To The Blue Oval
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After years of owning Vauxhall snotter cars I have just bought a 2007 Ford Fiesta ST. Its definitely the most amount of money I have ever spent in one go on anything, except my house!!
Little things I have found with it are niggling me. The alloys are all scuffed how somebody could buy a car like that and then grind the wheels into the kerbs is beyond me, but I intend to get them refurbished in a titanium colour.
The dealer had cleaned it but I think their chamois has been dropped on the floor as the car is covered in fine scratches but I think I'll pay someone to give it a really thorough valet or alternately give it to my dad to do as he could probably polish scratches out of glass with a duster.
Little things I have found with it are niggling me. The alloys are all scuffed how somebody could buy a car like that and then grind the wheels into the kerbs is beyond me, but I intend to get them refurbished in a titanium colour.
The dealer had cleaned it but I think their chamois has been dropped on the floor as the car is covered in fine scratches but I think I'll pay someone to give it a really thorough valet or alternately give it to my dad to do as he could probably polish scratches out of glass with a duster.
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Nice, defo the best colour, the stripes looking tacky. They also look brilliant in white, minus stickers. A friend has an 'S', brilliant handling car but not actually that fast, I'm sure the ST is much better with another 50 bhp, get a 4 branch mani and a decent exhaust to help it breathe more easily, I'm sure ford must have strangled it to meet emissions or something, it is a 2.0ltr engine with just 150bhp.
Looks absolutely great. I do like the stripes, but it looks equally good without. The Fez ST looks good in white, but when it comes to it... blue is THE colour.
A great area for photos of your car too, around Fife and the Forth bridges. I'm from Liverpool but I've got family there - nice area.
A great area for photos of your car too, around Fife and the Forth bridges. I'm from Liverpool but I've got family there - nice area.
Garett said:
Nice, defo the best colour, the stripes looking tacky. They also look brilliant in white, minus stickers. A friend has an 'S', brilliant handling car but not actually that fast, I'm sure the ST is much better with another 50 bhp, get a 4 branch mani and a decent exhaust to help it breathe more easily, I'm sure ford must have strangled it to meet emissions or something, it is a 2.0ltr engine with just 150bhp.
That's shocking - a 306 gti 6 has a 167bhp 2.0 and that's an ancient engine...
shalmaneser said:
Garett said:
Nice, defo the best colour, the stripes looking tacky. They also look brilliant in white, minus stickers. A friend has an 'S', brilliant handling car but not actually that fast, I'm sure the ST is much better with another 50 bhp, get a 4 branch mani and a decent exhaust to help it breathe more easily, I'm sure ford must have strangled it to meet emissions or something, it is a 2.0ltr engine with just 150bhp.
That's shocking - a 306 gti 6 has a 167bhp 2.0 and that's an ancient engine...
gareth.e said:
shalmaneser said:
Garett said:
Nice, defo the best colour, the stripes looking tacky. They also look brilliant in white, minus stickers. A friend has an 'S', brilliant handling car but not actually that fast, I'm sure the ST is much better with another 50 bhp, get a 4 branch mani and a decent exhaust to help it breathe more easily, I'm sure ford must have strangled it to meet emissions or something, it is a 2.0ltr engine with just 150bhp.
That's shocking - a 306 gti 6 has a 167bhp 2.0 and that's an ancient engine...
Well I have had the car a week now and so far I have cleaned it twice!!
When its clean and been given a good polish with Bilt Hamber it looks fantastic. The interior is also a nice place to be too. The blue dash took a while to get used to but the interior isn't offensive and easy to live with. I like the in dash 6 disc autochanger and having aircon is nice too.
The engine, ok its the 2L from the Mondeo and doesn't come alive until about 3500rpm. Before that there is plenty of torque and short shifting around town is easy and gives a good return on fuel. What I really like is that I can sit at 50mph in fifth on an a road and when the old git in his rover get out of the way I can just accelerate strongly all the way up to 70 without changing down. Give it a bit of stick and it comes alive and the acceleration is enough to reassure you your still alive, it's not push you in the back of your seat, distort your face acceleration, I have a lightweight kit car for that.
Without the stripes the car is subtle and a bit of a sleeper and that is the way I like it.
The suspension is firm and crossing the Forth road bridge almost drove me mad but it'll hang on the corners enough to be enjoyable but bearing its a fiesta with sports suspension you don't expect too much.
I saw a white Fiesta ST with the stripes the other day and the lad driving it was wearing a baseball cap whilst driving it. I don't have a baseball hat.
When its clean and been given a good polish with Bilt Hamber it looks fantastic. The interior is also a nice place to be too. The blue dash took a while to get used to but the interior isn't offensive and easy to live with. I like the in dash 6 disc autochanger and having aircon is nice too.
The engine, ok its the 2L from the Mondeo and doesn't come alive until about 3500rpm. Before that there is plenty of torque and short shifting around town is easy and gives a good return on fuel. What I really like is that I can sit at 50mph in fifth on an a road and when the old git in his rover get out of the way I can just accelerate strongly all the way up to 70 without changing down. Give it a bit of stick and it comes alive and the acceleration is enough to reassure you your still alive, it's not push you in the back of your seat, distort your face acceleration, I have a lightweight kit car for that.
Without the stripes the car is subtle and a bit of a sleeper and that is the way I like it.
The suspension is firm and crossing the Forth road bridge almost drove me mad but it'll hang on the corners enough to be enjoyable but bearing its a fiesta with sports suspension you don't expect too much.
I saw a white Fiesta ST with the stripes the other day and the lad driving it was wearing a baseball cap whilst driving it. I don't have a baseball hat.
bazking69 said:
Great handling car like the Focus ST (old one) but the engine feels hugely asthmatic (again like the Focus ST) and lacking punch. Definately needs more power, but not a bad buy even if the Fiesta is getting a little long in the tooth now.
you thought the focus st with 222bhp and a 0-60 time of 6.5 and does 152mph felt "asthmatic"? so no hot hatches are quick to you? i take it you must drive a veyron or something?i do like the fiesta st and dont think id describe it as long in the tooth, i think you will find they started making them in 2005, almost all cars are continued for much longer than 3 or so years.
but yes they did restrict the engine of the fiesta to 150bhp to put it in a class of its own which has resulted in ford selling loads of them so probably a good move by them. mountune can sort that for you though with the 185bhp conversion and it leaves your warranty unaffected.
nivlac said:
bazking69 said:
Great handling car like the Focus ST (old one) but the engine feels hugely asthmatic (again like the Focus ST) and lacking punch. Definately needs more power, but not a bad buy even if the Fiesta is getting a little long in the tooth now.
you thought the focus st with 222bhp and a 0-60 time of 6.5 and does 152mph felt "asthmatic"? so no hot hatches are quick to you? i take it you must drive a veyron or something?i do like the fiesta st and dont think id describe it as long in the tooth, i think you will find they started making them in 2005, almost all cars are continued for much longer than 3 or so years.
but yes they did restrict the engine of the fiesta to 150bhp to put it in a class of its own which has resulted in ford selling loads of them so probably a good move by them. mountune can sort that for you though with the 185bhp conversion and it leaves your warranty unaffected.
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