My new car

Luseac · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:15

...Well it's not that new actually, purchased in October.

2004 (53 plate) Ford Focus st170 with plenty of nice extras:

-Xenons
-6 CD changer + sub in the boot.
-Full leather heated Recaro's
-Climate control

Coming from a 1.6 focus I am very pleased with it's performance, it's not blisteringly quick, but a nice stepping stone onto bigger and faster machines. It's fuel economy is far from good, but I knew it wouldn't be and have budgeted for it. I await your (critical) opinions!
Apologies for the rubbish phone pics.

Howard · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:16

I have a huge soft spot for these. They drive so well. Congrats

Meatball · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:24

How much? Change that gear knob and it's spot on!

DM · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:26

Good colour that, enjoy

dazz25 · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:41

Had one of these as my last car. Absolutely loved it, the handling definitely makes up for the lack of speed.

ghop · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:44

Absolutely love it. Awesome colour. This is hopefully my future upgrade from my 1.6 Focus in a couple of years time when I can afford the insurance on one

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:47

Looks in good nick. The exterior looks like it just came out the factory!
I will have a look at these when I come to get a better car.

Luseac · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:11

Meatball said:
How much? Change that gearknob and it's spot on!

£4000 inc 12 months tax, an MOT and service.

DanTheMan · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:16

Lovely motor.

If it wasn't for the **** fuel economy, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

xBLiNG · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:25

Very nice. as mentioned though, the gear stick looks silly

RSClio · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:27

Whats the MPG like?

Morba · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:50

Lovely colour that. nice choice

I thought they came with dark headlights, or was that an option?

Janesy B · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:56

RSClio said:
Whats the MPG like?

They're crap on fuel, expect realistically no more than 25-30

ghop said:
Absolutely love it. Awesome colour. This is hopefully my future upgrade from my 1.6 Focus in a couple of years time when I can afford the insurance on one

They're not all that, in a couple of years they'll all be old and they suffer from a fair share of annoying niggles like the exhaust brackets and cat heatshields falling off for the lols.

Morba said:
Lovely colour that. nice choice
I thought they came with dark headlights, or was that an option?

The normal halogen ones were dark I believe.

Luseac · 15 Jan 2011 at 21:17

RSClio said:
Whats the MPG like?

Haven't worked it out yet, but probably 25mpg ish

Morba said:
Lovely colour that. nice choice
I thought they came with dark headlights, or was that an option?

The normal one does, but this has the optional Xenons which come with a different cluster

Morba · 16 Jan 2011 at 13:34

Ah that would make sense then

iwrox · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:51

Is the fuel consumption really around 25?! My 2.5ST is getting that! Didnt realise the ST170 was that bad on fuel

Looks in MINT condition though, good buy

peterattheboro · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:56

These look fantastic and handle great but are ridiculously expensive to insure when the performance doesn't match the premium.

An ST220 would have been a wiser choice imo.

And the fuel economy is ridiculous. Both average 25mpg. And that's a 2.0 170bhp 4 pot vs a 3.0 220bhp V6!!

L0rdMike · 16 Jan 2011 at 16:59

Never saw the point in the 170 really.

Gaijin · 16 Jan 2011 at 17:10

Very nice, particularly like the colour- thats a nice blue.

Luseac · 16 Jan 2011 at 17:37

iwrox said:
Is the fuel consumption really around 25?! My 2.5ST is getting that! Didnt realise the ST170 was that bad on fuel

Looks in MINT condition though, good buy

As I said, I haven't worked it out but I would be surprised if it was much more than 25. MPG isn't a concern for me, and when I finish my post-graduate course this year I plan to live very close to my future employers.

peterattheboro said:
These look fantastic and handle great but are ridiculously expensive to insure when the performance doesn't match the premium.

An ST220 would have been a wiser choice imo.

I wouldn't say they are "ridiculously expensive to insure"... Ridiculous is 17 year olds paying £2k+ on a 1.1 saxo like they have to now days. A st220 probably would have been the sensible choice, but this was a heart over head moment i'm afriad.