Ford Focus RS Driven
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mikeybell

Original Poster:

9 posts

190 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Hi guys just had a drive of the new Focus RS such a cool car. Check it out on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbm9DDCn4nk

Matt UK

18,080 posts

223 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Love the dog smile

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

221 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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If you say "really" one more time I may have to kill you. Really.

Defcon5

6,459 posts

214 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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30mpg out of that?

Shaw Tarse

31,836 posts

226 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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I don't really think the Top (or even 5th) Gear lot really need to worry!

Hitch78

6,118 posts

217 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Fair play that you're trying to get some experience or get your face out there but you just come across as a bloke talking about cars and saying really a lot. There needs to be an element of personality in what you're doing to make you stand out from everyone else who thinks they're the next TG presenter in the making.

p.s. A 2.5 engine? 2.5 what? And engines do not 'develop CO2s'.

cheadle hulme

2,499 posts

205 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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You just need a hat and a little Thai bird and it'd be an Honest John review!

u13rr1

527 posts

224 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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"... obviously got all your dials, your turbos, what oil you're using..."

"... positive feedback from the engine..."

confused

Sorry, that's gibberish.

icebite78

290 posts

237 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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rhinochopig said:
If you say "really" one more time I may have to kill you. Really.
You made me laugh, im still laughing while i write this that was exactly what i was thinking

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

240 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Work on the script, the camera work, the location, the sound and the script.

Wills2

28,093 posts

198 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Next! shout

andym1603

1,878 posts

195 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Apart from all the other replies listed above, I have one question. At 2.29mins why indicate right then turn left?
Andy..

Taita

7,933 posts

226 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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RRRRRreally functional.

Good effort though.

ollie854

422 posts

185 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Wills2 said:
Next! shout
haha rofl

CarMad426

215 posts

247 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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I liked the review.

SClarke

546 posts

214 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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andym1603 said:
Apart from all the other replies listed above, I have one question. At 2.29mins why indicate right then turn left?
Andy..
I turned over to the other channel at 1:14

Constructive criticism would be. What is the dog doing there? Stop saying really all the time and try and research your product better before you start filming, spewing out the contents of Parkers car data pages does not equal describing the vehicle's purpose or reason for being. Well done for having a go though.

tim2100

6,288 posts

280 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Nice idea. looks good.

Although can't agree with you final tag line that a £30k focus is the best value car on the roads today

RichyBoy

3,745 posts

240 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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The guy on fifth gear gave the same excuse about the turbo lag, is it really useful such lag?

I wish one review would say what it's like as a driver's car instead of saying it's awesome etc. I'd love to know if it's true that heel n toe is not possible and what the engines like when blipping for down changes for instance.

Wills2

28,093 posts

198 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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RichyBoy said:
The guy on fifth gear gave the same excuse about the turbo lag, is it really useful such lag?

I wish one review would say what it's like as a driver's car instead of saying it's awesome etc. I'd love to know if it's true that heel n toe is not possible and what the engines like when blipping for down changes for instance.
I drove one and couldn't get on with it the steering was too sharp the turbo lag is annoying and the pedals are soft and have no feel esp the clutch and the seating position is very sit up and beg.

Oh and a revo knuckle doesn't solve the issue of 300bhp through the front wheels...

But I still love them when I see them....



Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 6th November 12:47

busta

4,504 posts

256 months

Saturday 6th November 2010
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Nothing in that clip told me you know a lot about cars (in fact lots of it led me to believe otherwise), therefore I found it hard to take what you where saying seriously. You enthusiasm for every single aspect of the car also seemed a bit false. Is it all really that great? Even if it is, find something irrelevant to nit pick. But don't try to make obviously bad things sound good, like low spec interiors and turbo lag.

Listing all the stats for the car is useful but don't do it all in one block at the start of the review. Include little bits throughout where it's relevant.

A shot of the exhaust with the engine revving under no load looks like the kind of thing a 17 year old does when he fits a peco back box. And the engine sounds crap unless it's under load, so think about how you could mount the camera to get a similar shot but at full chat through 3rd.