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As soon as I read 'three-door', I was actually thinking three DOORS like the Veloster.

One more from the cold place above America.

Lamborghini or not, that's a lot of miles.

I would just feel overwhelmingly lost looking at all that in front of me.

Wait, it isn't?

Coverage is up from yesterday's show and shine, for those that are interested: http://illmotion.com/im-event-coverage-madd-canadas-quarry-park-polish-2012/

Thank you! I've been hearing some compliments from members on my Focus forums saying it's their favourite Mk3 sedan or even favourite Focus period, which I think is really impressive. OEM ST Recaros would be perfect, but man they're pricey! Even just one seat would be between 2 and 3 grand for all OEM parts. And then I'd need to redo the rest in matching TS Recaros. Yikes. Supposedly my seats are the base ST seats though, so I'm kind of there? I am STILL waiting for them to show up in Canada, we still have to wait.

This was on my local news, saying the Hummer hit a Pontiac G7. Good for him though, and great to hear his insurance is paying for it all, no questions.

Because Racecar. No AutoX, at least not currently (especially since it's late in the season). I wouldn't mind getting into that more though. It's significantly cheaper than the OEM Focus ST Recaros (~5K for a pair!) and would be a good way to continue on the build of the car. Call me a ricer, but I'm a sucker for Recaros and similar buckets. It'd also be good for shows, which I want to attend more of with Tiggy. I don't know much about interior design, but I'd assume shoes are a no-no. Terence reports no complaints with having a single fixed bucket, and his is only a two-door. I could live with it. It's such a good deal too, worst case scenario I grow tired/bored of it and sell it on like he's doing. In any case, this is causing us to start researching into mounting these as no one has done so yet in a Mk3 Focus. I've been in touch with a company that manufactures brackets for aftermarket seats, and I'm helping them spread the word that they want a 2012 Focus to use for designing pieces. If nothing else, at least this will hopefully result in a bit more aftermarket support for these cars.

Show and Shine, and Recaro? Today was another large annual show and shine. I've attended the past couple of years with the Grand Prix, but this year unfortunately it's stuck out in storage and I couldn't find a driver for it anyway. The Focus and my mother's Thunderbird attended though, and the weather turned from questionable to quite nice during the day. No prizes, no categories, just a friendly gathering in support of MADD and a good way to start winding down the show season. A couple of friends met up at our house this morning and we set off in a four-car convoy to head down to the business park where it was held. You may recall the silver Mercedes from my lip install, it was part of it along with the black 330XI, and the Thunderbird of course. (above photos by Terence) Just after we got home a massive storm starting coming through, but fortunately all cars were hidden by that time; it was lucky that it didn't hit during the show! While at the show I also had a chance to test out Terence's Recaro. It's a Profi XL model which he currently has up for sale as the other has been traded and he's looking to change it up a bit. I imagined it'd be way too big for me (being the XL size) but actually, it's a pretty good fit. So now I'm debating it to replace the Focus' driver's seat, as it'd be far cheaper than getting an ST Recaro and it still matches the interior's colours about as well as it can. Here's a better picture that Terence had taken: We need to research the mounting as we've never thrown one in a Mk3 Focus, obviously, but it's tempting. With my birthday coming up it could be a neat treat for myself, though I'm not sure how I'd like living with a fixed bucket in my daily. I do want it though.

And vinyl; remove that too.

The body kit on the GTO is the one Rhys Millen had on his old drift car. Remove the neons, lower a touch more, and replace the wing (if keeping one) with something like a Voltex piece and you'd have a pretty mean-looking GTO.

JDM rear fog light next.

I DEFINITELY approve of this. One of my favourite cars.

Now that I'm back in town following a vacation, I was finally able to take the Focus out last night for a spin, I missed that. I am also now able to start going through all of my photos, not just from the trip but from the show my parents and I were at the day before leaving. Here are a couple more from that, the little glass (as you saw above) is the prize the Focus got for its category.

Oh. My. God.

Voted!

Indeed. Now I swap out decals instead of add, there's no room. Thanks! I'm still debating colour options, but now I'm on vacation and the Fofo is a province away from me. Sad face.

Hello peoples, checking in while on vacation.

The Juke R is just a whole new level of epic. It's so crazy that it's awesome.

I'll take the Dunlops.

The GP's around 151200 kilometers.

First awards! Yesterday there was a big show hosted by the local Thunderbird Club. It was held at a Ford/Lincoln dealership and while TBirds were the focus, all Ford vehicles were welcome. I made a last-minute decision to enter the Focus in for fun since I'd already be coming down to visit my parents who had my mother's Thunderbird in. As it turns out we both walked away with something by the end of the day, but the real surprise was the fact that in its first official show, the Thunderbird placed first for its category! It was voted by the other owners as the best '67-'71 example.

A good bit of that could be undone with just a JDM front end.

Everything listed there is plentiful here, save for the Prius. My father was looking at the E-class, man do I want one.