[NOS2Go4Me]

OAC_Sparky,Feb 7 2007, 12:15 PM Wrote:

NOS2Go4Me,Feb 7 2007, 11:45 AM Wrote:And as for the sales? That's easy... Joe Beergut needs soft, floaty family wheels with a big trunk for his wife's junk. The Focus isn't for that person. The Focus is for the person who wants to drive their car and feel connected to the road... not bob merrily down the road. Land yacht school is ----> that way.[right][snapback]226069[/snapback][/right]

I own a '99 Taurus with the Duratec 3.0L 24V V6, and an '05 Focus ST. So I'm not giving "anecdotal" opinion, but some "real" opinion. And I'm telling you that the "land yacht" will walk all over your 2.0L, because it nearly keeps up with my ST. Cornering, it handles just fine, for its size, and I'd take it any day on a long trip. I have the SHO suspension in mine, I had to put a set of Eibachs in my ST to get rid of the "floaty" feeling.

Just because "grandpa" doesn't drop the hammer doesn't mean that it's a Crown Vic.

And note: I like my Focus AND my Taurus. For different reasons. But I also see both for what they are, both have their strengths and flaws.

I just find it ironic that those who defend their Focus jump on other cars when in the automotive "food chain" the Focus is really not much better, if at all.

Now, back to the '08 500/Taurus/Sable, have you actually (gasp) driven one?
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I've driven all but the ST, and if you think a Taurus is really going to keep up with a Focus in the twisties... please, think again.

Now you're being completely ludicrous. And, furthermore, I could care less about the other cars. If I did, I likely wouldn't be driving a Focus for the second time.

The 24V V6 gives it straight-line stomp, but I don't see how you're going to keep up with one of the best-handling sport compacts in the world in the corners. Every Taurus I've ever driven screams "moooooo" in a high-pitched shrill of understeer as you goad it through a fast corner.

It kind of reminds of the Camry and the 300. :lol:

A Focus bent around a tight on-ramp at double the recommended speed will likely not even bark a tire. A Taurus asked to do the same thing will behave quite differently. It's not rocket science.