Dave, you’re revving the diesel too much then ! change up earlier/short shift and gently ride the torque on a light throttle and it will do more than 43mpg, my neighbour complained his 2.2 Civic diesel was juicy, he took me out and he was driving it like a vtec petrol!! revving the nuts off it through the gears on part throttle, i showed him light throttle and changing up early and now hes well happy with it!
Regarding the RS on 29.5 average since the FSA about 1300 miles ago, well, I just don’t have any empty fast roads near me anymore, theres the bill everywhere and cameras and average speed cameras all over the show so its literally killed my enjoyment of it and the Escort really, I do manage to give it a squirt every time I go out in it, that drops the overall average down a bit quite fast, and then when I just cruise around all casual it creeps up again back to that sort of average. And to be honest, I’m only really impressed by the car round bends and traction etc rather than its straightline speed. I also still get more of a ‘buzz’ out of the BDA and can wind that up easier and without getting to such silly speeds you need to be doing in the Focus to get any sensation of speed!
No nothing.
No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.
No tackiness.
Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.
Innit?
