How many Focus ST owners on here

chaparral · 30 Oct 2016 at 14:37

ubern00b said:
Get it block modded which will include a new head gasket, all belts and then peace of mind that your liners are good too. It's what I would do and what I have done.

But how much does would that cost to have done ?

Dav4 · 30 Oct 2016 at 16:35

ubern00b said:
Get it block modded which will include a new head gasket, all belts and then peace of mind that your liners are good too. It's what I would do and what I have done.

I already had the belts and waterpump done around 10 months ago.

Liquidfox · 1 Nov 2016 at 12:10

The head gasket will cost pretty much exactly the same, it's the same amount of work except an additional 4 metal shims.

chaparral · 23 Nov 2016 at 15:46

mikeo said:
Considering where you live and the sort of driving you must be doing (unless traveling over to the mainland) then I suspect you'll be lucky to see much more than 25/26MPG.

Just drive the car and enjoy it and try to forget how often you are having to visit a petrol station

Got 21.7mpg average over 1100miles

Cleisthenes · 23 Nov 2016 at 15:54

That seems pretty shocking, I get better than that out of a 3.0 V6!

chaparral · 23 Nov 2016 at 16:27

Cleisthenes said:
That seems pretty shocking, I get better than that out of a 3.0 V6!

I used to own a Nissan ZX300 3L V6 and i used to get around 17mpg if I remember right..

It not far off the MPG I used to get out my RX8 (When engine was good)
And I drove my RX8 far far harder (Just Loved the sound from the exhaust when flooring it

But think it used to wake everyone in the whole island up

)

Cleisthenes · 23 Nov 2016 at 16:36

chaparral said:
I used to own a Nissan ZX300 3L V6 and i used to get around 17mpg if I remember right..

It not far off the MPG I used to get out my RX8 (When engine was good)
And I drove my RX8 far far harder (Just Loved the sound from the exhaust when flooring it But think it used to wake everyone in the whole island up )

It sounds as if you've a rather heavy right foot

chaparral · 23 Nov 2016 at 16:58

Cleisthenes said:
It sounds as if you've a rather heavy right foot

I really wish that was the answer but with my island having a island wide 35mph speed limit and me having a fairly long list of driving convictions from my younger days a heavy right foot not going happen much now..

Nasher · 23 Nov 2016 at 17:49

chaparral said:
But how much does would that cost to have done ?

I think the block mod is around £700 but only a few places do it. It's a must have if your going for 300hp and up as well.

snarloas1982 · 23 Nov 2016 at 20:09

chaparral said:
Got 21.7mpg average over 1100miles

I'm getting 30 out of mine with mixed driving and my commute misses most traffic jams. It will go higher if i was on motorways more often. If i was to drive it like a nutcase it would definitely much lower.

rodenal · 3 Dec 2016 at 19:13

Starting to think about a cut and run with the Octavia of doom and possibly looking at a mk3 ST estate as they seem to fit the bill with regards performance / age / cost mix. Have been thinking about a few different cars but ideally I'd like somethig I can confidently run without extended warranty on top of the purchase price

Any reason other than the slightly nasty (we have a fiesta so I'm sort of used to it though I do hate the pathetic little screen) interior not to? I can't see a whole lot of common issues with them. Probably a 2013 ST-3 with 50k or so. The front end doesn't bother me

Mpg isn't really a concern neither is ved or insurance as I've always had a similar sort of motor

Nasher · 3 Dec 2016 at 20:54

No major faults I don't think. All the fast Fords are pretty solid mechanically. Interiors are not amazing but thats because all the money goes in to the stuff that matters

McDaniel · 3 Dec 2016 at 23:48

Has anyone had their SYNC2 throw a wobbly. My voice comms, sat Nav, USB and Bluetooth random stopped working since wed. I've booked it in for this week and all of a sudden today it kicked back in before going again a few hours later...

DazQ87 · 4 Dec 2016 at 10:25

McDaniel said:
Has anyone had their SYNC2 throw a wobbly. My voice comms, sat Nav, USB and Bluetooth random stopped working since wed. I've booked it in for this week and all of a sudden today it kicked back in before going again a few hours later...

Yeah this seems to happen to me about 3 times a year, no idea what causes it, pretty dam annoying when it dose happen, and when you have to book it in the fault fixes itself before ford get to see it in it's broken state...

Nasher · 4 Dec 2016 at 11:37

McDaniel said:
Has anyone had their SYNC2 throw a wobbly. My voice comms, sat Nav, USB and Bluetooth random stopped working since wed. I've booked it in for this week and all of a sudden today it kicked back in before going again a few hours later...

It's quite normal, Microsoft makes the software...

chaparral · 4 Dec 2016 at 17:41

Nasher said:
It's quite normal, Microsoft makes the software...

Thank god it was not sky that made the software or you be disconnecting the battery for 5 minutes to reboot it everyday...

Nasher · 4 Dec 2016 at 17:43

Or Apple, where you wouldn't even be able to get to the battery. Or get a USB port

EdGey · 11 Dec 2016 at 19:55

What roughly would you expect to pay for a 15 plate Focus ST-3 from a Ford dealer?

Thebug · 11 Dec 2016 at 20:00

Around 19-20k depending on millage and extras

mikeo · 11 Dec 2016 at 21:35

EdGey said:
What roughly would you expect to pay for a 15 plate Focus ST-3 from a Ford dealer?

From looking at Autotrader, I would say between £18/20k depending on spec and miles.

Only my personal opinion (as the owner of a 2016 ST3) but I would consider getting a model with the optional style pack. As I think the car looks so much better on the 19in rims. Ride quality is still pretty good and hardly (at least to me) any noticeable difference to how the car rides on the stock 18in wheels.

Here's a decent looking one (if you like white):
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...-badge-engine-size=2.0&postcode=dg73la&page=1

PS. Reversing camera and the heated steering wheel are nice little extras, if you can find a car with them.