Who here owns a Fiesta ST?

kinobestew123 · 23 Jan 2014 at 10:49

No worries.

In a very similar vein, if the front end of the car is jacked up so that both wheels are off the floor and you start the engine in neutral, the front wheels will start to spin slowly. If you then put your hand on the wheel to stop it, you get the same thing where the revs bob up and down. I think it's related.

The other thing though is that there is no harm in keeping the throttle body and filter as clean as possible, it definitely helps the revs be smoother at idle. I do my throttle body about once a year and get it as clean as I possibly can with carb cleaner. As for the filter, I have a pipercross sponge filter so I use a pipercross filter cleaning kit.

oweneades · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:51

Overlag said:
Got my FiestaST2 last week and boy, the hype is certainly valid. Its great!

On a side note; does anyone know the bulb type I need for a 2013 fiesta ST if I want a "Xenon" like light? The car has projection halogens which means sticking a Xenon bulb in should be fine from a light scatter / not blinding anyone point of veiw. After 10,000 miles I am starting to find the dipped beam a bit "meh" and want something better.

I am not looking forward to changing them though. It looks like you need to remove the light cluster from the car (or at least move it forward) as there is no way my hands will fit in the gap provided.

On a second side note,I really wish Ford would offer a double clutch gearbox in either the Fiesta or Focus ST, at least as an option. My hip / back is giving me problems again and I would love to switch to an auto model to keep the handling / everything else I love about the car.

Vision · 29 Jan 2014 at 16:48

Nevermind

Logsi · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:11

oweneades said:
Come on its calling to you...

You're not having that one though, that one is MINE, all MINE.... (yes I realise this isn't probably helping...)

Just ticked over 8.5k miles this morning. Ruddy love the little scamp. Went to the Brecons with it in September and it was fantastic fun. According to my wife, I had a stupid grin on my face all up the A4069.

Planning on a MP215 upgrade early next year but focusing on just enjoying it at the moment. I have got bored with cars very quickly in the past but this one just keeps on delivering.

Rumours of a ST3 have around March time. Finance on my car is up soon so may chop it in. Even with family benefits from Ford i would have to wait at the very least 2-3 months before getting an ST. Can get mountune straight on it before i even drive it at a good price also!

Could also get a 1 year old Focus ST for the price of a new Fiesta ST...not sure what i'd do but i'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

JamesM · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:48

Off to KIA tomorrow, ST could be for up sale soon

wingman · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:57

JamesM said:
Off to KIA tomorrow, ST could be for up sale soon

That's a depressing sentence

JamesM · 3 Feb 2014 at 12:59

Have a feeling i'm going to have trouble selling though if I do decide too.

Best place to look for people who are wanted a modified car? STOC, etc?

oweneades · 3 Feb 2014 at 14:09

Logsi said:
Rumours of a ST3 have around March time. Finance on my car is up soon so may chop it in. Even with family benefits from Ford i would have to wait at the very least 2-3 months before getting an ST. Can get mountune straight on it before i even drive it at a good price also!

Could also get a 1 year old Focus ST for the price of a new Fiesta ST...not sure what i'd do but i'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

ST3 sounds interesting, any more info?

I would love to have Xenons, cruise and full leather on my ST2 but I might be asking too much.

On the Focus vs Fiesta front I would test drive both and decide what you want to do after that. Both have positives and negatives.

Real world wise they are going to perform very similarly (the Fiesta being down on power but also lighter) and have similar levels of kit (ST3 Focus being one better again - annoyingly you can't seem to spec up a ST2 a bit... :confused:

).

Shikkaka · 3 Feb 2014 at 15:46

Just put my Moondust Silver ST up for sale. I'm wanting some VTEC in my life.

08, 74k miles, £3900

killer_uk · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:30

JamesM said:
Have a feeling i'm going to have trouble selling though if I do decide too.

Best place to look for people who are wanted a modified car? STOC, etc?

I'm having trouble selling my 08 plate MR200 at £5000 - as in no interest apart from a potential deal with a focus ST. :confused:

My ST2 is waiting for me

oweneades said:
ST3 sounds interesting, any more info?

Regarding the ST3, expect an ST2 with most if not all of the current optional extras ticked, auto wipers etc. Doesn't sound like it would have anything we can't already get at this point.

Overlag · 4 Feb 2014 at 00:17

im getting silly offers for my MR200 (sub 3k), and when i said on fb about selling the kit, people were only offering 1300-1500

Thankfully i can keep both atm.

JamesM · 4 Feb 2014 at 07:21

Doesn't bode well for me then.

I'll be looking at around 3500 I reckon

oweneades · 4 Feb 2014 at 08:08

killer_uk said:
Regarding the ST3, expect an ST2 with most if not all of the current optional extras ticked, auto wipers etc. Doesn't sound like it would have anything we can't already get at this point.

Ah that would be a shame.

I might ask the garage I got mine from if they have heard anything.

Overlag · 4 Feb 2014 at 11:54

ST3 will probably be full leather too?

killer_uk · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:36

Maybe, I personally wouldn't want that though.

Even if my MR200 doesn't sell before the end of this week, I'm going to pick up my new one on Sunday, can't wait any longer!

Anyone know if Greenlight do multi car insurance?

st@nners · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:52

Hi FinglisHobbit,

Can I ask which garage gave you this quote?

Cheers

FinglisHobbit said:
I have just heard back from a dealer and Ive been quoted £15,665.00 for an ST-2 in Spirit Blue, with Auto Lights and Wipers and Style pack. Thats to be made in March and to be registered on new 14 plate.

That price seems good but Im not sure I can convince myself to get the 15k loan for this.

Im currently looking at the complete polar opposite car and thinking of an Octavia VRS around 12k

MeAnBoY · 4 Feb 2014 at 14:49

Seems like a good deal that. Just did a price check on Broadspeed and for the same thing you would be looking at almost exactly £1k more.

Logsi · 4 Feb 2014 at 20:02

oweneades said:
ST3 sounds interesting, any more info?

I would love to have Xenons, cruise and full leather on my ST2 but I might be asking too much.

Rumours on STOC is that it will come with some more bits as standard like auto headlights/wipers, nav, folding mirrors. Maybe have a few more nice bits and pieces. With a date of March 7th being a production start date. I did go and enquire with a family member about it and a few people seemed like they knew about it but I'm not sure.

FinglisHobbit · 4 Feb 2014 at 20:06

st@nners said:
Hi FinglisHobbit,

Can I ask which garage gave you this quote?

Cheers

Hi sorry for the late reply I just noticed your post.

The price was through http://www.forcescarsdirect.com/ due to my line of work. However I went into a Ford garage and the guy said he could match that price but not make any money on it.

That was only a small independent Ford place though. I reckon a larger one can provide the car at a very similar price. (from what Ive seen from others)

oweneades · 5 Feb 2014 at 09:20

Logsi said:
Rumours on STOC is that it will come with some more bits as standard like auto headlights/wipers, nav, folding mirrors. Maybe have a few more nice bits and pieces. With a date of March 7th being a production start date. I did go and enquire with a family member about it and a few people seemed like they knew about it but I'm not sure.

Nav sounds good but auto lights / wipers and folding mirrors are meh in my book. Like you say though it might have a few more nice bits and pieces as well.