FRS 500

[.Kev.]

The Matte film should have a warranty acording to 3m, the film is also lifed.

This from the 3M website.

Warranty
Only a Scotchprint® Graphics Authorised
Manufacturer or 3M™ MCS™ Qualified
Manufacturer can produce 3M™ MCS™
Warranted Graphics. The warranty period is based
on field experience and exposure tests. When the
graphics are processed and used according to the
3M recommendations, they should have the
performance life shown in the table below.

3M™ MCS™ Warranty
Zone 1: Northern and Central Europe
Vertical Application 5 years
Horizontal Application 3 years

Durability
Zone 1: Northern and Central Europe
Vertical Application 8 years
Horizontal Application 5 years

Application
• Use 3M Surface Preparation Cleaner to
prepare the surface prior to application
• Minimum application temperature 15°C
• Use a plastic applicator covered with felt
or cloth
• Use moderate heat (approx 50°C) to make
the film more flexible
• Film edges should be re-squeegeed and
heated to 60ºC after application

As someone pointed out, alot of these cars will sit in a garage and only get looked at. Such a waste.

 

[c__w]

^^^ im sure if one came up for sale(which im sure it will one day)with 500 miles on the clock and has been stored from new,it would fetch the original price from new,or as near as dam it...

Yea it probably would do! Will take a lifetime to show return as an "investment" though, even getting £20k 7 years later you've lost because you've basically had to store the car 7 years to get no money back, and £20k now will be worth less than £20k 7 years ago. It's will always be better to put £20k in savings and 20 years later you'll probably get a proper return.

Actually look at the RS500s beeing asked for £43k they are not actually an investment merely a car that has retained it's original value. The 1987 list price of £20k in today's money is ironically £43k!!! Maybe this is how the figure has been thought of! For those with no miles on there's still no real money being made, it's basically 23 years worth of insurance, storing etc for no "real" return (unless they didn't buy knew and bought cheap in the 90s in which case it was a good move).

 

[dajones]

all sold it 12 hours apparently
http://www.worldcarfans.com/110040625534/ford-focus-rs500-sells-out-within-12-hours-video

 

[ukaskew]

all sold it 12 hours apparently
http://www.worldcarfans.com/110040625534/ford-focus-rs500-sells-out-within-12-hours-video

Any idea how many 'standard' RS' have been sold so far? My area isn't exactly hot hatch central, but I've seen 6 over the Easter weekend (the dark blue being my favourite) within 20 miles of my house, my local Ford (Elkins) must be doing good business on them.

 

[R20 CWH]

id prefer the standard one and bag the 7k. will only ever reclaim serious coin for it in the future if you keep it 100% mint and probably keep it at least 10-15 years!!

 

[Gally]

Flol in an air tight chamber!

 

[Christopher]

The '500' badge on the back looks soooo sh*t.

 

[twingors]

theres 101 and coming to uk. 500 all together

they sold in 12 hours!! ha

was in todays paper

 

[Ian_182]

They could have stuck 10k on the price and still sold them all.

 

[Gally]

The '500' badge on the back looks soooo sh*t.

Looking a bit fiat 500.

 

[Munson]

They could have stuck 10k on the price and still sold them all.

Ja. What many people forget is that other people's rational financial decisions are not relative to your own. £50k for a RS500 would be a millisecond decision for someone who s**ts money. The fact that they would want such a car just shows the strength of the brand. Right or wrong in your own mind.

Fact.

If I was super minted I'd have one and keep it mint. Use it once a week just for the hell of it. Roll around in a Nissan GT-R Monday to Friday and break out the F40 on a Saturday. Take the Veyron to Waitrose on a Friday afternoon.

 

[Ian_182]

And double park,because you can..lol

 

[Munson]

Uber short clip but gives a better idea of how it will appear in the metal. Pretty imposing IMO.

1:35

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[Ian_182]

Looks awsome with the gloss black wheels and splitter...

 

[Gally]

Read a very good review on this yesterday and the improvements they have made (like the montune kit) have actually made a difference, my first fears about it being all trinkets and no go seem to have been blown away.

Roy they were reporting, 5th gear 120mpg iirc, still pulling very very well, they were shocked.

I know how you mentioned it seemed to stop a bit at the top of the rev range the kit may have improved this slightly.

 

[Munson]

Yeah that would be a bonus. TBH the standard car never stops pulling. In fact approaching 3 figure speeds it's just getting into its stride. I guess I'm just hoping for a bit more push between 6 & 7k, in all gears.

 

[Gally]

Hopefully Army can give you an indication of houw it is.

Did you get the fast ford tuning shoot out?

Inconclusive?

 

[Munson]

Nah I never bought the mag. Read quite a lot about it though. Predictably, the discussion seemed centred around peak figures and RR controversy, which doesn't really interest me too much. I should probably read more about it on FRSOC.com, and of course wait for Army's review.

 

[Gally]

I would rather hear about driveability tbh, similar to the 500 review, I don't think he mentioned any figures at all actually. Well an indicated 160mph on the autobahn was mentioned.

 

[Munson]

I think the top speed is 'supposed' to be the same as the standard car @ 163mph but I'd have thought it would be a bit quicker.

 

[The Spaniard]

It was obvious Ford would be able to find 101 suckers to sell them all within 12 hours. All you have to do is look at the number of people who vote labour and the number of people who are obsessed with watching people kick some pig skin around a grass field in this country to realise this car was always going to sell. Lets face it, if people will go into a life time of debt to buy a house in Northampton, they would line up to be fleeced for 35k for a car that looks likes it's got a VW rattle can spray job.

 

[Munson]

Does that work a bit like how Apple sucker people into buying awesome products "just because they have an Apple logo"?

What's the connection with Labour voters, football, Northampton, and the Focus RS500? You seem quite angry about it.

 

[DB.]

LOL i was thinking the same as Roy.

Brand wh*res will always buy into certain products like the RS500

 

[.Ben.]

AFPMSL - Are you suggesting Ford buyers are "Brand wh*res"?

 

[The Spaniard]

Does that work a bit like how Apple sucker people into buying awesome products "just because they have an Apple logo"?

What's the connection with Labour voters, football, Northampton, and the Focus RS500? You seem quite angry about it.

Apple make over price consumer goods. Overpriced because stupid people dont have the critical faculties to compare their products with alternatives and come to the conclusion that they are paying more for no benefit other than a logo.

Here is the connection between labour, football and Northampton.

People still vote labour despite being shafted by them for 13 years. Are these people hoping for more of the same incompetance, illegal wars and criminal behaviour or perhaps they just like living in a giant gulag, comrade? - stupid

People pay 1000's of pounds for a replica kit so they can pretend to be some over paid idiot on a sunday in the park and then ontop wade in for sky subscriptions, world cup tickets and season passes. These people then fail to make the small thinking step that would demonstrate to them why their are so poor and the footballers are so rich - stupid

Average house price in Northampton is 150k, and people still buy them - stupid

Ford focus RS....well you get the picture i hope.

 

[ForceIndia]

You're nuts fella. Off the chart imo. You could apply the same thinking to any premium product, and you'd still be wrong.
Or do you buy the cheapest own brand food possible, and dress only at primark?

 

[Munson]

Wow. Off the hook.

 

[MikeLYR27]

Lol just looking through this thread, im confused about the argument! I think the FRS is an awesome car, immensely capable and what a hot hatch should be. Quick, fun and look mean as fook! I really want one but couldnt afford to run it! Rather have a normal one over a 500 tho!

 

[Bloooor]

I have no idea what cars I Like/Don't like anymore. Thanks for that, CS.

 

[The Spaniard]

You're nuts fella. Off the chart imo. You could apply the same thinking to any premium product, and you'd still be wrong.
Or do you buy the cheapest own brand food possible, and dress only at primark?

A ford is a premium product is it? Or just an expensive mass produced hatchback with slick marketing?

George Orwell said that advertising is just rattling a stick in a swill bucket. He was right.

 

[SamP]

Wow you sound like a very angry person... :/

 

[ForceIndia]

A ford is a premium product is it? Or just an expensive mass produced hatchback with slick marketing?

George Orwell said that advertising is just rattling a stick in a swill bucket. He was right.

Do you drive a Williams per chance?