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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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skipdogg posted:What are you looking for? I'm of the opinion it looks a little too boy racer for me these days. I was sort of hoping they'd go whole hog with absurd fender flares and a giant wing to go the opposite route of the Golf R.
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Feb 6, 2015 03:55
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Manawski posted:They would have been functional too. The ST has a turning radius comparable to a F150 Our Focus Titanium with the handling package has a 40' turning radius. It really is absurd.
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Feb 6, 2015 05:35
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Test drove a 2015 Fiesta ST today with the cloth seats and sat in the Recaro seats as well. Although there weren't as many back roads as I'd like, the salesman didn't mind me getting on it hard. All the reviews rave about it, but the seating position felt a bit high and the shifter down low. Power was nice for a car its size. Interior materials were meh, and was highlighted that much more with how nice the Recaros are in comparison. Is it possible to get just the Recaros with no nav/sunroof/painted wheels? I'm struggling to find an example online.
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Feb 8, 2015 21:37
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GutBomb posted:When I got my base model they had another base model on the lot with recaros and painted wheels. I think the recaros always come with the painted wheels. It didn't have sunroof or nav. Painted wheels aren't a deal breaker since they're relatively inexpensive. All the ones around here seem loaded with nav/sunroof on every single model. Ford's window sticker site seems down too - Salesman said there were 3 in the state with recaros only but I can't check the stickers. I know you had an FRS/BRZ before, how are you liking it? I have a Miata, so a similar comparision.
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Feb 8, 2015 21:45
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BrownieVK posted:I always get a free waterboarding session with any trip to the dealership. I had a dealer rake me over the coals for a rocker trim piece that started to come off and the fuel gauge sensor. They swore up and down that I must have bottomed the car out and that the items were related so they wouldn't cover it. After some back and forth they agreed to cover it out of "goodwill".
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Feb 14, 2015 17:14
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The Locator posted:I suppose it depends on the dealer you are working with. The dealer I ordered my Focus from is great from a customer service standpoint. We discussed the car I wanted, agreed on a price, and I gave them a $500 down payment. Per our discussions they were free to look for a dealer-swap car, or order from Ford, whichever got me the exact car I wanted. I've done the exact same with Ford with no problems. They found one for dealer trade and brought it up about a week after we had first spoke.
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Feb 19, 2015 20:46
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veedubfreak posted:Just talked to the dealership where I'm likely to get my R. Turns out the 16 models are going to be only manual. Interesting. Is it going to be packaged in only 1 option like the '15s?
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Feb 20, 2015 02:48
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Call it the "No way Ford would make another hatchback to eat into the Fi/FoST sales plus nobody is buying a Mustang hatchback in the US"
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Feb 23, 2015 21:23
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Mustangchat in the hot hatch thread. 
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Feb 24, 2015 02:24
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fyodor posted:So I'm looking at a 2012 GTI and I have a question the seller couldn't answer: how much less pussy will I attract whilst driving it? Quantify, if possible. Thanks. Can't divide by zero mate
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Feb 28, 2015 00:13
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AnimalChin posted:Is it possible to pull a small (4x6) trailer with a GTI? I think the manual GTIs are rated for 2k towing. Check the manual. I've hauled a motorcycle trailer + motorcycle with a GTI and had no problems.
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Mar 2, 2015 00:12
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GutBomb posted:A few months ago a guy at work crashed his brand new focus st messing around on an onramp in the snow. After a month it was repaired and he said it never felt the same. Then he traded it for a brand new mazda six, installed an exhaust and intake, then traded that in about a month later for a GLI (with British plates for some reason) Just imagine how much he got hosed on those trade ins and that he probably financed 40k for that GLI.
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Mar 17, 2015 03:44
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Calidus posted:I will put the BRZ's gearbox up against the Miata's. No way. I've driven both and it isn't comparable.
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Mar 27, 2015 04:01
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fknlo posted:I'm usually pretty good about not curbing wheels. It happens every now and then though. Loved those on the Golf.
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Apr 21, 2015 04:17
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fknlo posted:The Golf R420 has supposedly been green lit for production. Heh. Agree though, I'd be hard pressed to pony up that much when there are established marquees at that price point.
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Apr 25, 2015 04:43
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Defghanistan posted:No poo poo if this was in NA I would've bought this over my golf R in a HEARTBEAT. You need it with the really ridiculous aero package too. 
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Jun 21, 2015 22:44
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Defghanistan posted:Ok I hate that spoiler but the rest of it...drat. Someone here had one, but yeah, the odds are pretty much never.
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Jun 22, 2015 04:25
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veedubfreak posted:This does not help my decision between a 16 R at all. I really want red, but I know I'll be getting constant tickets, plus the black is sparkly. The red car being a ticket magnet is pretty overblown. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Jun 23, 2015 22:21
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Ludicro posted:I think the graphics look good and you should keep them. Agreed.
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Jul 6, 2015 20:50
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veedubfreak posted:Sunroof is not an option. Stick shift was the reason I waited for the 2016. The fender audio looks interesting, it has a sub the size of a donut spare where the normal spare would be because they can't put a spare in the car due to the Haldex. Ended up getting 72 months @ 2.49, 799 for gpp insurance, 330 for the first 3 services and he knocked down the 7/72 covers everything warranty down to 2300. So basically for an extra 40 a month the car will not cost me anything more than the car payment every month for the first 3 years, and then only maintenance for the next 4. 588 a month kind of sucks but then again, this car isn't going to tank in value like my 11 tdi apparently did. Good lord you got taken for a ride. Also the ExtremeContacts are pretty good. The ProContacts are the OE mediocre tire.
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Aug 2, 2015 16:26
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veedubfreak posted:Where did I get taken for a ride. Where you only got 13k for your TDI in trade? Sure you're not paying a markup, because they hosed you on the trade. I got just a shade under 15k on my trade just a few months ago, and IIRC I had more miles on mine (just a touch under 60k) and I'm sure less options. If you're financing gap coverage it's because you're upside down, and $800 for gap is crazy. They saw you were thirsty. You're getting a "deal" on the other services because they're making it up on things like an $800 gap coverage. Edit: It's a fantastic car, but it sounds like you rushed through this, maybe because you were excited, or maybe to own the #2 Golf R or whatever it is, but you can do better on the deal. Literally Lewis Hamilton fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Aug 3, 2015 23:18
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My car has no seatbelt ding at all 
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Nov 20, 2015 14:30
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veedubfreak posted:How does the RS have an extra 60 hp over the Golf R and still pull the same 0-60 time? I'm assuming because it only has a manual option. The manual R is 5.2 vs 4.7 on the auto.
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Jan 26, 2016 18:48
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IOwnCalculus posted:It might if you use it regularly, but it didn't make a loving dent in the super-baked deposits on my MS3 at ~100k miles. Did you dump it into the tank? I did this and blew enormous clouds through the neighborhood.
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Jan 29, 2016 23:29
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jammyozzy posted:That and the crease in the door of the pre-facelift models that made them look like they were sagging in the middle. Was that ever fixed in the US models before they killed the 1 series name?
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Feb 7, 2016 17:16
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fyodor posted:My Credit Union's extended warranty can't tell if it's flashed though. Good luck with that - if you go to present a claim under your extended warranty while still being under your factory warranty, they're going to first tell you the manufacturers warranty is primary.
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Feb 14, 2016 00:43
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Hot pressurized water?
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Mar 11, 2016 00:09
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I'd take the GTI all day over a Fiesta. More room, more power, more refined as a daily driver.
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Mar 11, 2016 05:58
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mariooncrack posted:They are not currently selling the 2 in the US. I think they discontinued in 2015. You just buy the Scion iA.
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Apr 12, 2016 20:59
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veedubfreak posted:Sad trombone. Time to buy a red one. Airbags popped? If not, probably not a total because of the value
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Apr 15, 2016 12:01
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Don Lapre posted:Agreed. If ab are still intact good chance that gets repaired. Two door skins and a fender and paint. Yeah. Hard to tell but may need a couple hours on the rocker, wheel also may have damage with the way the impact went, but I can't see it. Looks pretty ugly but everything appears to be cosmetic. On the plus side all of those panels (except the rocker) are damaged enough that they'll be replaced, not repaired. Also they're basically a bolt on affair so no cutting the unibody like a quarter.
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Apr 15, 2016 13:05
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veedubfreak posted:11,300 dollars and counting so far on the repairs. ~might~ get the car back by the 27th. Then I get to sue Geico for loss of value. Which should make the car payments for a year since I'm now jobless for a little while. Are you suing them because they aren't playing ball on DOV? You'd want to pursue the tortfeasor, their insured. If you won a judgement against them, GEICO would pay it. Diminished value claims are such a weird gray area and seldom present well for the plaintiff. To a jury it comes across as a cash grab ("They paid for my damages but I want more!" sort of thing) and I've seen several cases where they award nothing. What are you looking for money wise? You said make the car payments for a year, which if I estimate $300/mo, there is absolutely no way they'll be anywhere near that. If it's anything with 4 figures and up I fully expect GEICO to tell you to piss off. Have they made any offer?
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May 11, 2016 22:42
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The Locator posted:If you choose to trade in a car rather than sell it private, and it has an accident on file (no matter how minor) they will instantly downgrade the value of the car by a full category (so excellent to good, good to fair, etc.). So it's pretty easy to determine a diminished value by looking up the wholesale blue-book value of the car and getting the difference between categories. I learned this lesson the hard way by not pursuing diminished value, and then getting to eat a 20% drop on trade-in value down the road. In theory this back of the napkin math works, but it's all presumptive about something that hasn't happened. What you described at that dealer certainly isn't universal, and a good chunk of the time there isn't any loss history on a vehicle. Carfax, autocheck, etc. all miss a ton of things simply because it doesn't get reported to them. What I'm saying here is that you can certainly pursue a diminished value claim, I'm not claiming it doesn't exist. I've certainly paid a few in my day, but I've also refused to pay anything if a reasonable amount can't be agreed, and court cases are generally not favorable to the individual. Edit: dealers aren't using blue book either
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May 12, 2016 00:11
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Isn't that to replace the FiST as your family car? Your family will murder you if you make them ride in an STI everywhere.
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May 17, 2016 20:42
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I'd drive the Fiesta because the noise from the Miata for hours on the interstate will be absolutely insufferable. Almost as insufferable as moving to Utah, why??
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May 29, 2016 22:33
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Invest in fiancé mod.
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Jun 1, 2016 22:01
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Also power steering, amateurs
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Jun 2, 2016 00:13
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veedubfreak posted:Pretty soon, you won't even be able to get a clutch pedal in anything anymore Make sure you operate everything to make sure it's working. Full blast AC, heat, all the radio modes, brake pedal pressure, etc. Always a lot easier if you catch something right up front.
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Jun 2, 2016 23:56
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Try a Focus with the titanium handling package for turning radius. It's 40'.
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Jun 9, 2016 19:16
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Bill Pierre Ford in Seattle is selling a Focus RS for 56k. What the gently caress?
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Jun 9, 2016 19:34
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