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#1 2005-08-16 15:51:24

nimaxpro
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From: Austin, TX
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Got smoked by a Focus last night...

Here's the story:

Last night, I'm driving my Legacy (92 Legacy turbo) on a highway, getting ready for my left lane exit and come up on a newer Ford Focus sedan. I'm staying close to him and while on the off ramp, we come up on another car and slow down. This ramp merges on another highway that's heavily traveled in that area (lots of cars in the right lane, as they slow down and get off for various streets), so you've gotta move over to the left as soon as you can to avoid being stuck behind all of them.
So we're a group of 3 cars, me being the last.
I see an opening in the left lane, move into it and get ready to go by the Focus (which at that point is to my right, as he hasn't moved over yet). At this point, the Focus probably thinks "why the heck would some POS old car pass me?" and punches it to get right in front of me....Well, he does (as I wasn't driving hard...don't think I even downshifted) and then starts to move into the left most lane. At that point, he's getting on it pretty hard and I start seeing some whitish smoke come out from under him. I kept following him for about another half mile or a little longer and the smoke became worse (got dakered and more of it). Since he's driving fast, he can't see any of it yet, as it gets blown under the car and behind him...I was going to catch up to him and honk and tell him he blew his load, but I had to pull off for my exit and he continued straight. So I didn't get a chance to see the look on his face once he saw the smoke. I got a laugh out of it though. He "smoked" me alright, haha.smile
Not a racing story by any means, but I thought you might find it funny as well.
Either way, I love sleeper cars. Sometimes, people don't know what they get themselves into when they try to pick on you.


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#2 2005-08-16 16:01:24

STI4theSlowGuy
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Registered: 2005-05-13
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

go home and watch fast and the furious you ricerboystreetracingrecklessendangeringdeathwishedirresponsiblehooligan!

oh wait.  just kidding.

Nice Kill (literally).  Did you check for the burned out corpse.


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#3 2005-08-16 18:17:43

Suba-Saab
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From: Lake Zurich, IL
Registered: 2005-06-28
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

What do you expect from a Found On Road Dead?


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#4 2005-08-16 18:35:16

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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

HEY I USED TO DRIVE A FOCUS sad

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#5 2005-08-16 19:56:22

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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

like ur story...to bad u could'nt have seen his expression 92x     banana


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#6 2005-08-16 20:10:43

Suba-Saab
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

illzguju wrote:

HEY I USED TO DRIVE A FOCUS sad

You used to...

Then you saw the light and got rid of it.

big_smile

BTW...love your color and trim level.  Arctic Silver Linears are the best! embeer


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#7 2005-08-17 09:28:01

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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

Hey, I loved my Focus.  It's a nice ride and can be made into a budget performer rather easily.  I found the handling (after a new suspension of course) to be on par or better than my former GTIs which is exceptional for a FWD.

Too bad the Focus was smoking...I bet he never knew what hit him. tongue


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#8 2005-08-19 10:57:23

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Registered: 2005-06-06
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

The Focii were on the ten best list at one point.

Decent car for the money.


That said, I would never own one unless I had to.

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#9 2005-08-19 12:14:53

Abester
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Registered: 2005-07-20
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

Yea I hated my old fukus


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#10 2005-08-27 11:40:53

raitchison
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Registered: 2005-06-23
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Re: Got smoked by a Focus last night...

john_matrix wrote:

The Focii were on the ten best list at one point.

The Focus was on Car & Drivers 10 best list for 5 years in a row.  When Ford "redesigned" the US Focus in 05 (cheapened the shit out of it and styled the front end like a Taurus) it dropped off the list or the sirts time since it's US debut.

I had a 2000 Focus and it was a good little car, certianly one of the best automotve values out there.

The 2.3l engine that was standard in CA, NY & other "green" states from 02-04 is one of the best 4 cylinder engines around.

If you got one of the hatchbacks (ZX3, ZX5 or SVT) those are made in Mexico and you even get good build quality.  Though the sedans & wagons are built in a UAW plant so they are generally rattle traps.  Starting in 05 Ford shifted all Focus production to the UAW plant so they are all crappy build quality.  I suspect the main reason Ford stopped making the SVT in 05 is they kenw the plant (Wayne, MI - a plant with a bad reputation even my UAW standards) is incapable of making cars that live up to SVT buyers expectations.


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