Newbie from Perth Aus

We’re in the exact same boat. Two down, (possibly) ten to go. What spec did you choose?

I’m from Wales, mate. I went for white, shell, forge, callipers, sync 2. I was told ‘about a year.’

I was at Lynford this morning, it really looks much better in the flesh. I’m only getting mine around Sept 16. I sat in the drivers seat and I must admit the seating position is way high, half an inch between head and roof.

I’m 6 foot 2, you would think they can address it, I didn’t check if maybe there was a “slotted” adjustment in the base. We don’t get the option of standard seats in Aus will have to order in. I cant say if it is much of an issue until I’ve driven it

I’m 6’2″ and picked mine up from McInerney Ford last week….seat height is fine (though could be lower)…much the same as in my old MK2 RS.

I took it out to the track on the weekend (RAC) and it’s fine with my helmet on too.

On a side note, I believe Lynford are looking for $64,990 on that one shown above…..

Here is my Nitrous RS, which was collected from Lynford last week. The only aspect of the car I wasn’t sure about pre delivery was not having the black forged alloys. I must say now though, the standard wheels have grown on me! After seeing the black forged ones in the flesh, I came to the opinion the spokes are “Thin” for my taste. The worst case scenario would be to paint the standard ones black….but I don’t think there will be any need for that!!

I’m up to 700kms already and thoroughly enjoying driving it!

Here are just a few learnings for prospective owners;

Don’t bother with the “My key” facility at all. If you activate one of your key fobs as a “My key,” it will not allow the drive mode to select anything but normal mode.

After three days, we got static coming through the speakers, which sounded like escaping compressed air. I couldn’t get rid of it initially. After a few phone calls I found the solution is to; turn off the ignition. Get out of the car lock it up, go and have a capuccino, and then return to the vehicle and start again. This procedure seems to “Reset” the stereo. Its been as good as gold since then.

Awesome machine!!

Congratulations Richard….you’ve certainly put a few Km’s on it quickly. I’m in Perth too….my NB is at about 1000 and I’ve had it 4 weeks (delivered from McInerney Ford). Interestingly I had the very same “air hissing” sound through the front speakers (it’s actually just from the speaker under the dash top instrument binnacle) on day 2….and the same fix and it hasn’t returned! Ford Aust were unable to tell me what caused it. It’s an awesome car…enjoy! Here is the RS with my rally car…Cheers, Steve