Show Us Your Motors!

Slinky1989 · 2 Aug 2015 at 22:08

peterattheboro said:
Well that ST is decent

Thank you very much!

mjt said:
Nice naff Ford. They finally sorted out the minuscule Nav screen in the facelift. Enjoy!

Haha yes, the old screen was completely rubbish, same as was in the fiesta. Decided against nav as an option in that because my phone screen is bigger! This one is great, although not as good at live traffic as Google is but it gets the job done.

rare · 2 Aug 2015 at 22:27

Nice ST, pleased to see its the 'proper' one not the diesel !

I like the facelift, looks great.

Akagi · 2 Aug 2015 at 22:29

I do like the new ST. One thing I did notice from driving my mates one is that the seats seem to pinch you a bit around the shoulders. I found it a bit uncomfortable. How do you find them?

Conscript · 2 Aug 2015 at 22:48

Acme said:
You can achieve symmetry with two!

I know, I thought that's what was meant by "twin exhaust"

Akagi · 2 Aug 2015 at 23:25

Conscript said:
I know, I thought that's what was meant by "twin exhaust"

Oh, sorry. I misread the post you quoted.

Slinky1989 · 3 Aug 2015 at 00:14

Acme said:
I do like the new ST. One thing I did notice from driving my mates one is that the seats seem to pinch you a bit around the shoulders. I found it a bit uncomfortable. How do you find them?

My shoulders aren't an issue but my hips are, maybe that's just a symptom of having a 40" waist though....

Really does feel like it is clamping in on my waist, not an issue once you've shuffled into your final seating position but a bit uncomfortable getting there.

Akagi · 3 Aug 2015 at 00:17

I suppose the seat bolsters will "break in" a little over time, which should make it a-lot more comfortable.

But for me, I couldn't sit back fully without the bolsters pushing my shoulders forwards, which meant I felt pinched.

GinG · 3 Aug 2015 at 09:26

Nice ST, do you have any pictures of the interior by any chance?

snips86x · 3 Aug 2015 at 09:37

Slinky1989 said:
Picked up my focus St Estate on Tuesday!

It's a petrol st2 and I'm really enjoying the extra shove compared to the fiesta ST it replaces. Although it does enjoy a drink far more than the fiesta!

That looks really smart and would also love to see some internal shots. What power does it produce?

Slinky1989 · 3 Aug 2015 at 10:27

GinG said:
Nice ST, do you have any pictures of the interior by any chance?

I'll get some this evening once I'm home

snips86x said:
That looks really smart and would also love to see some internal shots. What power does it produce?

250ps.

snips86x · 3 Aug 2015 at 10:31

Slinky1989 said:
I'll get some this evening once I'm home

250ps.

Nice

I'd imagine its not quite as thirsty as my 2.5T

Slinky1989 · 3 Aug 2015 at 10:52

snips86x said:
Nice

I'd imagine its not quite as thirsty as my 2.5T

Averaging 29mpg atm so you're right, probably not as bad as the 5 pot!

snips86x · 3 Aug 2015 at 11:04

Slinky1989 said:
Averaging 29mpg atm so you're right, probably not as bad as the 5 pot!

That's not too bad actually, I'm averaging 32mpg (so the car says) on my 45 mins drive to work. Was less when I was living closer to work

Logsi · 3 Aug 2015 at 12:20

Slinky1989 said:
250ps.

When's the MP275 being fitted?

Love the car. Thinking about one of these next year. Only driven the diesel version and the build and drive felt leagues ahead of the Fiesta.

Here's some pics of interior of the one i drove. Excuse the out of focus one...sigh...

IC3 · 3 Aug 2015 at 12:23

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Another Ford

What camera were those pictures taken with?

BTW the car looks clean.

Akagi · 3 Aug 2015 at 12:24

Logsi said:
When's the MP275 being fitted?

Love the car. Thinking about one of these next year. Only driven the diesel version and the build and drive felt leagues ahead of the Fiesta.

They do have a massive amount of shove as it is!

The new Focus ST interior is an exceptionally nice place to be. An awful lot more so than the Fiesta.

Jono8 · 3 Aug 2015 at 12:53

Logsi said:
Love the car. Thinking about one of these next year. Only driven the diesel version and the build and drive felt leagues ahead of the Fiesta.

Acme said:
The new Focus ST interior is an exceptionally nice place to be. An awful lot more so than the Fiesta.

Ay? I have driven the new Focus ST and whilst nice, i would hardly say it was leagues ahead of a Fiesta ST (especially not the drive - that is ludicrous)

It just felt like a slightly bigger and more powerful (but less nimble) version of the Fiesta ST in my opinion.

Akagi · 3 Aug 2015 at 15:58

The Fiesta interior was made of cheap plastics in places, and the layout of the dashboard and the console just isn't as nice.

You feel more "involved" in the Focus interior, it wraps around you better...

mjt · 3 Aug 2015 at 16:02

Acme said:
The Fiesta interior was made of cheap plastics in places, and the layout of the dashboard and the console just isn't as nice.

You feel more "involved" in the Focus interior, it wraps around you better...

The Fiesta interior is almost identical to the pre-facelift Focus, albeit smaller and with different HVAC controls.

Akagi · 3 Aug 2015 at 16:08

Fiesta ST 2015: https://photos-1.carwow.co.uk/models/1600x800/Ford-Fiesta-ST_interior_01.jpg

Focus ST 2015: http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201406/2015-ford-focus-st-5_1600x0w.jpg

We are talking post facelift though, and the Focus interior is much nicer!

The Fez interior isn't awful by any stretch, but it isn't as nice as the Focus, and the surface plastics in the Focus are different.

I've sat in the Fiesta, and it felt like a Fiesta. The quality was about what I would expect. When I sat in the 2015 Focus, I was genuinely astounded at the quality compared with what I expected.