Ford Fiesta RS Turbo - FIRST DRIVE IN 16 YEARS!!

Having owned a Fiesta RS Turbo back in 2004 / 2005, it has always been a special car to me. So I jumped at the chance to get this beautifully presented, super rare Moondust Silver car on the channel. Big thanks to the guys at Platinum Paintworks Kimbolton for giving me the opportunity and for showing me around the car :)

[@CarFocused]

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned the 🐝 sting 😂

[@simonlowe4013]

We are all about the car mate. Was the RS ok after the drive? 🤣🤣🤣

[@CarFocused]

@@simonlowe4013 😂😂

[@simontaylor3211]

It was the "wasp injection" version rather than the standard "wasp"

[@CarFocused]

@@simontaylor3211 haha! It certainly did a good job of injecting its ass into my hand 😂

[@simontaylor3211]

As you get older, nostalgia plays an important part. Loved that video Gary 👍

[@CarFocused]

It sure does mate. Thanks for watching ☺️

[@TallerdeSlot]

LOVE This Fiesta 😍

[@CarFocused]

She’s a beauty 😊

[@TallerdeSlot]

@@CarFocused i hope you can see my Fiesta too 😉

[@Wootoast78]

It's so nice to see the old cars on the road. They've got so much more character. Not like the cars now.👍👍

[@CarFocused]

Indeed they have mate - long may they live on 🙌🏼

[@craigconey9971]

They do but when these new cars get old like 35 + then you will think the same about them

[@Tom-zq6um]

@@craigconey9971Completely disagree, cars now do not have any character to begin with, so in 35 years they will be the same shit soulless cars, Fiesta RS Turbos had character from Day 1 and have even more character now

[@craigconey9971]

@@Tom-zq6um time will tell, I love old cars my brother as had a few cavalier turbos and gsi over the years and calibra turbos all I'm saying is the older the cars get the more they grow on you mate, I do love a rs turbo they great cars very rare now

[@craigmillard5083]

Cracking video. Really enjoyed a good blast from the past. Such a beautiful car. Thanks Gary 😊👍

[@CarFocused]

Hi mate, thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it!😃

[@MP-po6fj]

Grew up around these in Ford Dealership in the 90s as an apprentice. Loved the design of the front bumper and interior seats. Lovely

[@TheSmiths65]

Absolutely loved my fiesta rs turbo’s I owned two both moondust silver wish I never sold them now when I used to tell people how rare they was don’t think I realised how rare they actually was great little cars 👌👌

[@CarFocused]

I remember having to prove to my mate they existed as he was adamant they only made them in the Escorts 😂

[@markhellings1288]

Great film. I owned two Fiesta RS Turbos in the 1990s - both from new. The first was a 90H which got stolen and written off at eight months old but as it was less than a year old it was replaced on the insurance with another brand new car, this time a 91J. Both were grey. I kept the second car and used it sparingly for six years and sold it with 28 000 miles on the clock. Great mid range punch and a really smooth and comfortable car with those Recaro seats.

[@CarFocused]

Hi mate, thank you for watching, and also thanks for sharing your RS Turbo story 😊

[@russrs959]

Beautiful car I’ve always had a soft spot for the fiesta rs turbo…cracking video Gary thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@CarFocused]

Thanks Russ - they are little beauties aren’t they! Thanks for watching ☺️

[@gatostudio972]

Had one in red, it was a deathtrap! Brakes, handling a joke but... fast and fun, looked cool as well. Miss those days but happy I survived

[@CarFocused]

Yea these little match boxes were never safe. Had to be careful. The sad thing is the one I had was involved in a fatal RTC after I sold it 😢

[@Paul_Davies77]

I bought my mates '90 XR2i as he was buying a '91 RS turbo. He took it to Turbo Technics for some work and it then produced 195 hp on the rolling road. They were both beautiful cars and think the front bumper looked so cool with the fogs and spots

[@CarFocused]

Yes mate the front bumper was mega. Looked the part back in the day. Loved the Mk3’s massively.

[@Mr.Voysey]

The thing I love is that you can buy a mk3 fiesta and make one of these just by buying the parts! That’s what im doing and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had with cars. I bought the mk3 for £1150 and am prepared to spend £2-3000 to take it to an rs turbo with a 2.0litre blacktop instead of the old CVH engine

[@CarFocused]

Awesome dude 👌🏻👌🏻

[@ianat5016]

That’s a rare one. I do remember fiesta rs1800 in this colour.👍😃

[@CarFocused]

Very rare indeed. I loved the 1800’s too 👌🏻

[@jimtaylor431]

I actually learned to drive in one of these in the late 90's... the driving instructor I was with was shady AF and I can't even imagine what it must have cost to insure it for learner drivers! I don't think I appreciated quite how lucky I was at the time as I only really got into cars after I'd passed!

[@CarFocused]

Haha that’s amazing!

[@masonstorm1834]

Thanks for the video always to to see older cars

[@CarFocused]

Thanks for watching!☺️

[@chrisryanst]

Got to love how precise the gap panels are, I'm sure that's how Ford made there trademark and fortune 🙄 And that's no reflection on Platinum 😉

[@SteveAFCLondon]

Lovely motor. The closest I got to one of these was an M reg RS1800 Fiesta. Back when cars, were cars.

[@CarFocused]

I loved the RS1800’s too 👌🏻

[@hermitageboy]

Always loved the styling on the mark 3 especially the sculpted rear light clusters

[@keithstapleton7805]

What price can you put on nostalgia…..well with a Ford RS quite a lot! Lovely to see it, I still like the look of the early mk3 XR2i/RS.

[@CarFocused]

It’s amazing how many memories a car can bring back isn’t it. It’s so weird how they smell the same too!

[@lazyarsepie_vx]

Had one of these, great cars 😊

[@Pablo-sr2zx]

Loving the fiesta RS Turbo you just can't beat the cars of the 80-90s for looks you would of thought Ford would of went back to making the XR AND RS TURBO'S model's and I know they made the RS Focus but 80-90s era were definitely the best time for Ford's

[@CarFocused]

I agree - this period of time was epic - the amount of RS badged Fords about was waaaay more than today.

[@bengates2431]

My mum had a moon dust silver K reg RS from new. I loved it. Had no idea it was such a rare car!

[@kristianspencer1978]

Forget the fiesta il quite happily take your beautiful mk2 rs. The best hot hatch ever made in My opinion.

[@CarObsession]

Great video mate, very well put together - I bet you had a blast filming that!

[@CarFocused]

Thanks mate - was deffo a blast from the past! Wasp sting wasn’t fun though…

[@thedrivebygg]

Just stumbled across your channel, nice one, love the rs turbos

[@CarFocused]

Thanks Graham, glad you liked the video too ☺️

[@thedrivebygg]

@@CarFocused if you don’t mind me asking how long has it taken to get to 12k subscribers?

[@CarFocused]

@@thedrivebygg a very long time - about 6 years!

[@thedrivebygg]

@@CarFocused thanks for being open and honest, is this your full time job?

[@CarFocused]

@@thedrivebygg hell no - it’s just a hobby. I could have grown it much quicker with more effort I think. It’s still a hard game to crack though!

[@jaylee7150]

No air conditioning? It's called windows! Used to have a XR2i 1.8

[@CarFocused]

Pop out rear quarters on these RS Turbos for a little bit of extra breeze 👌🏻

[@mrfizeg8661]

Beautiful 😍

[@tiagopereira8340]

I find it interesting how by today's standards a 900kg car with 130hp can be considered slow. Would still love to drive an RS or a 1.8 XR2i. Dream Cars! 💎

[@CarFocused]

Modern cars are just so fast now it’s crazy - I think the standard 0-60 time for a Fiesta RS Turbo was around 8 seconds. Most modern day family Estate cars match that nowadays.

[@strikeeaglemodels1588]

Very nice Mate! Used to see lots of these knocking about back in the day 😊 Your right it's about the exsperence and memories 😍🍻

[@craigdavies9500]

Re-Watching this to prepare myself for owning one, I'm actually part exchanging my MK2 Focus RS, for one! #OldSkool

[@CarFocused]

Oh wow that’s a big move! But sometimes we have to make sacrifices to get what we want 👍🏻👍🏻

[@craigdavies9500]

@@CarFocused I adore old Fords Gary, My RS has been stored away for months. I drive a mk4 Escort Sport as a daily. If I lived nearer you, I'd let you do a video of it.

[@johnstannard8366]

Had a green one in 1996 loved it..

[@Mr.Voysey]

Lol you guys saying the 1.6 is underwhelming, mine is a 1.1 with 4 gears, still does 60-70 on motorway pretty comfortably

[@jonathancharlton9436]

Nice video, definitely need some more cars like this on the channel the old escort Rs turbo’s ect 👍🏻

[@CarFocused]

That’s the plan going forward. I find them far more interesting than the new stuff….

[@UndergroundDubstep]

Very tidy car 👌

[@CarFocused]

Absolute minter now mate. They’ve done a great job on it 👌🏻

[@leeludlowart237]

I had one in I think 96. The petrol fillet cap and pipe had rusted to death and I had some issues with the starter motor over heating for some reason but it’s still the best car I ever owned. I wish I still had it.

[@CarFocused]

The filler caps were prone to rusting out, like much of the car was in the end 😢

[@stephenhankey9684]

2.0 nova’s!! No frigging way, totally forgot about them little monsters!! Great looking motor, great vid! 👍

[@CarFocused]

Haha yep common swap back in the day wasn’t it 😁 My mate had one but my little tubby would keep up - I guess it made sense as the 2.0 was about 150bhp. The calibra turbo swapped Novas were savage!

[@thedrivebygg]

Nova SR what a car, was in my last years at school when this came out. Fiesta rs turbo, not that well known but a great car, haven’t seen one in years

[@Adam151082]

Belta car fellas 👌🏼

[@CarFocused]

Thanks Adam ☺️

[@RSCOZZY]

Bless the youngsters 😁 All talk about speed, power and creature comforts. Good video still, and a very nice example.

[@kimtee4710]

My brother wrecked mine and scrapped it. Still get on his case about it twenty odd years later. Still got my plates though H229CNX.

[@andrewmaple9863]

Wow that's me back great video

[@CarFocused]

Thanks Andrew - would you like to see more videos like this?

[@andrewmaple9863]

@@CarFocused yes bring then on I used to have a ford xr3i mk3

[@CarFocused]

@@andrewmaple9863 should have a series 1 RS Turbo on the channel soon - you’ll like that one then!😃

[@andrewmaple9863]

@@CarFocused yes my close friend had a series 2 that we went out in most Friday nights just driving for the hell of it .he put the 90s spec bumpers on it and had a performance cam and was chiped to over 200 bhp not bad for a cvh

[@rustystuff]

I had an H reg in white. Wish I had kept it 😢

[@keithhedley1392]

I could never get away with them wheels. lovely looking car in that colour

[@philfg1]

Always wanted an rs turbo, I went xr2 the xr2i, then found my real love In the r5 gtt. Just sold mine last year (on channel) loved it.

[@CarFocused]

Mate the R5 Turbo was a legendary little car 👌🏻👌🏻

[@jonnytheboy23]

Superb video, fantastic Fiesta! One of the big problems with cars like these bitd was getting them stolen. A guy that I used to work with had his Escort RS Turbo nicked, it's replacement was a Fiesta RS Turbo and that went the same way. Although he did manage to keep hold of the RS1800 that replaced that!

[@CarFocused]

Yep very easy to steal back on the day - not much has changed 🙈 Thanks for watching ☺️

[@694069406940]

my mouth hit the floor wane i see this 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 me likes

[@barryfairburn3525]

Lovely looking rare car, Looks exactly the same as mine although mine has 3 door cosworth wheels on 😎👍

[@CarFocused]

You have a Moondust car too? Nice! Very rare ☺️

[@barryfairburn3525]

Yes mate I have K741 PLE, also a concourse D Reg series 1, Mk3 Rs1800 & modified concourse auralis blue escort Cosworth 👍

[@CarFocused]

@@barryfairburn3525 oh wow - that’s some collection! You’re not local to Cambs are you?😁

[@barryfairburn3525]

@@CarFocused Essex mate

[@Holdeenio]

I had the same first car as you, same year and model 😂. Glad to say we’ve come a bit of a way since then 🎉 1.1L 😆 … the RS Turbo was the dream though

[@CarFocused]

But there’s no denying these were cool AF back then 😊👌🏻

[@jamielearmonth1039]

my dream car at 17. my first car was also a 5dr mk3 1.1 lx and i used to go to the ford dealer near me and drool over the red rs turbo they had in the showroom. never got round to owning one though. drive a mk8 fiesta st now so never did grow up. im 48 now. lol.

[@CarFocused]

Never too old mate! As they say you’re only as old as you feel 😁

[@carig121]

Too bad this pocket rocket didn't get a chassis worthy of its great engine.

[@markrs59]

Just missing the in period bailey's or Collins dv😂😂 absolute beut of a car!!

[@CarFocused]

Haha mine had a Bailey dump valve - it was the law!!😂

[@markrs59]

Every rs turbo should have one even if its standard, just not right without one!

[@pedrosimonherrero2195]

Me vas a comparar.. 1.000 veces mas divertido que un serie 6💪 Con unos retoques...

[@oohrah81]

I had a white H reg. Hybrid turbo, low comp pistons, chipped, turbo back exhaust and an intercooler. Was pretty quick! Sold it to a friend who blew it up within a week 😂 cool video, sir.

[@CarFocused]

Haha gutting!! Thanks mate, good old days ey!

[@cannonfodder691]

There’s a one in this colour that’s appeared about a mile from me. Parked out on the street looks like its getting used, I didn’t realise the colour was so rare

[@CarFocused]

Is it definitely an RS Turbo mate? They did the Xr2i and RS1800 in the same colour too and they look like a very similar car.

[@cannonfodder691]

@@CarFocused it’s defo badged as an RS and looks identical. I’ll check it’s reg next time I go past

[@dc7743]

Remember my mate picking me up in one of these the same day he picked up from Ford absolutely brilliant 🤩🔥👍👌

[@CarFocused]

Great memories there mate ☺️👌🏻👌🏻

[@jamiehale134]

Great video. Remember one of the guys in St Neots had a K plate silver RS turbo back in the day. All convoy up to Southend.

[@CarFocused]

Yea a few people have mentioned him - my uncle used to convoy with him in his Series 1 RS Turbo. This isn’t the same car though but both had PLE at the end of the reg.

[@jamiehale134]

@@CarFocused I remember it had PLE on the end. I did wonder if it was the same car. So many different RS cars around town back in the day. Never owned a fiesta RS but was always the one car I wanted!

[@carig121]

Too bad the chassis wasn't as good as the engine, when Ford finally offered a good one on its MK IV they stopped producing a sports version.

[@TonyWelch75]

Had a red one in 95’ sold it smoking 😂

[@christopherrawlings858]

Owned one in red, absolutely insane, had it superchipped, scorpion exhaust, didnt know what bhp it was, i had fitted an actuator which was impossible for the turbo to stop boosting, from 3rd up it was insane, whellspun impossible to stop, sounded like something only racers would understand, turbo blew, had alot of problems with the brain of the car, glad i owned one but i was too young to understand

[@CarFocused]

Haha good times mate! Mine has an uprated actuator too! 166bhp it dyno’d at!

[@christopherrawlings858]

@CarFocused awesome mate, love to have one again, bought mine about 20yrs ago, only had it a year, I paid 5k for it, spent about 5k on it, new upgraded turbo, chip, exhaust, the rest was always getting the gearbox repaired alot and one day the guy whose was repairing it for me said ' problem with the brain' advised me not to spend anymore on it, I ended up selling it for 3k 😔

[@DriveWithAndy]

Great video and lovely car. Would love it. Can i ask what sort of microphone are you using when away from the camera to get the good audio? I only have a wired mini mic to plug into my main camera but hate the cable and also restricts bwing right in front of the camera

[@CarFocused]

Hi mate, I use the Rode Wireless Go mic - really good bits of kit!

[@DriveWithAndy]

@@CarFocused oh brill. So does it connect to your camera so it records the audio to the camera?

[@CarFocused]

@@DriveWithAndy yes it does - there is a receiver which plugs into the camera and a microphone which attaches wirelessly to you - this can also accommodate a lav mic which is a bit more pleasing on the eye if desired.

[@DriveWithAndy]

@@CarFocused brilliant. Looks like I need to get saving haha. Not cheap

[@CarFocused]

@@DriveWithAndy haha no they’re not but once you have them you’ll use them for years 😊

[@Barrybullthiefpouters]

It sounds so shit lol rattling and squeking .. if listen to it just sounds old now lol but I lived mine back day really did and thought I was dogs bollocks driving it lol .. but now when listen sounds terrible that car rattling stuff as I say and looks so bloody small inside compared even to modern mini lol

[@CarFocused]

Very old now mate. Rattles just get worse with age! Full of character though, I loved it even though it was terrible to drive by todays standards 😂

[@Barrybullthiefpouters]

@@CarFocused yes I loved mine aswell even tho drove as bad as you say... I crashed mine steering was even worse than u mention in video when I got it back and was never comfortable driving it wild again so got rid.. . But as I say makes some noise when listen them now so bad bit full memories for us of certain age I guess .. Nice video m8 il be watchin in future rest .. thanks n godbless m8

[@MrVolvofh16]

I was the first owner of that car .

[@CarFocused]

Really? That’s amazing! Do you have any pics or anything of it?

[@MrVolvofh16]

@@CarFocused I will have a look I’m sure I have somewhere .

[@CarFocused]

@@MrVolvofh16 if you do let me know 👍🏻

[@wellwh0]

Remember of friend of mine with 2.0 zetec swaped kind of wrong move would it be now. Good old times

[@arthurmatthews9321]

Didn’t know they did the fiesta rs on a k plate. The xr was getting the zetec engine by then.

[@CarFocused]

Yep - these were the last off the production line.

[@DinoLommano]

I'd like to see a Fiesta RS 1800 video. Enjoyed the RS turbo video

[@CarFocused]

I’d love to review one. They’re just so rare now!

[@DinoLommano]

@@CarFocused MK2 Fiesta XR2 if you can

[@mackers5205]

I have always wanted one of these. One day.... Congratulations, credit to you

[@lukeframpton3671]

I had 3 of them the only car I miss and I'm trying to find one that hasn't been welded to death

[@marioricardo7934]

I want to import this to the us so badly

[@CarFocused]

That would be so cool 👌🏻👌🏻

[@paulsims7202]

Brought back good memories, had a grey one back in the day nice car 👍

[@curtisclan1794]

Had H965 ODW back in the day, 94 sold it in 98.

[@jjustdrive7894]

How much ?

[@MrVolvofh16]

I have found a few . Can email them if you want them. I paid £10,340.35 in October 1992 .

[@CarFocused]

Perfect - email [e-mail] - many thanks ☺️

[@GunerHuseyin]

I used to have a white H reg back in the day. It was lightly modified with a full Scorpion exhaust system, K&N air filter and a Baileys dump valve. I loved it! I want one all over again. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@CarFocused]

Similar mods to the one I had ☺️ You’re welcome and thanks for watching!

[@juliancarrero8765]

Son unas máquinas y preciosos yo tengo uno del ,90 y es una bestia de lo que andá

[@jacquesleconte8152]

I had a red one and ragged the nuts off it back in the day, great car

[@FerrousMan]

Great video. I had one of these for three years as a company car. My local garage bloke kept a door skin and lock set permanently in stock so he could patch it up when someone tried to nick it - six times in three years. They either screwdrivered the lock or put a knee in the middle of the door and pulled the window frame out. I put 70,000 hard miles on it and absolutely loved it 😍

[@CarFocused]

Thanks for watching and also thank you for sharing your story of your car with us! 6 times is a crazy amount of times though within 3 years!! Blimey 🙈

[@alexr129]

i remember these when they came out .. i couldnt max my credit card as i only had a 250 limit i could only afford 2 tyres on my 2.8i special goodyear NCT's then i was skint !

[@CarFocused]

I was lucky to get a £2500 limit which paid for mine back in 2004!

[@B.Walker.]

Mint

[@Buck3366]

I had one of these tuned by Castle Performance. A genuine Cosworth killer as I did many times with my friends 330 bhp Sapphire and he absolutely HATED it 😂. -31 actuator, beige injectors, t3, scorpion, Castle chipped and the boost wound up to about 20 at peak. I always remember going into Eyoin Clarke at Castle and not being happy with the power. They took it out for a run and came back and said mate… it’s spinning 3rd in the dry what more power do you want 😂 My only gripe is it suffered rust wise no matter how much I cared for it including the entire filler neck that fell through mid refuel! My cousin has still has 2. A track/fast road and a standard black one along with an S2 RS turbo and a couple of 306 GTI-6’s. He’s living his teenage years again the lucky sod.

[@CarFocused]

Haha! Yes ultimately it was rust that killed most of them off in the long run - a real shame. I just loved how exclusive they were back in the day, most people had the Escorts which made the little Fez even cooler in my opinion 👌🏻

[@Buck3366]

I think the RST was the Fiesta to have really. I don’t think the RS1800 did the badge justice with a mildly reworked engine from the XR2i 16v and even though the bhp was similar the Turbo had the character and tuning capability.That said I have only yesterday been looking at an RS1800 on eBay that looks tidy and decent money but the price for the RS Turbos are just silly now and don’t get me started on the Series 1 Escorts!

[@vauxhall1990]

I have a series 2 rs turbo and the amount of people that say “that’s a nice xr3i” 🤬😂

[@CarFocused]

Haha some people out there who aren’t all that into cars never even knew the RS Turbo existed 🤦🏼‍♂️ I remember having to prove to my mate at school back in the day that there was such thing as a Fiesta RS Turbo lol.

[@Carlosnufc]

I passed my test in 2003 had a fiesta 1.1 I know the smell you on about😎

[@CarFocused]

Haha it was so weird it smelt exactly like my RS Turbo did when I got in! Obviously the smell of the materials used but it was so nostalgic! Big up the 1.1 crew back in the day too haha.

[@colinmorrison1507]

Great to see,it really is back to basics when driving older cars like that, but really good fun, thanks for another great video.

[@CarFocused]

It’s definitely a purer form of driving. They’re just little time capsules - so cool to drive 😁

[@scotty2036]

Very nice...had a red H plate back in the day ....much prefer these than the escort rs turbo.

[@CarFocused]

These were the nicer, rarer RS Turbos in my opinion 👌🏻 Mine was a H plate too 👍🏻

[@RoadandRacetv]

Very nice work mate

[@CarFocused]

Thank you Neil. Great to have Max back for this ☺️

[@dr.t.]

I had the Xr2i after I traded my mk3 Capri for and after 3 months I regretted it I grew to hate the car and very Spartan inside and wished I'd have gone for the turbo, this one looks amazing and nice colour too 😎😎

[@CarFocused]

I understand your frustration at the time! The RS Turbo was the daddy, must have been hard knowing it was out there when you were stuck with the 2i 😩

[@dr.t.]

@@CarFocused sure was, I think that was the problem 👍

[@mclarenformula5042]

90s were AWESOME for cars

[@lukeandchloe]

Loved watching that mate . Always wanted a turbo rs car . No chance now with the prices

[@CarFocused]

So rare now - there’s not a single Fiesta RS Turbo on eBay at the moment!

[@georgecollins2412]

i saw the wasp sting on instagram!

[@tracktimevideos5164]

I had a Moondust silver mk3 XR2i 1.8 16V. I loved that car with the clear lights, superchip, Mondeo throttle body, Scorpion exhaust system, 17inch OZ Superleggeras etc etc.

[@CarFocused]

Ah I can picture it now in that spec. Did you have to roll the arches to fit the 17’s? They looked awesome slightly modified too. Had the Scorpion system on my RS Turbo with the 4 inch outwardly rolled tip - sounded glorious!

[@tracktimevideos5164]

@@CarFocused cut the arches lol. It got broken into so I had a clifford installed, the doors and boot delocked and smoothed over as well as smoothing the bonnet line and adding the white/clear rear lights. So much fun.

[@CarFocused]

@@tracktimevideos5164 haha I remember those clear lights, before the awful Lexus lights appeared on the scene! I did have an XR2i but only as a donor car. I took the arches and skirts off it and stuck them on my Si - I also switched my 1.4 CVH for the 1.6 in the XR2i. Those were the days.

[@maverick4177]

Ultra rare because they all rotted away as opposed to low production

[@CarFocused]

They only made 52 of the Moondust silver cars seen in this video. A lot of them certainly did rot away though!

[@simonlowe4013]

Minter. Absolutely still one hell of a car 👊🏻👊🏻

[@CarFocused]

Sure is mate 👌🏻

[@Zolega89]

Car Fiestad

[@CarFocused]

Haha!

[@stevemahoney5209]

Test drove an immaculate red one in '94 but when I done an hpi check I found out it was written off .. Shame 😥😩😥

[@CarFocused]

That was a shame. Guessing there were quite a few about back then though…

[@stevemahoney5209]

From what I can recall there weren't loads about as I don't think they got good reviews! Think that was the only one I looked at. At the time I had a Fiesta XR2 (b plate) then bought a red Escort RS Turbo on a D plate which I then traded in for a Sorrento Green limited edition Pug 205 GTI 1.6, which had 1.9 alloys fitted, so I just stuck on 1.9 badges 😍😍

[@stevemahoney5209]

Now driving a '17 Frozen White Fiesta ST3, which I may have mentioned before 😂😂

[@johnmitchell2269]

I also passed in 2003 and my first car was a H reg mk3 Xr2i 8 valve.

[@CarFocused]

Must have been a killer to insure? My little 1.1 was £1100 third party haha.

[@johnmitchell2269]

@@CarFocused The car cost me £900 to buy and around £1400 to insure with my mum as a named driver (think that was with Tesco insurance??). It was already modified when I got it. Shopping list down the side. 😄

[@hairycornflake8580]

Just been staying in Kimbolton all week. Never knew they were there..

[@CarFocused]

What brings you to Kimbolton? Nice little village 👍🏻

[@hairycornflake8580]

@@CarFocused staying with in laws. Would have had a cycle round if I'd known. Great cars but I was a 205 gti man.

[@reesdawson6321]

How old were you when you passed your driving test in 2003?

[@CarFocused]

I was a baby - 17!

[@robcossie3108]

Proper car

[@carlhope8489]

Minter love it

[@MegaReddevil71]

Not many in silver

[@CarFocused]

Only 52 made!

[@E83-b8e]

Gorgeous. Get mine restored one day 😥

[@CarFocused]

You have a FRST?

[@E83-b8e]

@@CarFocused Indeed. Not silver though. Sadly its a bare shell, fully stripped of every/nut/bolt all factor sealer. Awaiting a very gentle conservation, bare metal repaint then full cvh build. Never get time too crack on, but can't bare too sell 😅

[@johnnyhickman6798]

Ultra rare. And not very good. Turbo llaagg

[@CarFocused]

This one wasn’t laggy at all. The smaller turbo compared with the escort helps this.

[@johnnyhickman6798]

@@CarFocused interesting. It’s been so long since I drove one, over 20yrs. Everything else at the time was N/A mostly, maybe if I drove one today it wouldn’t seem so different I just remember being underwhelmed at the time. They always looked good tho. I had a Mk5 Escort RS2000 which I thought was very nice at the time, haven’t seen one of those in years.

[@CarFocused]

@@johnnyhickman6798 I think they need a bit more boost. Mine was running 12psi and dyno’d at 166bhp - it flew! I remember racing a 2003 Mini Cooper S and beating it 😁