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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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Soylentbits posted:Any opinions here on the Honda Fit? It's about as hot as Antarctica.
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Soylentbits posted:Any opinions here on the Honda Fit? You can buy all the aftermarket parts needed to swap in a k20
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Apr 9, 2015 15:17
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Soylentbits posted:Any opinions here on the Honda Fit? Test drove one with a stick and it was one of the slowest pieces of poo poo I've ever driven. It was slower than the Prizm I rolled up to the dealer with, nice interior/lots of space was about the only redeeming factor. I had never experienced throwing a car in 2nd at the middle of the rev range, nailing it and feeling like it was somehow in 5th gear, just absolutely gutless. Honda, Bring back the civic hatch or throw a k20 in the fit and it would be great.
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Apr 9, 2015 16:08
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Fit was the best economy car I ever owned. My 2010 easily got 40 mpg cruising at 70 and I could fit more, larger stuff than the focus. It didn't have a terrible goofy stereo set up like my FoST. And its backseats were better than the FoST. That said, they are completely different cars. If you're looking for a $14k economy car, you can expect it to be not fast and also not hot. I'm honestly considering getting another as a daily driver.
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Apr 9, 2015 17:06
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Ohhhh. "Hot" Hatch thread. Did not understand that.
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Apr 9, 2015 18:32
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At least the new one is a DOHC/16 valve, I only drove the old 1.5 SOHC and man that thing was just useless.
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Apr 9, 2015 20:59
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I have my first complaint with my '14 FiST. On my drive to work this morning, the AC turned on to full blast by itself several times. I thought I was going crazy and kept hitting the AUTO button somehow, but then I watched it do it again right before I turned the car off. I did some googling and found one other person with the same issue, but it doesn't seem to be a widespread issue. It's only happened today, so I'll give it a few more days to see if it fixes itself before calling Ford.
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Apr 10, 2015 18:49
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BoostCreep posted:I have my first complaint with my '14 FiST. On my drive to work this morning, the AC turned on to full blast by itself several times. I thought I was going crazy and kept hitting the AUTO button somehow, but then I watched it do it again right before I turned the car off. I did some googling and found one other person with the same issue, but it doesn't seem to be a widespread issue. It's only happened today, so I'll give it a few more days to see if it fixes itself before calling Ford. Mine does this too, but it's usually the heater on at full blast. Seems to happen most often to me when making left turns over a bumpy road. Annoying but no big deal.
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Apr 10, 2015 19:06
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Coolnezzz posted:Mine does this too, but it's usually the heater on at full blast. Seems to happen most often to me when making left turns over a bumpy road. Annoying but no big deal. Things like this would drive me up the loving wall. My father in law dealt with a 'suddenly heater full blast' in his 2013 Chevy Truck. And we're in south Florida.
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Apr 10, 2015 22:06
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Coolnezzz posted:Mine does this too, but it's usually the heater on at full blast. Seems to happen most often to me when making left turns over a bumpy road. Annoying but no big deal. Are you joking? Electrical gremlins are the worst sort. Bring your car back to your dealer and have them sort that poo poo out.
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Apr 11, 2015 03:10
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bobfather posted:Are you joking? Electrical gremlins are the worst sort. Bring your car back to your dealer and have them sort that poo poo out. Yeah, you'd definitely want to at least get a record that this is happening because it will probably get much worse as time goes on.
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Apr 11, 2015 06:21
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After a week of driving entry-level luxury sport sedans I've come back down to earth and decided the FoST does everything I want at a much more reasonable price so I'm going to order one on Monday. Having said that, I will really, really miss the interior, engine note and 14 speaker Stereo in that Genesis Sedan. That thing was amazing. So I'm factory ordering and looking at colour options and I find myself weirdly drawn to the ST striping. Too boy racer for a soon-to-be 40 year old man? I'm considering White w/ Red striping or Magnetic w/ Black striping.
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Apr 12, 2015 16:09
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TKIY posted:After a week of driving entry-level luxury sport sedans I've come back down to earth and decided the FoST does everything I want at a much more reasonable price so I'm going to order one on Monday. Having said that, I will really, really miss the interior, engine note and 14 speaker Stereo in that Genesis Sedan. That thing was amazing.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:07
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ilkhan posted:Mag/black sounds discrete enough not to be laughable in your 40s. That was my first choice. Subtle enough I think.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:33
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I'm about to turn 30 and badly want an orange FiST with the orange recaros. No sunroof, of course. Is this a midlife crisis, even tho I got my midlife crisis car 7 years ago?
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Apr 13, 2015 18:35
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TKIY posted:After a week of driving entry-level luxury sport sedans I've come back down to earth and decided the FoST does everything I want at a much more reasonable price so I'm going to order one on Monday. Having said that, I will really, really miss the interior, engine note and 14 speaker Stereo in that Genesis Sedan. That thing was amazing. If you haven't ordered yet, I drove by the Kanata Ford dealership and they still have two 2014s with the ford racing (borla) exhaust, one in red and one in white. Might be worth the trip depending on what you can save.
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Apr 13, 2015 18:51
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CountOfNowhere posted:I'm about to turn 30 and badly want an orange FiST with the orange recaros. No sunroof, of course. Not hardly. I consider a mid-life crisis vehicle something wildy irresponsible and usually overpriced. For instance, the 50 year old at my work who spent $50k on a 370z. The ST's don't have any problem being DD's and have plenty of functionality.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:06
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TWSS posted:If you haven't ordered yet, I drove by the Kanata Ford dealership and they still have two 2014s with the ford racing (borla) exhaust, one in red and one in white. Might be worth the trip depending on what you can save. That's about 40 hours on the road round trip :/ Still might be worth it if they are discounted hard.
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Apr 13, 2015 20:42
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Can you even spec a 370z to 50 grand?
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Apr 13, 2015 21:03
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Mcqueen posted:Can you even spec a 370z to 50 grand? If It's the Nismo Tech version, sure.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:38
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Mcqueen posted:Can you even spec a 370z to 50 grand? was curious and checked this out - the NISMO Z with the tech package starts at 45.5k and with an auto and some dumb accessories, I got it up to 48k. So yeah, apparently you just about can 
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Apr 13, 2015 21:39
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That is goddamn ridiculous.
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Apr 13, 2015 21:49
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I"m 99% sure it ISN'T the nismo. Its a convertible with evidently every option. Along with it comes the biggest stories of 'walking' SS's and GT's. Actually, considering this, I have never seen an invoice or anything so he very well could have paid 1/2 of what he claims. But this is the same guy that loves to gloat about how much each bottle of the craft beer he drinks cost. I have no doubt I could sell him a bottle of water for $25 if he believed it was trendy enough Dr.Caligari fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 22:38
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Dr.Caligari posted:I"m 99% sure it ISN'T the nismo. Its a convertible with evidently every option. Along with it comes the biggest stories of 'walking' SS's and GT's. Can I have this guy's contact info? I need to hit my numbers this quarter.
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Apr 13, 2015 22:40
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Well, I just got back from testing out a FiST. It was sold over the phone literally while I was test driving it. Impressions: The gas pedal is god-awful deep compared to the brake. The shifter also feels really high and forward. The boost torque is nice, but runs out fast. It rolls the sidewalls with even moderate lane-to-lane input. And the steering wheel is SOFT, like gripping a pillow tightly. Now to test out a WRX tomorrow and see if it feels like 7K more car.
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Apr 17, 2015 20:07
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Sigma X posted:Well, I just got back from testing out a FiST. It was sold over the phone literally while I was test driving it. Impressions: The gas pedal is god-awful deep compared to the brake. The shifter also feels really high and forward. The boost torque is nice, but runs out fast. It rolls the sidewalls with even moderate lane-to-lane input. And the steering wheel is SOFT, like gripping a pillow tightly. I bet the interior won't feel like 7k more.
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Apr 17, 2015 20:40
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KakerMix posted:I bet the interior won't feel like 7k more. Almost certainly not. I was really impressed with the quality of the feel of the interior, given that it's a 21K-ish car. And comparing it with the last time I sat in a Ford interior, a 2010-ish Focus? Amazing improvement. Plus, you know, Subaru interior.
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Apr 17, 2015 20:57
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The sunken gas pedal in the fiesta is a common gripe and I too feel the shifter is in an awkward place, but I got used to it quickly. I might get the pedal spacer kit for the gas pedal.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:14
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GutBomb posted:The sunken gas pedal in the fiesta is a common gripe and I too feel the shifter is in an awkward place, but I got used to it quickly. I might get the pedal spacer kit for the gas pedal. I was talking with the salesman about how I would be tracking it, likely modifying it, and when I went to heel-toe downshift as we slowed to turn onto the slip ramp up to the highway, I caught nothing but air. I did notice that the throttle "hangs", for lack of a better term, between shifts. At first I thought it had a 50 lb flywheel but now I suspect it's some sort of hamfisted attempt to imitate rev-matching.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:25
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Sigma X posted:I was talking with the salesman about how I would be tracking it, likely modifying it, and when I went to heel-toe downshift as we slowed to turn onto the slip ramp up to the highway, I caught nothing but air. I did notice that the throttle "hangs", for lack of a better term, between shifts. At first I thought it had a 50 lb flywheel but now I suspect it's some sort of hamfisted attempt to imitate rev-matching. The FoST has a rev hang feature that can be disabled with a tune. FiST probably does too.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:48
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I've heard the rev hanging thing in modern cars is an emissions thing implemented through the dbw, and it's extremely annoying. Lightweight flywheel and tunes all round!
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Apr 17, 2015 22:56
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Joined the Hot Hatch club, bought a FoST3 about a month ago loving it so far, cant wait to AutoX it.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:57
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Bajaha posted:I've heard the rev hanging thing in modern cars is an emissions thing implemented through the dbw, and it's extremely annoying. Acky posted:Joined the Hot Hatch club, bought a FoST3 about a month ago loving it so far, cant wait to AutoX it.
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Apr 18, 2015 00:31
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My brother just picked up a 2015 FiST with whatever package comes with the Recaros. After he has closed on the deal, the dealer went with him to fill the tank up. He said with the shifter in neutral, clutch out, AC off, and on level ground, the engine just stalled/died on him. Does anyone know about this behavior?
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Apr 18, 2015 18:37
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MetaJew posted:My brother just picked up a 2015 FiST with whatever package comes with the Recaros. After he has closed on the deal, the dealer went with him to fill the tank up. He said with the shifter in neutral, clutch out, AC off, and on level ground, the engine just stalled/died on him. I've heard of people with that issue if they pull the handle out immediately after filling the tank. The manual says to wait 5 to 10 seconds before removing the handle.
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Apr 18, 2015 19:01
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There is no way the WRX is $5K more car. And the Premium is even moreso not $7K more car. I guess FiST it is. And nearly-immediate Cobb'ing.
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Apr 18, 2015 21:57
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Sigma X posted:There is no way the WRX is $5K more car. And the Premium is even moreso not $7K more car. I guess FiST it is. And nearly-immediate Cobb'ing.
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Apr 18, 2015 22:20
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^In deed. A FoST seems like a nice mid-way between the FiST and WRX. e; Is there any place to see how many cars sold in the US per year? I know they had a year jump start, but it seems like way more FoST were sold than FiST. I've never seen another FiST 'in the wild'
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Apr 19, 2015 01:43
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Put a Depo intercooler and Turbosmart BOV on the FoST. The intercooler is awesome, huge, and heat soak is no longer an issue. Will just boost all day long. The BOV is dumb and serves no purpose with the stock turbo. I just had a gift card and like loud noises.
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