Focus RS (mk2) - how loud are they?

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I assume a fair few people on here might have one?

I'm possibly in the market for upgrading our old Mini (damn ULEZ!) and have been thinking of a Fiesta ST, but then I'm finding my mind wandering to a Focus RS.....who knows if I'll convince myself to do it, but the more ticks in the right boxes I can get, the more chance my brain has haha

Main worry is that I'll be using it to drop the kid off at the child minder which involves parking on a small dead end road at 745am every week day.....I could probably do without being heard a mile off and pissing off the 5 houses that are on that small road. Wouldn't take long for angry residents to take issue I imagine.

So, anyone with first hand experience, can I sneak up quietly, or will I be hated in minutes?

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Fuzzarr said:

I think you'll be ok if it's on a standard exhaust and intake

Great, thought that might be the case, although would I be right in saying that finding a standard one is tricky (just looks like the sort of car that would always be modified) or are they often just left alone?

(Of course I'd need to see/hear in person before buying, but just thought no point in even thinking about it if noise was always going to be a problem)

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Jamescrs said:

Standard ones are fine but you will be lucky to find a standard one now without paying silly money. There was a big market and following for modifying these cars and probably still is.

I'm sure even if you bought one with a loud exhaust though you could buy something like a Moltek resonated exhaust which is pretty close to standard sound wise.

Good to know.

From the ones I've seen advertised, 7 out of 9 are supposedly totally standard....which does surprise me as they do seem like cars that would be modified.

Eg: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310213...

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sherman said:

They are loud enough that the childminder will be able to tell when you are coming down the road.
A mk2 is only euro 4 though so may not stay ULEZ compliant for too long.
A mk3.5 is Euro 6 compliant

Eg, https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310253...

Hmmmmm, didn’t really think about them changing the bloody ULEZ rules.
Surely can’t happen for a couple of years?