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Miguelone Grand Master

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Build quality on late model Fords leaves a lot to be desired and Volkswagens are hella expensive come repairs. The Mazda although not as powerful as the XR5 would be better bang for your buck imo. Have you driven all 3 yet?

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XR5 - MPS - Golf in that order.

XR5s look the best of the three (subjective, of course). Engine is the best, although the MPS is more powerful (just a bit more agricultural). The Focus chassis is also renown as being one of the best ever on a mass produced road car. It's also a Volvo motor and is extremely reliable.

The MPS has oodles of power and torque but chassis isn't as sorted or capable as the Ford. Super reliable, looks great.

The Golf is a great little car but I've heard their reliability is questionable. Of course that's relative. Many Golf owners have years and years of happy motoring with no issue, but out of the three it's the one most likely (however small) to give you problems. The engine is a corker although the least powerful and torquey of the three. It's a great handler, almost on par with the Focus. Also probably the most expensive to maintain, although there's probably little difference between it and the XR5.

That's my opinion.

pretty much sums up my thoughts as well.

yeah I agree the xr5 sounds nuts, had one run my line. i had the nose on him but only just through first and second ,we crested a hill so I decided to behave but reckon I would of smashed him in third..

unless you were frying the tyres in 1st and 2nd, i wouldn't be so sure. you have to remember that the ecu in the focus backs the power off a bit in the lower gears to help with torque steer.

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Had a mate's XR5t raped me on straights & corners...

His car = Aftermarket computer+tune & exhaust, mods probably only cost him $2500.

My car = fmic, full exhaust, coilovers pushing 170kw at the wheels...

I'd definitely choose a XR5t over the other 2..

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a mate of mine works for mistu and has owned an EVOX for 7 months

he test drove a focus RS and now wants to trade it on one. :O

The RS's are psycho. If I could convince the missus that it's a practical kid a carrier (like that'd happen) I'd have one in a second.

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what does the golf have over the MPS? I know the mazda has an awesome sound system, and goes damn quick..is the gti any faster?

Ahh forgot about the volvo motor too..i thought the focus and mazda shared the engine, that would explain why the focus is dearer..I beleive the mazda is easy to mod too..not sure about the others..

i beleive mazda have excelled in the last 10 years with affordable allrounders that never give any drama

GERMAN STYLE AND CLASS MATE!!!

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what does the golf have over the MPS? I know the mazda has an awesome sound system, and goes damn quick..is the gti any faster?

Ahh forgot about the volvo motor too..i thought the focus and mazda shared the engine, that would explain why the focus is dearer..I beleive the mazda is easy to mod too..not sure about the others..

i beleive mazda have excelled in the last 10 years with affordable allrounders that never give any drama

German Style and class

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what does the golf have over the MPS? I know the mazda has an awesome sound system, and goes damn quick..is the gti any faster?

Ahh forgot about the volvo motor too..i thought the focus and mazda shared the engine, that would explain why the focus is dearer..I beleive the mazda is easy to mod too..not sure about the others..

i beleive mazda have excelled in the last 10 years with affordable allrounders that never give any drama

German style and class mate!

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