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Actually i wouldnt
I love the car think there great but for me there too much money for a clio with a Laguna front end welded on to the back!
Dont get me wrong i think there great but wouldnt spend my own cash on 1 sorry!
there same bhp/tonne as a 182. as owner of both 172 an FRS id def say a well driven frs will be faster than a well driven clio but that should be expected for the extra diffs an power etc
the new ST is prob quicker but is more of a LCR type car. Motorway cruiser IMO of course where the RS is a bit more un refined! All speculative having not yet driven a new ST i must add!
Good move mate!!
you wont regret it believe me!
http://www.frsocc.com/forumwww.frsocc.com/forum ;)
http://www.frsocc.com/gallery/pictures/1/1/1/FOCUSRS.jpg
As guilbert said the esc cos is a lot more tunable than a FRS. Mainl;y due to the bad cooling of the centre 2 pots above 400bhp.i never intend to use the frs as a 600bhp monster. if i want 1 of thse it will be a YB engined mk2 escort!! lol
BUT BACK ON TOPIC.....WHY HAVENT YOU SWAPPED IT YET!!!
if you can afford it do it.
but be prepared for maintenance costs.
check out http://www.passionford.comwww.passionford.com or http://www.rs-i.netwww.rs-i.net theyll tell you everythin there is to know!
but your not Std, if the scoob was modded same for same its a diff story, my mates 370bhp FRS will beat a std porker when rollin dont mean all FRS will
i think what every non 172/182 driver is forgeting here is that the clio is by far the fastest car in the world!!!
i own a 172 an yes they are quick to 60 because of there weight, over the legal limit tho an things like subarus an LCRs an FRSs pull away. once in 3rd gear the 70kg or woteva...
im tryin to sell mine 53 reg 8K miles an still only worth half what i payed 18 months ago! Its crap! Now is not the time to sell a 172!
nice MT yard by the way
Its all about profit now, Brand loyalty is almost non existant anymore an the car manufacturers are to blame.
They just want to sell X amount of Cars for £XX,000 they have sales targets an profit targets not customer staifaction targets. A shareholder sat in his Million pound villas doesnt...
Thats the point i hit, the car spent a day in the dealers for every 300 miles i drove it!!!
i have full sympathy for ya mate.
[Edited by a crap typer on 23 March 2005 at 9:21pm]