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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-O8j...ure=grec_index

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    should have been a focus RS500 vs. STI CS400 or a regular RS vs. STI but yeah if i could get a hold of an RS of any year i would take it over an STI any day, i see 2-7 of them daily same with evos and that flat black RS looks awesome
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    You see Focus RS everyday? Wasn't aware they were stateside.

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    I would take the RS over the WRX STi any day
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    Quote Originally Posted by joshalabama View Post
    You see Focus RS everyday? Wasn't aware they were stateside.
    i see sti's and evos everyday

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    i could smell the fake from that video

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    Am I the only one that thinks the rs shouldve been brought stateside to compete with the nsrt4, csrt4, hhrss? I absolutely love those things! They get the best cars overseas.



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    meh, still not S/R
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    Quit bitching already, the guy owns a freaking sentra didn't you think he was gunna be cheap and sketchy lol



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    i didn't hear the sound (at work), but did he stall the car at around 1:25 while revving? camera work makes them both look slow off the line.
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    Making bigger pipe as the exhaust flowd and cools makes eddy currents ehich is what mskes rasp.

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