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When you first get a car, you want to make sure that your tires are in good shape. And if they aren't? You need to get new ones.

With the cold weather quickly approaching now is the time to make sure your vehicle is ready to handle the trial of winter. While general maintenance is important, there are a few specific things you'd be smart to take care of.

Ford has clocked some pretty impressive track times for the Focus RS, including 0-to-60 in 4.6 seconds. How you get that speed, however, may involve kicking the car's butt in ways you wouldn't normally want to.

Jonathan Elfalan, Edmunds Road Test Manager, created an acceleration test that ran the car with more cautious driving, and covering the gamut of selectable modes. In all three tests, the Focus…