@@kevinhuang888 yeah, the focus rs was cancelled. No new ones will sold in America or canada. Not even sure about the st focus. That may have been killed off too in america. Dont worry though.....annelectric mustang inspired suv is coming.
mitchell duchesne I get your sentiment but of it didn’t sell it make sense. Face it the world is going to blobby SUVs. Cars like this will be collector cars in 10 plus years. I will say I put my money where my mouth is and bought a new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio because I kinda feel like cars like these types are gonna go extinct so might as well buy and drive now.
@@2steaksandwiches665 sales are one thing, but if the company says they dont sell then dont invest the money in improving the cars. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. GM made and sold more SUV's in the 90's and 2000's than another company and almost went bankrupt when gas prices went up by a dollar a gallon in the USA. I honestly think we are heading there again. I'm like you buy sports cars, they're rare and will hold value. Also buying electric. I'm done.
The bad blind spots in all modern cars are a turn off for me. There are more practical ways to make a car safer. I shouldn't need to feel like i'm driving a submarine with a periscope just to see whats around the car!
Then stop voting for politicians who support the EPA and NHTSB. Car design of today is the world we asked for, Ford of all companies sure as hell doesn't care about your safety or fuel mileage, they build cars the way the government rule book tells them to.
Yeah, it's like what makes me lose the suspension of disbelief in sci-fi movies from the 80's? A-pillars in cars. Waaaay to narrow for today's standards.
"this is my dream car... I know it sounds funny because it's a hatchback but I wanted something I could share with my family. Some guys use cars to get away from their families but I didn't want to keep things separate from them, I wanted to share things I love with them" ^ words of a wise man
See I bought one because it ticked all my boxes. AWD, manual transmission, 4 doors. It was either the RS, WRX, STi, or an Evo. You see WRX/STi fucking everywhere and Evos...well we all know how those go. So the RS was perfect for me and I absolutely LOVE it.
"Why *wouldn't* you want to share that? Sharing something you love with other people. It might not be all there is to life, but a lot of times... it's the best thing there is to life." It might just be because I'm really drunk, but you made me legitimately cry just then. Cry at the beauty and majesty of being alive and the value connecting to other people. Thank you. "Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." - Emily, The World of Tomorrow
Love, love, LOVE the commentary at the end about the dichotomy between cars as a means of escape as well as integration within a community of like-minded people. My love for cars has always been very insular and... well, maybe it's time to change that.
Yeah it's really not any more prominent then a BMW M or AMG. To some extent people like the "sleeper" approach to performance but also don't want their car mistaken for something that costs half as much.
The world still doesn't know of the ST. Only select groups do. A lot of people give me the, "YOU of all people drive a Focus?!" Even though I told them it was a Focus ST. D:
I was worried rcr was gonna lose its roots somewhere along the way. this review proved to me you guys still can keep it together through all the success and support. congratulations. don't let it go to your head. you don't have to keep your mouth shut anymore.
Reviews like this one are always my favorite. Ones where Mr. Regular delves into the psyche of car people and car culture. They're always deep and mostly true for the mass majority. They always make me reflect on why I'm a car enthusiast and what I'm doing as a car enthusiast. A+ Mr. Regular, giving me the feels again this time from a Ford.
"Speaking of software, let's talk about Drift Mode" I laughed so hard at that line because I KNEW some funny but true RCR-style remarks were going to be made about this before I ever clicked on the video lol
Aesthetically It reminds me of a prius and the interior looks claustrophobic. To hell with nanny state safety regulations, I might survive in a rollover, but the bicyclist next to me won't survive when I change lanes because he is blocked by the supposed safety features.
You don't know claustrophobic until you have to sit in the back of a fiesta sedan for 4 hours. The fiesta it A Lot worse when it comes to being claustrophobic
I owned a -91 celica, the roof was so low in the backseat that you had to lean your head back, face up towards the sky, if you wanted to sit upright lol
Martisan That dosent mean the Mondeo and Focus id bad, A huge population love it for its sexy stlyling,nice poweful and moderately economical engines, great TDCis,cheeap to buy and run, Just because U find it claustrophobic dosent mean everybody ll find it like that.
I don't tend to "like" your videos anymore, mostly because I just take that part for granted, but I took the time out to do it for this video. Thank you, Mr. Regular. I can't wait for the rest of this season.
I like the RS as a whole, but I dunno if I could get past the interior (other than the awesome Recaro seats). I dislike the little gauges that Ford plops on top of the dash most of all. They look cheap.
now THIS is car reviewing done right - the poetry of the pistons, the alliteration of the alternator, the free verse of the fender. i'd say you were the Kerouac of the road, but some dude named Kerouac already beat you to it. still, love the jazzy riffing review of this hierophant of the highway.
Holy shit, that guide on how to make your wife let you buy the RS was pure gold. I'm saving this for the future, just in case I'd want to buy some mildly outrageous car.
Really well done. I think this video has landed spot number three on my list of favorite RCR videos; following the PT Cruiser and first Miata reviews. Side note: My uncle bought a Camaro SS about 5 years back by suggesting to my aunt the prospects of owning a ZR1 Corvette. Marriage doesn't need to be a competition but sometimes it's more fun that way.
It's because of CZcamss new rules you can't swear or use dirty jokes as much so he has to tone it down because they won't put adds on his videos if he keeps being dirty 😞.
Cédric Coulombe I still don't understand why The US doesn't have the same mirrors as the EU version. We get the outer portion of the mirror (about 1/3rd) as a blindspot mirror. That works great.
@@eric97909 there was a huge issue with engines hydrolocking due to Ford installing the wrong head gaskets, overheating rear diffs, and every flavor of focus seems to have it's own transmission failures
@Harvey Birdman I had a 13 ST, and it gave me a lot of trans related issues. If I remember correctly, the ST and the RS used the same trans, save for any components added to make the RS AWD
This car just proves the theorem that the further you get from Detroit "engineers", the better the car. Ford is a 1950s rocket program, our Germans are better than your Germans.
I totally did the bait and switch you described on my wife with a new triumph thruxton and a 1986 mustang gt convertible. Worked like a charm 6 years ago. Now we both enjoy the mustang.👍👍👍.
A dream car you can share with your family. That speaks strongly as to why the Civic Si has a sedan and Civic Type R is a hatchback. You can’t sell a family man on a 2-seat 370z or S2000 without owning a secondary car.
Lovely. This is the second of your videos that I could follow your humor/POV throughout. The first being the Civic Si hatch, the car I actually own. I really appreciate your thought process on this one, couldn't agree more. Cheers!
I know you're a hilarious satire channel RCR - but that ending was really great. I bought a Focus ST 2 years ago for the same reason this guy did. I wanted my family and friends to enjoy it if they ever came and visited me. I wanted a car that put a smile on my face - but other people enjoyed it too. I even wanted to teach my future SO how to drive it. It fit all those marks pretty perfectly. I loved driving it - and even all the non-car people really liked it. You don't even have to mod it - it's just good the way it is. I decided to sell the car this past April. I sold it and decided to *GULP* lease a 2016 Civic, as it was a "smart and sensible" decision. However, I think the ST and the RS are truly the perfect family cars for people who would like to have fun and also not have to compromise fun for practicality. With my Civic, I just have a "car". With the Focus, it was a fun driving experience and a unique vehicle that other people also enjoyed as much as I did. I still miss it.
I'm honestly impressed you managed to make a solid Oliver Twist analogy with this car; "...and then you held the RS porridge bowl over our heads for FOUR BLUE BALLED YEARS" Subbed.
It's a really cool car but there's only two glaring problems I see with it: (1.) No LSD or Torsen diffs, which is a requirement to be a really good AWD car like this one is marketed as. Brakes are a poor man's substitute. (2.) I still wouldn't feel right spending $40k on a focus unless I had a family like the owner.
The 'breaking' torque vector system in the ST is the major reason i stayed away from it. I thought the RS didnt use that and instead actually had a true system using power instead of brakes. *shrug*
Not AWD but FWD. In the fiesta st it can cause the car to slow down more when turning if more aggressive brake pads are put on. It is like traction control that won't go away.
I know it's not the same thing but check out SS Tuning, they're a Ukrainian company that took a Focus sedan and made an "ST" version out of it. Oh and they put an actual STI wing on it.
What the hell? People want the Ford Orion back? And as an RS?!?!? The fuck is wrong with you. Then, again you crazy yanks created a saloon version of the Fiesta didn't you?
My car nerd glands start salivating over this car and the Golf R. They're these hatch backs that are actually as fast as I wanted to believe my old 90 Civic hatchback was when I tap into my nostalgic side.
Gotta say love your vids man especially this one! Can't think of anywhere else to get deep social commentary laid like icing on top of a car review cake.
Another great review and more smiles - cheers! As a time-served automotive certification engineer, I can confirm that it's not legal for the rear-view camera to constantly send an image which is directly visible to the driver - it's (allegedly) too much of a distraction. This applies to cars approved for sale in Europe/Australia/USA/Canada to my knowledge; it may also apply to other territories that routinely adopt European and/or US Federal legislation or modify the same to suit local requirements rather than developing bespoke standards. The system is considered as a driver's aid, but in itself that invokes conditions like "low-speed only" and/or "when reversing only". I'm not sure how Tesla has addressed that particular nugget of legislation; it may be due to recent changes in the European "rear visibility" standard (UN-ECE Regulation 46) which now allows direct viewing via a mirror to be replaced by a camera/monitor system, provided that a stringent set of conditions is met. I can guess based on previous experience that Tesla is currently lobbying NHTSA for the existing USA mirrors legislation to be updated to allow the same thing. I shall now once again hide my geeky knowledge and get back in my box.
+Samo yep, it is lmao, such a massive flop in the usa haha, although I kinda liked it... but, reason being because it's /not/ a conventional Cadillac lol
My first language is Spanish and I can confirm that "hoy" means "today". Also, I bought a 2005 Ford Focus ZX3 5 speed Manual. Because my dream car is a Ford Focus RS and I cannot afford it. The car zips around town like no other with only 170 HP and when it snows the most fun is drifting a front wheel drive car.
the whole TOS thing w CZcams is only concerning titles and tags on a video, the actual content isn't reviewed, so if a vid has "suicide" "rape" etc. in the title or tags it'll get flagged but one like this where its all about cars wont be even if the content is considered adult.
"Ford just made an STI and they made it better than you did."
God, that just hurts.
and Ford CANCELS the car in 2018 for the USA domestic market. Sad
@@MrMduchesne23 Wait, what? They cancel it?
@@kevinhuang888 yeah, the focus rs was cancelled. No new ones will sold in America or canada. Not even sure about the st focus. That may have been killed off too in america. Dont worry though.....annelectric mustang inspired suv is coming.
mitchell duchesne I get your sentiment but of it didn’t sell it make sense. Face it the world is going to blobby SUVs. Cars like this will be collector cars in 10 plus years. I will say I put my money where my mouth is and bought a new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio because I kinda feel like cars like these types are gonna go extinct so might as well buy and drive now.
@@2steaksandwiches665 sales are one thing, but if the company says they dont sell then dont invest the money in improving the cars. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. GM made and sold more SUV's in the 90's and 2000's than another company and almost went bankrupt when gas prices went up by a dollar a gallon in the USA. I honestly think we are heading there again. I'm like you buy sports cars, they're rare and will hold value. Also buying electric. I'm done.
I appreciate any RCR where the copy starts getting a little too "deep" without warning.
Thanks!
+RegularCars nicely done
Cartoon character anal joke to deep insightful human feelz shit in 30 seconds.
I musta been on crack thinking RCR was loosing their shine.
Yeah those sudden reacharounds always catch one by surprise.
Right in the feelers..
Its awesome how he gets deep real fast, and then a joke gets it back on track, just like Top Gear
watch his Lotus Elise review
Without all the high brow pretentiousness.
The bad blind spots in all modern cars are a turn off for me. There are more practical ways to make a car safer. I shouldn't need to feel like i'm driving a submarine with a periscope just to see whats around the car!
Then stop voting for politicians who support the EPA and NHTSB. Car design of today is the world we asked for, Ford of all companies sure as hell doesn't care about your safety or fuel mileage, they build cars the way the government rule book tells them to.
Yeah, it's like what makes me lose the suspension of disbelief in sci-fi movies from the 80's? A-pillars in cars. Waaaay to narrow for today's standards.
FORCED INDUCTION!!!
That's how my car can be 200 plus pounds lighter and look exactly the same as every other car. Next is airbags in the vanity mirrors.
"more practical ways to make a car safer"
ummm, I don't think so...
As a huge Subaru fan... I like this thing. More manufacturers should make cars like this. 5 door, awd, 6 speed, everyone needs that in their life.
Good for second-hand buyers too because the extra competition should increase depreciation.
Lol, these things aren't going to depreciate with the stupid low numbers they're available in.
Talking more about Subarus or whatever competition that is more mass-produced.
I would love it more if it was 3 door. I have never liked how 5 door hatches look.
ONE CAR
TWO POINT THREE LITER TURBO
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY HORSEPOEWR
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE
FIVE DOOR
SIX SPEED
"this is my dream car... I know it sounds funny because it's a hatchback but I wanted something I could share with my family. Some guys use cars to get away from their families but I didn't want to keep things separate from them, I wanted to share things I love with them"
^ words of a wise man
This hits me especially hard since one of the major rifts in my family came from my father using the family money to do the exact OPPOSITE to this.
See I bought one because it ticked all my boxes. AWD, manual transmission, 4 doors. It was either the RS, WRX, STi, or an Evo. You see WRX/STi fucking everywhere and Evos...well we all know how those go. So the RS was perfect for me and I absolutely LOVE it.
Euroford is best ford.
^^^^^
witch Ford division is best division
so true OP
Idk man...
The Australian Barra I6 is basically a Ford 2JZ.
Chris W. The ford ranger was developed by ford Europe
"Why *wouldn't* you want to share that? Sharing something you love with other people. It might not be all there is to life, but a lot of times... it's the best thing there is to life."
It might just be because I'm really drunk, but you made me legitimately cry just then. Cry at the beauty and majesty of being alive and the value connecting to other people. Thank you.
"Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." - Emily, The World of Tomorrow
Love, love, LOVE the commentary at the end about the dichotomy between cars as a means of escape as well as integration within a community of like-minded people. My love for cars has always been very insular and... well, maybe it's time to change that.
BUY A SAAB
saabkyle04
I thought it was really beautifully said
“You put a mustang keychain on the keys to your grand am” hit real close
I think Ford's new slogan should be: "Looking Forward, not Backwards."
Lol
9:29 - "and then you take your wife to test-drive it with you."
_show's Roman getting into the car_
I always suspected you two...
"Drift mode" needs to simply be called something else...
Its Drift mode But Isn't Drift mode button
no its rear biased mode. they called it drift mode to cash in on the kids that have no idea what drifting is.
call it mcrae mode
Crash mode?
"i'm too feeble to buy a proper rear-drive car, but i want to show off" mode
well i should expect a lot of badges because if i bought a rs i dont want people to think im just driving a st
Yeah it's really not any more prominent then a BMW M or AMG. To some extent people like the "sleeper" approach to performance but also don't want their car mistaken for something that costs half as much.
The only people who care are the ones who can spot it on sight anyway.
I remember seeing a Subaru WRX with a swapped out Lexus badge!
Like the guy wanted it to be a sleeper even with the giant all hood scoop LMAO.
The world still doesn't know of the ST. Only select groups do. A lot of people give me the, "YOU of all people drive a Focus?!" Even though I told them it was a Focus ST. D:
If I brought an RS I take off all the badges and body kit and swap them over for standard Focus parts.
That negotiation process was just "wow". But sharing what you love with people you care about... PREACH.
I was worried rcr was gonna lose its roots somewhere along the way. this review proved to me you guys still can keep it together through all the success and support. congratulations. don't let it go to your head. you don't have to keep your mouth shut anymore.
oh look, the ford focus type r
Oh look, a Mr Car of Doom.
oh look a raregliscor you are everywhere I go
Doesn't look anything like the Type R Civic!
If you look at the one in Europe, than yes it does.
+Car Of Doom right! 9:38 Inoculation for procatalepsis. Gas light the honey
Reviews like this one are always my favorite. Ones where Mr. Regular delves into the psyche of car people and car culture. They're always deep and mostly true for the mass majority. They always make me reflect on why I'm a car enthusiast and what I'm doing as a car enthusiast.
A+ Mr. Regular, giving me the feels again this time from a Ford.
"Speaking of software, let's talk about Drift Mode"
I laughed so hard at that line because I KNEW some funny but true RCR-style remarks were going to be made about this before I ever clicked on the video lol
**Looks at the owner of the car**
**Looks at his box of Raisinets**
**Puts the box down**
HOW IS YOUR BROTHER?
thats when Iost is x,D
He's doing fine. Thanks for asking.
The Focus RS. The kid that you met in elementary that turned into the cool kid in high school.
You helped me more than relationship counselling ever did and ever will with this video Mr. Regular... Thank you.
To me, those blind spot mirrors on the Focus worked great!
Jesus effing fuck, I remember when a 2.4 was doing good to crack 150hp. Something changed. I wonder what sort of spinny, blowing thing that was.
Booooooooooooost!
Meanwhile.. At Honda... Years ago...
(K24A2, F22C1)
There's one! It's like playing spot the vegan on Tumblr. xD
+Tyler D. K24 is torquey
Bro, your narration is absolutely amazing, I fell in love with your series.
The Focus RS, quickly becoming the new Mustang of car meets.
Aesthetically It reminds me of a prius and the interior looks claustrophobic. To hell with nanny state safety regulations, I might survive in a rollover, but the bicyclist next to me won't survive when I change lanes because he is blocked by the supposed safety features.
Oh..so which hot hatch do U find interesting , big brains
+Ponygt 662 this was such an odd response lol
You don't know claustrophobic until you have to sit in the back of a fiesta sedan for 4 hours. The fiesta it A Lot worse when it comes to being claustrophobic
I owned a -91 celica, the roof was so low in the backseat that you had to lean your head back, face up towards the sky, if you wanted to sit upright lol
Martisan
That dosent mean the Mondeo and Focus id bad,
A huge population love it for its sexy stlyling,nice poweful and moderately economical engines, great TDCis,cheeap to buy and run,
Just because U find it claustrophobic dosent mean everybody ll find it like that.
I don't tend to "like" your videos anymore, mostly because I just take that part for granted, but I took the time out to do it for this video. Thank you, Mr. Regular. I can't wait for the rest of this season.
I like the RS as a whole, but I dunno if I could get past the interior (other than the awesome Recaro seats). I dislike the little gauges that Ford plops on top of the dash most of all. They look cheap.
who buys a sports car that is concerned about the interior
Ford is cheap
YES MAZDA SPEEDCX3 TOO!!
GotzeGaming Stuff like that matters when you grow up.
The interiors are also cheap on the STI and golf r.
Id get the rs any day.
now THIS is car reviewing done right - the poetry of the pistons, the alliteration of the alternator, the free verse of the fender. i'd say you were the Kerouac of the road, but some dude named Kerouac already beat you to it. still, love the jazzy riffing review of this hierophant of the highway.
Holy shit, that guide on how to make your wife let you buy the RS was pure gold. I'm saving this for the future, just in case I'd want to buy some mildly outrageous car.
8:18 "He can rely upon the RS"
*Head gasket has left the chat before 10000 miles*
Really well done. I think this video has landed spot number three on my list of favorite RCR videos; following the PT Cruiser and first Miata reviews.
Side note: My uncle bought a Camaro SS about 5 years back by suggesting to my aunt the prospects of owning a ZR1 Corvette. Marriage doesn't need to be a competition but sometimes it's more fun that way.
Now review 2016 Golf R please? :3
second this !
thirded!!
only if someone offers him one
+chinchy111 sure. He can use mine! Although he should find someone with a stage 1 tune though and he'll like it more!
i have a mk7 gti they can review, same car David Patterson did last year
Just me, or is Mr. Regular easing off the dirty jokes some? #demonitizationThreat
It's because of CZcamss new rules you can't swear or use dirty jokes as much so he has to tone it down because they won't put adds on his videos if he keeps being dirty 😞.
Bring on the dark ages of RCR.
pretty sure CZcams doesn't demonetize for poop and fart jokes
9:00 I would imagine brother-fucking jokes come under CZcams's "offensive content" mandate
Actually, he's finally picked back up in the past few reviews. I was starting to worry :(
The outro song was also featured in the interview Mr. Regular and Roman did a couple of weeks ago.
This is the first RCR video where I recognized exactly where they were the whole time. Awesome!
been using the little mirror thingy for blind spots for 4 years on my SE focus
it works
its just ok
Cédric Coulombe
I still don't understand why The US doesn't have the same mirrors as the EU version. We get the outer portion of the mirror (about 1/3rd) as a blindspot mirror. That works great.
Cédric Coulombe used it on my se and now on my st. They get the job done for me
>"Alfred can rely on the Focus RS"
Man, that comment aged like milk
How’s the Focus RS for reliability? Edit: Asking for what y’all have heard or any stories
@@eric97909 there was a huge issue with engines hydrolocking due to Ford installing the wrong head gaskets, overheating rear diffs, and every flavor of focus seems to have it's own transmission failures
@Harvey Birdman I had a 13 ST, and it gave me a lot of trans related issues. If I remember correctly, the ST and the RS used the same trans, save for any components added to make the RS AWD
@Harvey Birdman it sucks, because I absolutely loved almost everything about that car; I just didn't trust the build quality
This car just proves the theorem that the further you get from Detroit "engineers", the better the car. Ford is a 1950s rocket program, our Germans are better than your Germans.
excellent
That kind of makes me sad, because GM is also improving its sports cars via Opel's very German contributions.
american cars arent really built in detroit anymore. except chryslers....wooo
chevys are built in michigan and kentucky (the v8'y stuff)
+rubberwoody Detroit is a city of Micigan LMAO! Google before you comment.
+rubberwoody the mustang and many other factories are still being built, in and around Detroit and its suburbs.
I totally did the bait and switch you described on my wife with a new triumph thruxton and a 1986 mustang gt convertible. Worked like a charm 6 years ago. Now we both enjoy the mustang.👍👍👍.
A dream car you can share with your family. That speaks strongly as to why the Civic Si has a sedan and Civic Type R is a hatchback. You can’t sell a family man on a 2-seat 370z or S2000 without owning a secondary car.
You NEEED to do a 911. The 911 has had a Massive impact on automotive culture
*beetle
*deadhorse
+controlgames *Morris Minor
He did a Porsche (maybe a carrera) waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in season 1 or 2.
Yup, the debut of Regular S. Thompson. I'd like to see more of him if it fits the car.
In a year of driving it, I’ve managed exactly 25MPG, and that’s about 95% City. But I drive like an old man almost all of the time.
You spent a lot of money to drive like a camry no?
Jesus man, I cried at that last bit when you were talking about car people using cars to escape.
love this guys sarcasm and analogies. cant believe i've missed out on this channel for this long
Nice Honda Civic
Let's hear it for the FORD!
You can't hear the Ford bc it broke down on the way there.
cool meme bro
Adam Steele Me neither
I rented a Ford Focus and I swear the transmissions was already slipping at 1500 miles
+Ty White If it was a rental that wasn't because the car is unreliable, thats because the rental lot attendant tried a smokey burnout or donuts
6:11 ""Daisy from "Angels" of Shield""...
Is that like Charlie's Angels of SHIELD?
quad quotes ""
I got that right away and LoLed
"...and Daisy from Agents of Shield." 😆
It took me a minute, and then I was like, "Wait... WTF did he just say..?" I wasn't actually sure I heard it until I saw this comment LOL
I love that when I watch a RCR review, I end up learning more about life than I do about the car.
especially that festiva review.
How dare you call me a real human being.
When I saw this on my feed I was like, this is gonna be an interesting review.
Mr. R I've never left a comment before, but man your videos really do make us happy. Thank you.
Lovely. This is the second of your videos that I could follow your humor/POV throughout. The first being the Civic Si hatch, the car I actually own. I really appreciate your thought process on this one, couldn't agree more. Cheers!
I know you're a hilarious satire channel RCR - but that ending was really great.
I bought a Focus ST 2 years ago for the same reason this guy did. I wanted my family and friends to enjoy it if they ever came and visited me. I wanted a car that put a smile on my face - but other people enjoyed it too. I even wanted to teach my future SO how to drive it. It fit all those marks pretty perfectly. I loved driving it - and even all the non-car people really liked it. You don't even have to mod it - it's just good the way it is.
I decided to sell the car this past April. I sold it and decided to *GULP* lease a 2016 Civic, as it was a "smart and sensible" decision. However, I think the ST and the RS are truly the perfect family cars for people who would like to have fun and also not have to compromise fun for practicality. With my Civic, I just have a "car". With the Focus, it was a fun driving experience and a unique vehicle that other people also enjoyed as much as I did. I still miss it.
Thanks for this. Get another. This is a good time. Prices are low and wont drop a ton if you take care of the car..
-Geoffrey
Drift mode doesn't just shift power distribution, it also stiffens the suspension to make it easier to hold a slide.
it actually softens the suspension to make weight transfer more prominent
*****
This is the true answer
The Matrix drift program is uploaded to your central nervous system via bluetooth, giving you instant drift skills that put Ken Block to shame!
I'm honestly impressed you managed to make a solid Oliver Twist analogy with this car; "...and then you held the RS porridge bowl over our heads for FOUR BLUE BALLED YEARS"
Subbed.
Dude you should be on the American TopGear. People like you would make a show like that worth watching.
It's a really cool car but there's only two glaring problems I see with it:
(1.) No LSD or Torsen diffs, which is a requirement to be a really good AWD car like this one is marketed as. Brakes are a poor man's substitute.
(2.) I still wouldn't feel right spending $40k on a focus unless I had a family like the owner.
The brake systems get wacky too with brake pad upgrades
the rear diff does have active torque vectoring and can act as an lsd
The 'breaking' torque vector system in the ST is the major reason i stayed away from it. I thought the RS didnt use that and instead actually had a true system using power instead of brakes. *shrug*
I'd rather get a miata and a subaru Forester for the price of this
Not AWD but FWD. In the fiesta st it can cause the car to slow down more when turning if more aggressive brake pads are put on. It is like traction control that won't go away.
This video went from 212 views to 784 in the time it took me to watch it.
The shout out to Subaru was SO accurate. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER
That ending monologue was beautiful and I totally agree.
8:37 that’s a good idea... I’m gonna do that, Dodge Challenger scat pack SCAT PACK SCAT PACK SCAT PACK....... and then Civic Type R 👌😎
I bought a scat pack and love it
Jesus man, what is that upload schedule.
Its 4:00 am here when you uploaded this.
The way this car sounds at 2:24 is just so great
imagine getting this second hand in 10 years, all those years sitting in the back seat and now it's yours
Please sir may I have some more?..
MORE?!
2:05
love this shit hahah
Is it weird, that I want a sedan version of the Focus RS?
that would be cool, and will look more proper and simple than the hatchback
I know it's not the same thing but check out SS Tuning, they're a Ukrainian company that took a Focus sedan and made an "ST" version out of it. Oh and they put an actual STI wing on it.
family man
But EUROPE
What the hell? People want the Ford Orion back? And as an RS?!?!? The fuck is wrong with you. Then, again you crazy yanks created a saloon version of the Fiesta didn't you?
Yea a Jetta R would be pretty cool too
I love how philosophical these weird reviews get. It all happens so quickly without warning. The commentator obviously thinks a lot
My car nerd glands start salivating over this car and the Golf R. They're these hatch backs that are actually as fast as I wanted to believe my old 90 Civic hatchback was when I tap into my nostalgic side.
6:57 "But she's got this annoying laugh like Spongebob Squarepants exploring the hidden worlds of his own *PROSTATE!"* That's it, I'm done ✅ 😂
After the RS, Subaru has decided to bring the STI spec C to America.
better be next week or it's too late
Would rather just have a hatchback option again
Justin F
true
I learn more life lessons from watching mr. regular than from life itself
Gotta say love your vids man especially this one! Can't think of anywhere else to get deep social commentary laid like icing on top of a car review cake.
oh yeah I'm early
4 views
+NIK4014 ayyyy
ayyi ayyiii ayyyaii im 16 minutes late
YOUR FUCKING DISPLAY PICTURE
you got a spider on your avatar
The owner adds 1.8 seconds to the 0-60 time
lolasvideodiaries 😂😂😂
Very deep there at the end and those thoughts are great, also Alfred sounds like a good guy. Good guy Alfred.
This are reviews, no boring ones that only throw numbers and spec sheets
@7:33 The owner of the car is almost as big as the vehicle itself. Jesus Christ.
And? Who gives a fuck lol
"hype up by ing a 350R so that your wife will let you buy the RS", genius😃
Another great review and more smiles - cheers! As a time-served automotive certification engineer, I can confirm that it's not legal for the rear-view camera to constantly send an image which is directly visible to the driver - it's (allegedly) too much of a distraction. This applies to cars approved for sale in Europe/Australia/USA/Canada to my knowledge; it may also apply to other territories that routinely adopt European and/or US Federal legislation or modify the same to suit local requirements rather than developing bespoke standards. The system is considered as a driver's aid, but in itself that invokes conditions like "low-speed only" and/or "when reversing only". I'm not sure how Tesla has addressed that particular nugget of legislation; it may be due to recent changes in the European "rear visibility" standard (UN-ECE Regulation 46) which now allows direct viewing via a mirror to be replaced by a camera/monitor system, provided that a stringent set of conditions is met. I can guess based on previous experience that Tesla is currently lobbying NHTSA for the existing USA mirrors legislation to be updated to allow the same thing. I shall now once again hide my geeky knowledge and get back in my box.
Back again with the wisdom from Mr. Regular! The last line is a real pearl on the necklace of life.
This is the weirdest car video I’ve ever watched
Review the Cadillc Catera PLEASE
seriously omfg!!!
slime carter Like hell they don't, rofl
Haha not really a New York thing I guess 😅
Hmm... Catera looks like a Opel Omega, what we have here in Europe. Hmm... It is a Opel Omega!!! I never know that that car was sold in USA.
+Samo yep, it is lmao, such a massive flop in the usa haha, although I kinda liked it... but, reason being because it's /not/ a conventional Cadillac lol
Best video ever. Wow. That last bit about car communities and sharing a passion for cars was very profound and well said.
Glad to see my old hometown of Lynchburg VA make it on a review. Oh, I'm a ST owner but have a huge hard-on for the RS. One day... IT WILL BE MINE.
Even the na SE 2.0 is a great handling car
I thought the 2.3l Ecoboost was closer-ish to the Mazdaspeed6's engine
same block due to both being based on mazda's L engine, but pretty much everything else is different
This has to be the realist video you ever made
My first language is Spanish and I can confirm that "hoy" means "today".
Also, I bought a 2005 Ford Focus ZX3 5 speed Manual. Because my dream car is a Ford Focus RS and I cannot afford it. The car zips around town like no other with only 170 HP and when it snows the most fun is drifting a front wheel drive car.
review a mk1 volkswagen gti please
"I know a lot of people use cars as an escape", while he's driving a Ford. Yknow, Ford Escape. It's a jo.... I'll see my way out.
That last part was super deep and highly relatable as well as thought provoking..
Agreed, the best part of owning something you enjoy is to be able to share that joy with someone else.
What happened to the adult jokes? Is it because of CZcams's new TOS?
Not every review is the same, depends on the car really.
tru tru
the whole TOS thing w CZcams is only concerning titles and tags on a video, the actual content isn't reviewed, so if a vid has "suicide" "rape" etc. in the title or tags it'll get flagged but one like this where its all about cars wont be even if the content is considered adult.
Did you not hear 6:50?
See 6:50.
Dang that driver needs to hit the gym. It will make that car much faster. He looks about 300 pounds.
After driving a Transit Connect for awhile, I learned to appreciate the little inserts, because that’s all you have...
only car review channel where i can get advice on my life.
Is ford paying every CZcams to review this car atm
Must be because the Ford focus sucks.
If they are you'll see a "sponsored by ford" somewhere in the video or descriptio.
not all the time.
must be because U suck, not the Focus
A good car always gets the attention from media