Tricks Tricks:
I've liked the look of the RS Focus. That thing is supposed to rip real good.
I drove an RS before I bought the ST. The RS really is a beast. I got tire chirp in 3rd gear from all 4 tires.
But for ~$60k? Not that much of a beast.
A guy at the track has a 2013 ST that he's done a lot of work to, and has more HP to the wheels than an RS, and it didn't cost him +$20k to build. It made more sense to me to buy an ST with all the interior appointments of an RS, and build the mechanical myself to make it comparable to an RS.
Plus, I like tooling on a car. Makes me happy to temporally reduce universal entropy.
xerxes xerxes:
Oh they do. My buddy has an ST too and that thing just rips up the road.
The more I drive this machine, the more I love it. It's the little things. 'Dynamic headlights' is something I didn't really consider, but love them! They follow your steering around corners! I can get an app for my phone that lets me unlock the car, and start it remotely. (if I remembered to leave it out of gear)
The entertainment unit can read texts I receive on my phone, and I can use voice commands to respond. The Nav display shows a little traffic sign showing the speed limit of the road I'm on.
Little things! But thoughtful things.
And when you start pounding through the gears, and the turbo starts spooling up, and the yaw control starts pulling you around that corner at a buck ten . . .