heh soz i should have made it clear - when i said family car i meant its for me mum, i had to give her my old mk5 escort when she wrote off her polo 16v but the escort has definatly seen better days and i have a funny feeling its gona give up the ghost soon lol sorta like - new GB, clutch, rack, suspension, mounts etc - alot of money basically and for a car that aint worth it. so my plan is to buy something for her thats top of its class and that aint gona depreciate that much.
now ive driven rens b4 and know the crap that comes with em...ie bad mechanics - things always goin wrong and expensive parts n labour. but then i think im gona have the same issue if i bought something jap like the civic type R, maybe not the things goin wrong but expensive parts etc......so that got me thinking about the focus rs. good reliable ford, not the best but ok build quality plus nice n safe cars (for the car destroyer known as me mum).
now i know they have alot of rally inpired systems running on the new rs, such as the quaife diff they are running, mcpherson struts etc, brembo braking......so i might have the same issue with the parts there.
i dunno, wot u lot think?
Ray