Didn't buy the car. Guy was great and he let me have a fantastic test drive, we were out for well over an hour and he was perfectly fine letting me do some spirited driving.
Stunning drive but the clutch was biting very close to the floor and was difficult to use around town. I even stalled the car trying to get away from a junction, can't remember the last time I did that in a car. The other ST's I've driven had the clutch biting in the middle so this made me a little nervous as it's a £1000 job to replace properly. Apart from that it was great and had new discs and pads all round with fairly new tyres. Though one of the alloys was totally rotten and the others had obvious signs of corrosion so looking at getting them refurbed or new ones as they did ruin the look somewhat.
Performance blue paint looks great on these, this had quite a few scratches but nothing that wouldn't polish out apart from one nasty scratch on the back bumper. One part I couldn't get on with was the bonnet, it didn't sit flush with the wings, it was sitting proud by about 5mm at the front on both sides. Now Ford had a problem getting the bonnet open and had to replace all the fornt grill getting it open... a job that cost him £300 alone! The car hadn't been bumped but I think something wasn't setup right.
Other things made me think is I've read the rear bushes on the back WILL need replacing after 60k miles. This was at 59k and hadn't had them done yet, so another £280 job might need doing quite soon - though I didn't hear any evidence of this on the drive. Also tax and Mot both run out in Sept and also 12 month service due in Sept aswell. So all in all I was looking at maybe needing to spend quite a bit of money on it with in the first 3 months of ownership.
Had it not been for the clutch I prob would have bought it for the right money but decided to leave it and ask a mate of mine, who's now a Mercedes mechanic and overall car enthusiast to take a look first.