--- title: 'Driving a Focus RS on an Airport' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=mWegCw_nL6c' video_id: 'mWegCw_nL6c' date: 2026-07-28 duration_sec: 500 --- # Driving a Focus RS on an Airport > Source: [Driving a Focus RS on an Airport](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mWegCw_nL6c) ## Summary The host of Regular Car Reviews drives a Ford Focus RS on an airport taxiway and runway with permission, experiencing the car's performance and discussing its features. He compares car brakes to airplane brakes, notes the track mode won't activate, and promotes a giveaway for the vehicle. ### Key Points - **Driving on Airport** [00:02] — The host gets to drive on an airport with no speed limits, a first for the show, thanks to Tony Airlines. - **Giveaway Car** [00:29] — The Focus RS is a giveaway car; viewers can enter by buying limited edition merch at fanofdem.com/regularcars. - **Brembo Brakes** [02:20] — The car's Brembo brakes stop quickly but produce a smell; slotted and drilled rotors are a 2010s style, not strictly necessary. - **Airplane Brakes Comparison** [04:27] — Airplane brakes use multiple discs per wheel and can be set to different auto brake levels for landing. - **Multiple Brake Discs per Wheel** [05:07] — Airplane wheels have multiple brake discs, not just one like a car, to handle high energy. - **Track Mode Not Activating** [05:53] — The car's track mode does not activate when not in gear, possibly detecting it's not on a track. - **Disclaimer** [06:54] — The driving was done with permission at an uncontrolled airport, far from flight lines. Viewers should not attempt this without authorization. ### Conclusion The video is a fun, legally-permitted driving experience that delivers on its title, while also serving as a promotional giveaway for the featured Ford Focus RS. ## Transcript to be at an airport. I get to drive a car on an airport with I get to drive a car on an airport with no speed limits and uh I get why Top Gear loves this so much. Believe it this is the first time on Regular Car Reviews that I actually get to drive a car on an airport. Uh thank you so much to Tony Airlines, friend of the show, who set this up for me. And we have the Focus RS, the giveaway car. didn't tell you that this is a giveaway car. Go to fanofam.com/regularcars, buy some limited edition merch. And there it is, up there. Someone, some lucky person is going to win that. Don't worry, I'm not going to thrash the car. I'm not going to thrash your car on an airport. But uh I I I am going to get to put it in the race mode. See what it does. I can't wait. This is going to be fun. Bye. All right, let's go left all the way to the end of the taxiway. runway's coming up pretty damn quick. >> And stop. >> Brembo brakes. Oh, yeah. Ready launch in 3 2 1. I wonder how fast I can come to a stop right in front of him. fantastic and they did stop the car really quick, but you do smell them this. Slotted and drilled rotors at the same time, that's definitely a 2000s, like 20 teens era style. Nowadays, people don't do that. You know, we're we're fine enough with the the ventilated discs that are just plain. You don't really need them. And now I all I want to do is >> [laughter] >> Just to see what it does, but that would probably be a bad thing because someone's going to win this. power seat. Imagine that. It is not Oh, look at that. Yeah. Despite people selling these cars for like 50 grand back in 2016. Center line. Center line. There we go. Perfect. It looks like they are done refueling, which means they are going to taxi out of here soon. Holy Oh my god. >> [laughter] >> I That was only 80. It feels Now granted, Tony's used to driving hug-a-chug-a-mobiles >> Yeah, yeah. and your big ambulance and your Fiat Multipla diesel. >> Yeah, the funny thing is the Multipla has the most power of every car I've owned. That has the most torque with a 1.9 L. That's like auto brakes four good. When you said auto brakes, I thought Uh in the Boeing 767 we normally use auto brakes three. It's a nice firm braking, but if you're on a short runway, you're putting that on auto brakes four or even auto brakes max, which basically throws everyone in the front of their seats. So Fun stuff. Interesting. I thought most of the braking when an airliner most of the braking when an airliner lands is from reverse thrust. Part of it. Yeah. But still it's all your disc brakes in the wheels, which I know from from you know, shorts and stuff that am I right to say that um the brakes on an airplane, it's not like a brakes on a car that has one brake disc. There are multiple brake discs per wheel. Mm. Yes. per set of wheels, I guess it is. >> Right, yeah. Cuz it's not >> Per landing gear. You're not a Right. >> per strut. Yep. Yeah. I'm going to back mode, and I'm also going to move my cam- my microphone, which I can feel is pressing up against the seat belt. Then if you're comfortable, we'll go past that. I wonder if track mode will only activate if you're on a designated track. It's not giving me track mode. Does it know So So I put it in track use only. I'm not I'm not in gear. I'm like, yeah, track, please. It knows something's up. I need to Google this. Yeah. I'm I'm used to high-turbo stuff from like the '80s that was like raucous, like the A70 Supra, and uh this is completely normal to be to be going that quick. taxiway. We're not on the actual runway. It feels like you're going slower than you are. Because there's no like other traffic that you're just blowing past. And now for the disclaimer. Please do not attempt what we just did. Driving around at an airport. We were permitted to do this because Tony has a very good standing with the crew here and the owner. We weren't doing drifts, and we got nowhere near the flight line. The flight line is the never cross the yellow line from the taxiway where vehicles can drive to the runway where vehicles drive to the runway where vehicles can't. Also, this airport has no control tower. There's no one monitoring what's going on on the taxiway. This does not mean that you can just go to a local airport, drive through the gate, and end up where all the planes are. Do not do that. We were here with permission and on their very good graces. But it was a lovely way to do pull after pull and a full bore brake stop on the RS and it didn't disappoint. And I enjoyed this and you're going to enjoy it, too. So, please enter this giveaway. You're helping Regular Car Reviews continue to do fun stuff like this and travel and meet you guys out there. Click on the link in the description and go to fanofdem.com/regularcars. Buy some limited edition merch and someone's going to win this beautiful 2017 Ford Focus RS. Thank you so much and thank you for liking Regular Car thank you for liking Regular Car Reviews.