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#153579 - 15/02/09 12:16 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Anthony1664]
jarw101 Site Supporter Registered: 25/09/05 Posts: 263 Loc: London, South-East	Stone in tyre?
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#153580 - 15/02/09 11:14 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: jarw101]
Nick02 Registered: 19/02/05 Posts: 2608 Loc: Switzerland	Congrats Scotty on the beautiful RS... How're you liking it? Haven't been online for ages so am catching up on on a lot of posts... My bet goes for the wheel arch liner that came undone. ?
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#153581 - 15/02/09 06:34 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Nick02]
ChrisCumbria Driving as Daily Registered: 26/06/05 Posts: 23742 Loc: Whitehaven, Cumbria	Plenty of people have guessed that a tool of some kind was left in, which is what I think, but I'll be the first to try and guess for the second part of your question as to how they fixed it. I'll say they reached in and took the tool left behind out. _________________________
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#153582 - 15/02/09 06:52 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: ChrisCumbria]
KevinClark Fiesta Addict Registered: 11/03/04 Posts: 944 Loc: Oxford	I'm not sure where the spare wheel is on those, but I'll guess maybe it's under the car and the carrier for it unclipped itself. _________________________ Scirocco Central My Diecast Model Car Forum
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#153583 - 15/02/09 09:17 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: KevinClark]
PinkRinse Fiesta Maniac Registered: 02/01/05 Posts: 6067 Loc: Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex, UK	I reckon a stone got up on the old stone guard on the brakes because Steve/Phyzzo pulled away in his RS and it made the most god awful screeching grinding noise & thats what it turned out to be. _________________________ 24/03/05 to 27/06/12 & I loved it
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#153584 - 16/02/09 12:09 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: PinkRinse]
Scotty Porsche 997 Turbo & ST150 Registered: 27/02/04 Posts: 18100 Loc: Nuneaton, Warwickshire	Quote: I reckon a stone got up on the old stone guard on the brakes because Steve/Phyzzo pulled away in his RS and it made the most god awful screeching grinding noise & thats what it turned out to be. Spot on!!! It's crazy that Phyzzo had the same problem also... The RAC guy said to me that he gets called out to this problem every now and again but he would bet that it would never happen again. The only way I can describe the sound is if you have ever heard an exhaust pipe that has fell off a car and is griding on the road... that scraping metal sound... was awful. It was simply a stone stuck inbetween the rear metal guard which is housed on the inside of the rear disc... bizzar!!! There was some brilliant guesses here though... In reply to Nick... the car is AMAZING... I'm loving it to bits but the weather isn't dry enough yet to get the power down so it's a little frustrating as i'm having to change to 3rd and 4th at 30mph to put my foot down and get away from the lil saxos when 2nd gear would just be like wharp drive but even then i'm getting huge wheel spin. Has anyone else ever had a similar problem? _________________________
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#153585 - 16/02/09 12:56 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Scotty]
ChrisCumbria Driving as Daily Registered: 26/06/05 Posts: 23742 Loc: Whitehaven, Cumbria	It is strange that the two of you have had the same problem in the same car. I'm glad to hear that it was just a freak ocurrance that won't have caused any damage rather than than what me and many others thought down to a mechanic! _________________________
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#153586 - 16/02/09 08:33 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Scotty]
Nick02 Registered: 19/02/05 Posts: 2608 Loc: Switzerland	Quote: In reply to Nick... the car is AMAZING... I'm loving it to bits but the weather isn't dry enough yet to get the power down so it's a little frustrating as i'm having to change to 3rd and 4th at 30mph to put my foot down and get away from the lil saxos when 2nd gear would just be like wharp drive but even then i'm getting huge wheel spin. Has anyone else ever had a similar problem? I know what you mean mate... Weather just sucks and with 17 inch winter tyres the wheelspin is even greater... I'm really waiting for warmer weather and putting the 18's back on and have some track fun soon...
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#153587 - 16/02/09 08:35 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: KevinClark]
Nick02 Registered: 19/02/05 Posts: 2608 Loc: Switzerland	Quote: I'm not sure where the spare wheel is on those, but I'll guess maybe it's under the car and the carrier for it unclipped itself. There is no spare wheel on the Focus RS Mk1... The 18'inch wheels were too big to fit in the space saver well so instead of a space saver there's a quick repair kit.
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#153588 - 16/02/09 09:58 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Nick02]
PinkRinse Fiesta Maniac Registered: 02/01/05 Posts: 6067 Loc: Shoreham-by-Sea, W. Sussex, UK	does a lap of the forum Oh I rule!!! Yeh he'd come to a pub meet with STOC in the RS and was just leaving when it made the noise. Everyone turned round to look because it was that loud and that awful!! Yeh it was horrid! He stopped there & then and he & Arun had a quick look under the car, saw the stone and either picked it out or it fell off... cant remember .... hehehe _________________________ 24/03/05 to 27/06/12 & I loved it
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#153589 - 16/02/09 11:36 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Nick02]
Scotty Porsche 997 Turbo & ST150 Registered: 27/02/04 Posts: 18100 Loc: Nuneaton, Warwickshire	Quote: I know what you mean mate... Weather just sucks and with 17 inch winter tyres the wheelspin is even greater... I'm really waiting for warmer weather and putting the 18's back on and have some track fun soon... Interesting stuff there Nick... so you say the winter tyres are even worse? I was actually considering purchasing another set of 18" RS Alloys and whacking winter tyres on them for next year so that the car would be a little better in the horrid road conditions as currently it's pretty dangerous at times and it's a battle with the car when the turbo comes into boost and the diff cuts in due to loss of traction. _________________________
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#153590 - 16/02/09 11:42 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Scotty]
Anthony1664 My real name is Dave Registered: 27/04/06 Posts: 4703 Loc: Always on here these days !!!	get studded rally tyres and rip up the roads when theres no ice _________________________ The Mk6 Fiesta grew in size & became a Mk3 Mondeo it now it's shrinking to a Mk3.5 Focus ST3
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#153591 - 17/02/09 10:40 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Scotty]
Nick02 Registered: 19/02/05 Posts: 2608 Loc: Switzerland	Quote: Quote: I know what you mean mate... Weather just sucks and with 17 inch winter tyres the wheelspin is even greater... I'm really waiting for warmer weather and putting the 18's back on and have some track fun soon... Interesting stuff there Nick... so you say the winter tyres are even worse? I was actually considering purchasing another set of 18" RS Alloys and whacking winter tyres on them for next year so that the car would be a little better in the horrid road conditions as currently it's pretty dangerous at times and it's a battle with the car when the turbo comes into boost and the diff cuts in due to loss of traction. They are worse in dry and even wet weather than regular 18's... I have to have them on though in case I hit snow... Obviously they will be better than summer tires on snow but I was speaking of traction on non-snow conditions above... But to be honest Scott, the RS is probably the worse car I've ever had to drive on the snow... If I were to give some advice I'd say to leave it in the Garage if the conditions are really bad... As a matter of fact it's dumping snow here at the moment and I've decided it was much safer to stay and work from home... A couple of weeks back I was driving home and though I was not even going to make it up the last hill... Eventually I had to reverse, that's how bad it was... It's all a traction problem as downhill it's always a blast to drive her, (even on snow) and the LSD does not really help despite what one would think.
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#153592 - 17/02/09 10:42 AM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: Anthony1664]
Nick02 Registered: 19/02/05 Posts: 2608 Loc: Switzerland	Quote: get studded rally tyres and rip up the roads when theres no ice Yes that would work !!! I did actually go to a tire shop and asked about some studded 17's to go ont he wheels I have but the price was horrendous !
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#153593 - 17/02/09 12:42 PM Re: Had to call RAC out tonight for the RS [Re: PinkRinse]
flee n00b Registered: 30/10/08 Posts: 24 Loc: Shipley	oops Edited by flee (17/02/09 12:42 PM)
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