2024.5 Focus ST Estate?

[RichardHMorris]

Just sorting out a second car, mainly for Mrs Me who doesn't really like driving my Abarth 124 Spider.

I will, however, be doing driving duties on the longer runs when we need to take people and/or crap with us, so I'll be driving it quite a bit too and hence wanted something sportier.

SUVs? Don't go there.

So we like the Cupra Leon Estate but couldn't do a deal in time to get one in the colour we wanted.

We liked the Audi S3 but the saloon is around £48,000 OTR. That means an additional £2000 in VED over its initial few years.

So what about a new Focus ST Estate, maybe with one or two extras but creeping in at just under £40,000?

Anything gotchas before I pull the trigger for a cash purchase?

[Master Bean]

RichardHMorris said:

Just sorting out a second car, mainly for Mrs Me who doesn't really like driving my Abarth 124 Spider.

I will, however, be doing driving duties on the longer runs when we need to take people and/or crap with us, so I'll be driving it quite a bit too and hence wanted something sportier.

SUVs? Don't go there.

So we like the Cupra Leon Estate but couldn't do a deal in time to get one in the colour we wanted.

We liked the Audi S3 but the saloon is around £48,000 OTR. That means an additional £2000 in VED over its initial few years.

So what about a new Focus ST Estate, maybe with one or two extras but creeping in at just under £40,000?

Anything gotchas before I pull the trigger for a cash purchase?

I was going to help but you used that phrase at the end so I'm out.

[RichardHMorris]

[RichardHMorris]

Ah well, we did the dirty deed at the weekend and bought one.

Kept the list price below £40k to avoid £2,000 in unnecessary VED and did a good deal below that.

[oobster]

Bit late but I've got a 2023 Focus ST Estate in mean green, was an ex-Ford managers car so got almost every extra on it (head-up display, Blind-spot sensors, pano roof etc. I've only had it since April but one concern, which seems to pop up on the 'Mk4/4.5 Focus ST' facebook group quite regularly, is the battery doesn't seem to be up to the job so keep an eye on that.

Other niggles are door rattles and the B&O speaker system is a bit of a con, the speakers in all 4 doors are just standard Ford stuff, it's only the sub in the boot and the speaker in the middle of the dash that's B&O, so the stereo isn't that great.

Mine went into a local Ford main dealer for it's first service last week, I believe oil & filter only, and it was £238 which seems a bit OTT.

[RichardHMorris]

Thanks! I use a solar-powered charger in my other car when it’s laid up for more than a week so I’ll probably get another one of those.

[MrBig]

RichardHMorris said:

Ah well, we did the dirty deed at the weekend and bought one.

Kept the list price below £40k to avoid £2,000 in unnecessary VED and did a good deal below that.

Lucky you! Ordered a new ST and got some action

[RichardHMorris]

Only married 6 years so still in that honeymoon phase…

[oobster]

What colour did you go for Richard?

Here’s mine:

[RichardHMorris]

We went subtle: Frozen White

[drgoatboy]

RichardHMorris said:

We went subtle: Frozen White

Did you take delivery? How you getting on with it?

[UTH]

oobster said:

What colour did you go for Richard?

Here’s mine:

God that would look cool as the family wagon next to my Mk2 RS........

[RichardHMorris]

drgoatboy said:

Did you take delivery? How you getting on with it?

Yes we've had it for a short while now - see https://focus-st.uk - and the mileage is now up to 1,169 miles.

Just trying to work out what the round grey dot on the dash means and how to turn on the front foglights...