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suppose it could be worse ? got this off the RS forum I’ve finally joined the RS Owners Club…….Membership No 40636. There have been several posts of stolen Focus RS’s, and it really heartbreaking. These low life scum bags should be shot. Not just for the FRS, but for any of the fords. On August the 6th My Focus RS was stolen by three masked men with machetes. A friend of mine Jay, asked a friend of his Darren barber to post it on the forum, which he kindly did. CheeRS Jay & Darren I don’t want to go on and on about it, this post is just to give you an insight into how easy this happens. Most of you who have been through this and already know how easy this is. I’d had the RS only 18 months, purchased it in Nov03 new, after a long wait!!! FRS No. 4428. Everything about the car was great and in early 2005 I met Jay also a FRS owner. I couldn’t believe how friendly people were who were RS owners, great set of people. I drove home at about 12:15am, pulled onto my drive; I’d just switched off the ignition and opened the door when I heard footsteps, that what is it one stood in front of me and the other two to the side all with machetes. They demanded they keys, then my wallet and they also got my phone. The started it and off they went. It took all of 10 seconds. The police were pretty quick, but not quick enough if you know what I mean. The officer checked around the street and found an abandoned Corsa, they then confirmed to me that this car had been used in 3 armed robberies. I told them it had a tracker, but when they tried to get anything it wouldn’t release a signal, they kept trying, but nothing. I knew I wouldn’t see it again. What especially hurt was, I did a trip around Europe in March in Aid of NSPCC, It was like a cannonball thing, but just two of us. We covered 5000miles in 10 days. See http://www.rs-tour.co.uk I had so much memories with the car, it was devastating. After a numerous calls the police their was no leads, and after about 11 weeks I had been paid out by the insurance company, so I purchased another one FRS No. 4416. A week later I got a call from the police, they found it in Cheetham Hill. It was wrecked, thanks D**kheads…….have a look for yourself. It’s a shame to hear all these stories of carjackings, but don’t let this put you off, you shouldn’t be dictated on what car you should have, if you want it buy it..Otherwise we’d be all driving Nissan micra’s. I now have blackjax fitted and another tracker, and like some of you have been asking. The system is top notch, bit of a pain in the , but it works, they ain’t getting it this time. I’m planning another trip next year, I will update you all inn the new year, It would be great to get some of RS Owners to join in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/tr ... afficcams/ look at the pic for rhuallt hill , theres a c on there , anyone off here ? might even be me

to carry essential items buy a roof rack, you can put anything on them :wink:

with a corrado the chances of something going wrong at any mileage are high if you think thats a bad day you ought to get out more often :-)

vealige1, http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34733

that looks superb mate , the wheels colour coded would be too much imo

WHAT !! people are at work today !!!!!!! doesnt explain the girlfriend thread in the wanted section from a few days ago :-)

:-) how rapid are threads going down hill ( no pun chris) these days

sooo much money sooo little style :-(

i use mine as a daily driver , it returns mid 20's mpg , its not mine fault its the noise ! the noise of the vr when booted is totally addictive , you'll know what i mean when you get one and with an induction kit you just cant stop your right foot going down down down ......... dont buy the car unless you are prepared to make it a hobby aswell as a mode of transport , these cars last well with tlc , neglected they will just die on you , rado's are attention whores i still love it and i can only think i'd replace it with another at the moment and i have to admit on the whole they seem to attract decent owners who are more than willing to talk rado's 24-7 :-)

brettloveday, they are sexual mate :-) is there enough room for them to tilt forward to get in the rear (ooh missus) as they look quite tall

Jimbob1970, totally agree apart from the bike bit mate , when i go out on mine i'm always checking for helicopters on my way home, iride fast but not stupid almost everytime i go out in either the car or on my bike i could get banned :-( i need therapy

http://www.millemiglia.co.uk/big_gallery.php?picID=99 if you bought these as replicas would you need spacers etc or would they just bolt on love the splits but i also like the cup 3's i just cant work out why sams look 1000x better than the pic above :?

cool , learn something new everyday :-) cheers yan

dont shout at me :-) is that a mfa ?

yeah i think if you tried that in the rado the cv, front strut ,handbrake cable, sunroof and a door handle would break :-( nice vid though

i picked up a leaflet for this at awesome gti a couple of weeks ago , i'll probably give it a go , there isnt much happening in march i might do dubfreeze again aswell

are they tsw stealth rims ? i havent seen those for a while , looks sweet , i've always liked yellow rado's

erm .. whats an MFI ? do the parts come flat packed ?

i bet it feels like xmas for you mate :-)

i usually get the "are you thinking of selling it" :-)

willg, good stuff mate :-)

the F1 looks a bit like the old vw kit car the nova

so thats it then , we'll organise a GB on the veyron :-)

Leavon, agree on both of those mate