Tell me about...Focus ST

Any common faults to look out for? I have been looking at auto trader today, seems the majority of facelift models are priced north of £12k at the moment...not against a good non-facelift model mind you.
 
fonzee said:
strong statement alert. uh oh.
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Mountune Focus ST vs Focus RS.

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http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/237880/ford_focus_st_mountune_and_focus_rs.html

not really a fair comparison however, now that mountune have a package out for the Focus RS too.
 
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Everything on the older ones was a extra you had to pay for, e.g. mine has wind up rear windows, because you had to pay Ford for the priviledge. Majority is now standard on 2010 spec ST's, lol.

Oil filter housing diaphragm can blow, alternator can go. Liners in the engine can blow if you mod it too high, although less facelift cars seem to have this problem now, but the liners have known to blow on non-modded cars so that's not exclusive to modded cars. Mines a 07 pre-facelift, and close to around 300hp at a guess, and still going ok, the only thing I have wrong is am getting some slight clutch slip in high gear, but that's going to be solved with an RS clutch.

Other than that great cars, cheap to mod, Ford; so easy to repair if it breaks. I love driving mine, although I'm using the bike mroe to save money on petrol so I can buy some more mods, lol.
 
You don't need 13K for a MK1 RS, and for someone concerned about leather, climate control, sat nav and iPod integration - the MK1 RS is not the car for them.
 
I don't want a Mk1 RS, I appreciate it for what it is but don't see it as a sensible daily driver....starting to date a little inside and the Mk1 Focus interior never really did it for me anyway, and I can see it becoming quite expensive and difficult to run as parts get ever scarcer!

As a toy for the Ford enthusiast, and potentially as a long term (10+ year) investment, a mint Mk1 FRS would be great.
 
Prize examples of this forums worsening one upmanship in here along with a smattering of useful info :)
 
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