Paging Brands Hatch spectators

Is anyone else going along to watch on Saturday?

This morning is your last chance to save 2 quid by buying a ticket
online.

https://www.motorsportdirect.co.uk/events/event-details.asp?ProductID=46
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I'll be there - but I'm sorted, ta.

 

rb wrote

Probably.

My call to arms: if anybody who is going is also intending to do the 24
at Snetters and if they have a video camera. Take it with you and have
a practice. For Snetters I would like one halfway usable shot of each
rider in each stint at each corner, Brands will be another of those
chances to play before it gets important.

 

Is anyone else going along to watch on Saturday?

Talking of Vid Cams, as I are only a few miles from Brands, are you still
after that one I have for sale?


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Oh - if anyone (or any three) from the midlands area (or anywhere between
Shrewsbury & Brands) wants a lift there & back on the Saturday drop me an
email (sorby69 at gmail dot com)

 

Robbo wrote

I don't quite think the phrase "still after" applies but yes I do want
to see it.

 

Robbo wrote

Ok....
I am working on Saturday morning just down the road from
Brands..........email me for my mobile number and we could meet at a nearby
pub for a pint etc after I finish around midday.

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Robbo wrote

Why don't you come to the race you miserable fucker?

 

Do it! I'll pick you up.

Nahhh! Weekends are terrible for buying cars. Every other fucker is out
there doing it too.

 

I've thought the Focus was a good car, since I had a black Ghia model
for four months as a rental when I was working in Finland.

Good car. No question.

 

I like them, I really do.

Me, too. It would be a sensible everyday car, keeping something
sporty or luxurious (or both) for High Days and Holidays.

You'll be getting a Honda next, you turncoat ****.

 

I had a Focus hire car recently and it was indeed very cane'able, they
are streets ahead of GMC it would seem. In no way could the interior or

VFR I expect Ben, it's only a matter of time

'Hog

 

He is but a shadow of his - ponytailed, Matrix-coated - former self.

 

Is anyone else going along to watch on Saturday?

Because I'll be in full work gear and stuff and would have to pitch in
prolly....
Not that I mind that is............

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 22:23:16 +0100 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Bear says:

[Focus]

My brother has one as his company chariot, I borrowed it this Easter
to take the kids to cornwall instead of using 2 Micras. Did the job
well, fairly economical and comfortable.

My brother is suffering with back problems at the moment and he finds
the Focus driving position/seat aggravates his back. He oddly enough
finds my Zafira more comfortable.

 

Focus ST? 220bhp.

Apparently, there's a 250bhp RS version on the way.
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The 250bhp one's supposed to be getting the Volvo AWD system.

Two words: Not cheap.

From Channel 4:

"When Ford launched its 220bhp Focus ST at the Geneva show, company
officials were keeping schtum about an even hotter RS version in the
pipeline. But now we've caught the flagship model undergoing
cold-weather testing. Whilst the ST, which arrives in late 2005, gets
220bhp from Volvo's turbocharged five-cylinder 2.5-litre engine and is
more powerful than the previous-generation Focus RS (200 bhp), the RS
will be quicker still, with the T5 unit tuned for a good 250 bhp-plus
and fitted in combination with the Volvo AWD system.

Like its earlier namesake, and forebears such as the Sierra RS
Cosworth, expect the latest RS to take its inspiration from the newest
Ford WRC car, which makes its debut in 2006. The previous Focus RS got
many race-spec parts - Sachs dampers, Brembo brakes, Sparco seats, OZ
Racing alloys, a Garrett turbocharger and AP clutch to name a few - so
we'd expect this top-dog Focus to bring much of the rallying
experience to the road. We don't predict a tacky bodykit and a huge
wing, though: like the previous RS, it will probably remain reasonably
understated. "


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That's not the current ST. The current ST is 170.

Apparently (Vicky Butler-Henderson, et al) both aren't "quite right" on
the road and follow bumps and overbanding too easily, something about a
wierd diff thing ford threw in.. The 170BHP Focus ST is the one that
does all day every day type usability.

That said the ST is not exactly "hot" and despite 20BHP in it's favour
only matches my astra 2.2 in 0-60 and midrange performance.

My advice, if you want a hot hatch buy a Civic Type-R.