Tarspin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:04 pm
fledonfoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:46 pm
The problem I had with the FoRS was it was a $44k $20k car. Aside from the seats, it was obvious you were sitting in a... focus. Yes it was fast and handled well, but the interior left a lot to be desired for me. It was easier to stomach in the ST for $24k.
And a GTI/GoRf is such a nicer place to be.
Does it change the appeal of a FORS now that they are 25k? I actually think Dan will
about the interior, thanks in part to seven plus years of C5 ownership. I had a base C6, and it was still a laughably far cry from a VAG interior. As a combo track/street product, I think that the FORS is the best choice.
I have spent a lot of time in that gen Focus and the interior is fine to me. It's just not something I care about. It is clear VW puts a lot of money/energy into making the product feel
and quality. FoRS, Evo, STi... more money is spent on making it fun. Pick your poison. There is a reason 911s are $150K, they do all of these things really well.
For folks like most of us here, you have to pick and choose what is really important.
That piece of it does make me think I should wait a bit and see where life/my needs take me. If I get the position I hope to later this year and I'm making a lot of multi hour drives for work regularly, I might be more excited by something like an M235i or Golf R than I am now.
I'm
though, what little driving of my Corvette I do is mostly road tripping. I drive to track events, hikes, trips with friends. I am driving to Road Atlanta tomorrow, so it will be 3+ hours each way, obviously a few hours/day in the car on track Saturday and Sunday, then back home Sunday night. I really look forward to kicking back in the car on the way to/from GA with a podcast and Diet Coke, that is a treat for me and the heinous interior doesn't really factor in. I think I would hate it in my old NA Miata, but the C5 is good enough.