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Not quite, I've had a hard day today, I'd like to have my heart warmed.

I really wish I'd seen the heart warming montage of people talking about the Apple watch. The X looks impressive...but as above, £1k for a phone? Wow.

Exactly! For years you were all saying that a 3.5 in screen was perfect. Bigger wasn't needed. Nope. Not at all. Large screens were just wrong, you needed both hands to use it. One handed operation was the only way. Then... Oh look, a big screen, oooooh, I like...

Badges! That looks like a complete door pillar badge?! That's a rare thing. Most lose the "172" part of it in a gentle breeze.

It was sooo quiet! It does pop and bang a bit on startup though. There's many many ways I could do it...but they all depend on one particular thing which is difficult to quantify right now...and that's exactly what, in 2027, a 10 year old one owner completely 100% standard immaculately...

It is almost ridiculous. Considering how much it can drink the tank is miniscule! Normal driving is fine but on track? I reckon I'll have to fill up after every second session LOL

For the fans of data here's some data...

Not at all! It's my mate's new car, I've taken him to collect it this morning. It's a lovely lovely thing, sounds epic. Makes my four banger sound positively agricultural.

Picking this up this morning. Nice.

I'm never normally interested in taking test drives for the hell of it but I'm drawn to the new Civic. It sounds nice and sharp

The thing is my car genuinely doesn't feel fast in a straight line, at all, being honest my MR230 ST felt faster. Am I used to it? I think so. Do I want more. Nope. Driving in this morning in the pouring rain made me realise that I actually prefer driving this thing when it's wet...it's so...

They are indeed, I've come to learn that. Is it from the days of obsession over massive power easily available from the Sierra Cosworth? I keep quiet in those threads too...personal offense is far too easily taken. I think it is! I think those chasing power have completely missed the point...

There's only the two that I know of on RSOC that have been rejected...up until that point quite a few modded, and even heavily modded, cars were getting engines replaced under warranty. Understandably the rejected parties are not best pleased! And yes, £6,500 is the figure I keep hearing for...

I'm two years in on my 200pc set. As above, it's faultless.

In other news 2 people have now had failed engine replacements denied under warranty because of being modded beyond FPM375. It seems Ford are clamping down. That's another good reason for keeping mine completely standard.

5k done. That went fast. Literally.

Good effort! I look forward to more updates. These things are such bargains now, looks like you've got a good one!

I have a buddy who'll have his brand spanking new but freshly run in BMW 440i along with me. I think he could be persuaded to run his as well.

The diff should transform it. I felt mine as MR230 was crying out for it...yours must be insane. I'm going to have to hook up with my mate and his 100% standard ST and video a comparison...see if it actually makes me smile. I reckon it might.

I agree it can handle it...I just don't agree it needs it or is a better car for it. I never enjoyed my ST as much once I had MR230 fitted. All that torque is kind of wasted unless you're rolling at a fairly high speed as you're always fighting straight line traction. In a corner the extra...

Yep. In its earlier guise with me...200bhp, 215 at the most, is all they need and as such they're a perfect daily. The RS is epic in every way...but you do have to pedal it hard to feel the benefit of where the £35k went LOL.

The mk7 Fiesta courtesy car I had recently made me realise just how much I miss my ST...

It is indeed. I love the place myself. The history, the fact that it's the only circuit in the country that's not been sanitised over time, the fact that it's f***ing fast, the way it's so immaculately maintained all year round, it's just a nice place to be at any time. It's even better that I...

Exactly this. It's on my doorstep and I like how they run it there. You never have more than 10 cars on track at once and it's a 2.5 mile circuit...that's 0.25 mile of track per car to work in. So even if they do let their guard down and allow an idiot on track, generally, they're not going to...

I wasn't on track. I was there as a stop off to setup for my boost and torque limit video, got chatting to a marshall, and he said "bring your car over" and got on the radio so I jumped at the chance. At least now if I spend £500 on a day and some insurance I know there's a chance I'll get a...

A surprising result (in comparison my 172 Cup was 89db) and a useful piece of advice from the marshalls...

Oh, and my clutch pedal has stopped squeaking finally. Needed a complete new pedal and slave cylinder assembly though.

I don't know if anyone's seen this but the RS 'Edition' has been announced. https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/ford-focus-rs-edition-review/36660 I'd been giving serious thought to getting this as it is the last run out model (production has gone on far longer than was originally...

Smooth as always Mr H. :up::up::up:

Jordan Racing? LOL