car-details...

TOENHEEL

Original Poster:

4,501 posts

226 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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ST86Dave said:
Have you seen the one at Western Ford Newcastle? White with black alloys, standard, low miles, can probably knock him down to 20-21k as I've been watching the car for about a month now with interest and seems to be still available....

http://www.westernnewcastle.co.uk/ford/car-details...
Viewed it and drove it yesterday but not for me.

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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It looks pretty much lowest spec available, what else was wrong with it?

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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I have had one since new in Nov 2009. It has the Mountune 350 pack on it.

I highly recommend them as they have lashings of easily accessible power and torque, and more grip than you'll need. Ignore the haters claiming they have too much torque for fwd, they cope just fine. The noise it makes gives me the giggles to this day.

The negatives: I get between 22 and 24 mpg but I do drive it correctly. wink

Mine is a rapidly snowballing mass of trim creaks and rattles.

Wheels are amusingly easy to kerb.

Consumables can be expensive though tyres are cheaper than they used to be.

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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+1 on noise. 5pot is epic.

TOENHEEL

Original Poster:

4,501 posts

226 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Thanks for the feedback, im not doing a huge amount of miles currently so fuel not so much of a worry at the minute but could be in the future. Roughly how many miles per week do you do? cost?


Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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I only really use mine on saturdays. I do about 60-65 miles which costs me 15-20 quid I guess.

neiljohnson

11,298 posts

206 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Very good & robust cars in general

Try for as late a car as you can as the early ones can have some issues which were resolved on later cars

Check where the rear bumper meets the arch as it can rub & cause corrosion
If the car is at all modded (even the approved mountune mp350) get an up rated inlet it's cheap insurance against the stock one exploding & destroying
your bonnet

Look out for modded cars that have been returned to stock to sell

Rs direct tend to be the dearer end of the market but they know these cars like no other dealer & tend to have only the very best cars

Lumpyuk

126 posts

143 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Had one for about 7 months now. I would look out for rust round the arches as it will happen. Only major thing I would advise to look for is the coolant as the standard intercoolers are very prone to leak - it may be a good idea to look for one without the standard cooler.

I do 19mpg in my city runs but on main roads the mpg does improve allot if ur not heavy footed.


Edited by Lumpyuk on Friday 25th April 15:03

TOENHEEL

Original Poster:

4,501 posts

226 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Thanks again lads all good info. Will post up with any progress!

TOENHEEL

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4,501 posts

226 months

Saturday 26th April 2014
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Deposit left on a car subject to viewing when I'm off work Wednesday.

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Saturday 26th April 2014
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Can I ask what was wrong with the one at Western Ford?

TOENHEEL

Original Poster:

4,501 posts

226 months

Saturday 26th April 2014
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ST86Dave said:
Can I ask what was wrong with the one at Western Ford?
Emailed you!

Scottish Greg

285 posts

174 months

Saturday 26th April 2014
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Lumpyuk said:
Had one for about 7 months now. I would look out for rust round the arches as it will happen. Only major thing I would advise to look for is the coolant as the standard intercoolers are very prone to leak - it may be a good idea to look for one without the standard cooler.
Edited by Lumpyuk on Friday 25th April 15:03
I think you mean radiator.

Had mine for 5 years this June and still love it. Luckily enough to still be on original radiator smile

I would think most cars now would have had all the updates done by Ford.

Don't be too put off by a nice modified one, the Volvo lump can be very reliable, but that's dependant on tuning.

TOENHEEL

Original Poster:

4,501 posts

226 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Least of my concerns when looking for a car but do you get an aux in point for an MP3 player as standard??

ST86Dave

289 posts

125 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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I'd imagine so, standard in facelift ST, it's in the glovebox.

TOENHEEL

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4,501 posts

226 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Ah good, thought it should be standard as the mrs ford ka has one. So basically an aux jack point standard then there was the option for USB/Bluetooth so you could display tracks etc on stereo.