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That's not bonkers at all IMO. It's simply free motoring...with a possible big upside at some point in the future. That's what I was aiming for when I ordered my RS LOL

Fill it with fuel, grab helmet, and go. That's all you need to do. Until you've done that you do not know what needs replacing, fine tuning, or improving.

I don't think, disasters aside, I'll be getting rid of mine any time soon. There's just something about RWD that's clicked with me. Love it.

All criticism is welcome (y) After the lap time comparison that'll follow the final session from this day then I'll be done. Honsetly, a big part of the reason for it is that it keeps poking the RS community and that generates views as they all pile in to leave the BMW crowd insults. I do...

Ha ha ha, no!

The brakes held up just fine at Goodwood in the end although I've now got ATE Typ200 fluid in it. The first couple of sessions were a bit, meh, but in this one I really started leaning on it but as a 1 series, not as a Focus. It delivered.

My experience is the same as @JB21 , they wear really quickly, I took a set down to the backing plates during one Goodwood day, 125 miles in total was all I had from them. But, accepting that faster rate of wear, I think they're great pads. I had a consistent pedal feel, the material doesn't...

I've done Brands Indy quite a few times and found it the complete opposite...congested! I'm sure on a Renaultsport day I went to there they capped it at 40 cars on track at once. To put that into perspective, running with the same traffic density at Goodwood but on Brands Indy would see the...

That's fair enough. I've just checked, Brands GP, like Goodwood, is 2.4 miles long. Do they let more than 10 cars on track at a time on the GP circuit? That's all they do at Goodwood and that's a huge reason why I love the place. It's almost like private hire.

...and then the accountant in me kicks in hard. I get 75% of that track time for 50% the cost (and I get the most epic lunch thrown in with unlimited refreshments all day long!)...plus, I expect the track at Brands would be a whole load more crowded and with far worse etiquette as well. It...

Yeah, I get that there are others, but I seriously just can't be arsed. I know Goodwood, I like driving Goodwood, I like that fact that my many many laps of experience there helps me hassle machinery I really shouldn't be able to. Besides, I've done just about all other tracks I'd want to do...

There's genuinely not much else that holds less interest for me...much as I enjoyed doing it purely for LOLs in my Focus RS, I've no desire to put such strain and shock loadings through my drivetrain, at least when using it hard on track the things that wear are (mostly) easily replaced...

That's pretty much the measure of it, yeah, all tongue firmly in cheek of course. There's no denying he was on it as far as he was comfortable though...I'm just a bit more comfortable carving my way around there. I've got one more day booked at Goodwood post diff fitting and that's it for me...

Not strictly a 'Skyline' I know, but this session was like a trip down memory lane... ...and part 1, filmed 10 years ago ? on a very poor 4:3 potato... :ROFLMAO:(y) I am so loving this thing :love:

I've had my Pixel 2 XL for 1.5 years now and I'm exactly the same. There are no real weaknesses and there's certainly nothing out there that makes me want to change it. As for the camera, I think it's pretty f***ing epic myself. For a good period of time is was rated as one of, if not, the best...

I'm sure I once heard/read that the best camera, with any doubt at all, is the one you have with you when you need it. I can't imagine why I'd want or need one of those hulking great things over the 8mm thick phone that's always in my pocket!

Exactly! It would be even less on the same tyres, with a clean track, and had I had a few more sessions in it...that would be a true test v the RS and I think it's every bit as quick. As it turns out, a technical issue means I've not managed ot get my LSD fitted yet, and my planned brake fluid...

Sort of... First they launched the 'Edition', Nitrous Blue paint and came with Mountune's front mechanical LSD, I don't recall they were limited in numbers. Then they launched the 'Red Edition', same as above but with flat race red paint...this was limited, 300 total in the UK. Finally came the...

Exactly! More often than not low mileage means an engine that's only ever been run with cold oil and other things (starter motor etc.) that have been used just as much as a high mileage one! I saw this all the time being in the RS community for the last few years...regularly driven but 400...

FLOL!

Gears to go, brakes to slow...the more you do, like with unnecessary downshifts when approaching any kind of hazard, the more chance you have of making a mistake, it increases wear on the drivetrain and your progress will likely be less smooth too. That's the advanced driving way though, I...

I'll be going through this at the end of this year...and this thread gives me hope :D

Here's a rundown of Goodwood with some side by side lap analysis...the 140 got a lot closer to the RS than I thought it would, mostly because in a straight line it absolutely destroys the Ford :ROFLMAO:

100%! That was often a line trotted out by the early adopters of the 200T...because blending in is bad and people have a need to be noticed! I'd really be quite happy in one of these new STs, it seems they've taken everything good from the mk7 and left behind the few minor negatives.

So they do! Note to self; research more widely, don't rely on information from one IG post as being gospel :ROFLMAO:

No LSD though so I hear...which seems a little odd. Random fact; I was in that exact place ^^^ last week, staying at the same hotel as the Ford central base of operations! I didn't see any of the cars though.

Ni! Ni! Ni!

Nice buy. I'm 100% in the non-aero camp...there's something satisfying driving around in something that 99% of other road users see simply as a humble diesel...yet you can go batsh*t mental in it at the drop of a hat.

LOL at this, how much has changed in the last 4 years!

Wow, that's proper cool!