TMoney

Have a wonderful birthday, Larry! I remember reading your reviews back in 2010 when I was just starting out in the hobby.

Having a regular housekeeper come once a week is a life-changing moment.

You are going to love the Focus ST. Hopefully a bad first impression doesn't sour you more than it should. Mistakes happen.

Congrats!

So in getting a doctoral degree after a MBA are you aiming to be a professor someday? That'd be pretty sweet.

Happy birthday, speed racer! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congrats on the car man! She's gorgeous!

Eventually when it arrives please let me know! I'd love to come hear it and bring over its "cousin" amp.

Save your balls-out driving for the track/auto-cross events and you'll be ok.

Check out his full review that I linked above and it'll make sense. It is well written and absolutely worth a read.

RIP, George. A brilliant musical mind. He and the Beatles made some incredible music together. I loved seeing his segments on the Beatles Anthology documentary.

That band is my guilty pleasure. I'm a sucker for vocal harmony and Lindsay's smooth, polished production in the studio.

Can you post a pic of it, CJ? I'd love to see what he cooked up for you. My post was actually in jest. Doug has had something cooking for me for a while now that I'm looking forward to finally taking delivery of next week.

Think you can make me an amp that looks similar?

Shiiiit! I didn't realize the RS had 350HP. I thought it was 300. Dude, RS all the way. Man... you are going to blow poor Jeff off the road. Only logical upgrade for him is an R8.

RIP, CMoy. First build I ever did.

Buying new, in demand cars sucks. The dealers don't offer shit in the way of deals and the wait blows. I had to wait 2-3 months for mine to come over from Japan.

Nice to see Tyll's full review. So the HD800S is a fix to the HD800's most glaring (ha!) issue, but not necessarily an upgrade over a properly modded HD800. http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/sennheiser-hd-800-s-tweaked-and-delightfuland-french-diy-response#VuYqRTimQI3XdHvB.97

If you like the STI definitely try the base WRX too. The steering and suspension might be a bit weaker but the base WRX arguably has the better engine. The torque curve is huge and flat and comes on at about 2.5k vs 3.5k on the STI. I friggin love the WRX engine. Also, I don't know if you get a chance to do this on the test drive, but my favorite thing to do is to time my boost to come on right at the apex and let that AWD claw me out. Also:

Wow... I've only heard the Ether at meets but the pairs I've heard aren't really that bad. Maybe you just had a lemon.

You know, if you liked/loved the Legacy GT I friggin' love my WRX. It is also quite a big bigger inside than the Focus. Just sayin' With a little modding the WRX could be a track/rally monster. You might not beat that many cars in a drag race but you sure will have fun every time behind the wheel. The WRX is definitely more utilitarian than it is luxurious which tends to turn a lot of people off, but a loaded WRX turned out to be the perfect car for me in my price range. If I wasn't saving for a house down-payment I'd have put some money into my car. I'd tighten up the suspension, reduce the body roll and get better brakes all before I'd even consider adding more HP.

Never heard of that term before.

FWIW I'd skip the Golf R. In addition to VW being a shitty corporate citizen lately I've seen it reviewed fairly poorly from some auto-journalists whose opinions I trust. E63 AMG wagon would be nice

My sister drives a Focus (not RS) and the back seat is fine for 2 adults or three kids. I think if you buy an ST or RS you get a free racing school day here: