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    Originally posted by 03ozwhip

    what's a threetwenty

    It's a local group of friends that mostly drive Focus.

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    Originally posted by BlueHaloGirl
    It's a local group of friends that mostly drive FERDS.

    www.officialthreetwenty.com

    http://www.project-st.com/

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    Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.

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    Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
    Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.
    Dam! Buy a Type R

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    Originally posted by Sugarphreak


    Sucks to hear you won't be joining the club... so what is next?

    Yeah the seats are ridiculously tight for the first month or so of ownership, it throws a lot of people off the car... however after that, they break in to your body exactly and are the most comfortable seats ever

    Mine are actually way more comfortable on long trips now than my Audi, they just support perfectly. Compare that to when I first got the car, I was really unhappy with how they felt and thought I had made a huge mistake.
    For me being a tall guy it was actually the shift lever position. I find it's too far forward and I would be basically shifting with straight arms outstretched. Headroom was borderline acceptable for a tall guy, seats we ok but not amazing.

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    Originally posted by Redlined_8000


    Dam! Buy a Type R
    Definite no unless I win a substantial amount of money. Dream sub $50k daily driver for me though.

    I'll be daily driving my $1 Integra until it dies and racing my EK Civic hatch, which is a crazy fun car. Might replace the Integra with something else random when it folds in half from rust.

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    Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
    Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.
    time to pick up that S2000?

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    Honestly I think renting cars could actually be cheaper for you man.

    You are like shak, except we all know he can afford it.
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Originally posted by EF9 Sedan


    time to pick up that S2000?
    Tempting but I just picked up a fairly modified K swapped EK which is going to be enough of a crazy car for me. I do really miss my S2000 but prices are just insane

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    Originally posted by killramos
    Honestly I think renting cars could actually be cheaper for you man.

    You are like shak, except we all know he can afford it.
    Sometimes I even question my need for a personal car these days. So busy with work that I commute in the company car, basically only go out here and there on the weekends. It's been two weeks since I filled up my personal car and it's still got half a tank haha!

    I prefer to keep it sub $10-15k. Probably going to put some of the $28k I saved from the FiST onto my mortgage, some into my RRSP for next year and leave the rest in savings. Bought a set of tires for my EK and will do a bit of maintenance in my Integra so I can take it to ERC Rally X too this summer.

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    Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo


    For me being a tall guy it was actually the shift lever position. I find it's too far forward and I would be basically shifting with straight arms outstretched. Headroom was borderline acceptable for a tall guy, seats we ok but not amazing.
    DHM shift extender works wonders. I love mine

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    Originally posted by eglove


    DHM shift extender works wonders. I love mine
    Unless it moves it backwards about 3" it's not going to work for me unfortunately. In the end I think I'm probably happier driving a $1 car and saving $27999 than driving a $28000 car anyway...

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    I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here.

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    Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
    I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here.
    My elbow sits on the armrest. I've never hit it

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    Weird - I don't know how you guys aren't smashing your elbows every time haha. Maybe you have the seat really high? I adjusted my position to where I would need/want it and it would have been literally undriveable without removing the center armrest. Same for the few others I saw sit in it. Looks like fun though!

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    I have my seat at the lowest position and have never had this issue before. I'm about 6 ft tall btw.

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    Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
    I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here.
    Odd, I find the shifter positioning poor for the opposite reason. Gears 3 and 5 were a stretch to reach.

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