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Alrite in my school this kid with a ford focus thinks he's **** wiht his ford POS focus....

He says his focus has a better retail than my civic and would last longer LMAO....

Anyways he has an all stock focus 4 door SE and I have an all stock Civic LX sedan... and he wants to race me.... both of us are automatics... ( i kno autos arent race cars and personally i dont race but i want to shut him down) what do you think the chance of me beating him is?

 
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forget it. your mocked by a focus? and you have an auto sedan... i'd drop it and let him run his talk and let someone else take care of his dirty business

 
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stock civics aren't race cars, besides if you get caught racing you'll both be walking, lose your cars, and probably your licences, and pay a lot in fines. so go ahead race.

 
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go ahead and race him....if hes got the zx4 sedan he'll beat u. i wont say he'll kick yur a$$ but he'll win. if u had a 5 spd itd be a diff. story.

 
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dont do it.....

 
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yeah man, dont let it get to you....

but if you MUST race...... he might win.....
I have raced 1 before, but I have a 5 speed.

 
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you will get smoked all to hell.. i work with a lady who has one.. she let me drive it once.. off the line you dont stand a chance.. if you go for a 1/2 mile you might be able to win just cuz our cars handle better IMO.. 1/4 mile... eesh.. maybe you can hope he dosent know how to force an auto to shift but i wouldnt bother..

just throw bluebook.com in his face.. honda resale $ ownz all

 
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Handling:
focus > civic, you guys must have not known.

Anyways, dude.. don't race him, take it like a man and borrow somebody car... preferably a stick.

 
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It's a shame that you have to keep quiet... I personally liked hunting out Focuses back in my ricey days.

















Actually, I think I still do...

 
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Yes, with the exception of the TRD celica, and Mazdaspeed Protege, the SVT focus is probably the best handling FWD car ever to roll off a production line. I hate to say it, but it rivals even the type-r in handling prowess.

The civic does, have a more refined chassis than the focus, just that out of the box, the civic doesn't have the suspension to take advantage of it.


Depends on what you're talking about, but forgive me if I don't know, but how does handling have anything to do with a 1/2 mile unless this half mile has a few twists and bends?

 
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If it's a Focus SE, then it more than likely has the SPI 2.0 in there (2.0 SOHC Motor, split port injection, and has 115 hp at flywheel). Which is equivalent of the civic d17a1 motor (minus the displacement). If it was the Zetech motor (like I had in my ZX3) then you would have no chance, but that weak motor and that heavy car may give you a slight chance. (i use the term heavy very loosely). It will be a driver race.. well considering it's an automatic, it's whoever can hit that gas first and which car will down shift first.

But don't do anything illegal, if he wants to prove himself he can do it at the track with you.

 
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Ive beaten a zx3 a few times when i had my 01 ex (5 spd)

 
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those are ideal matches... 127 hp d17a2 vs 130 hp... 2.0 dohc zetech. Deffinitly driver race.

 
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So... is that before or after the 12 recalls the focus has??? you should really ask him to clarify that.

 
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The focus is comparable to the old escort IMO. Just a pos econo box like a hyundai or a kia...our civics are econo boxes too, but the difference between our cars and those, ours are much cleaner, stylish, and much more reliable.

 
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this sounds like something that would happen in a high school parking lot. just stroke his ego and leave him be.