Who here owns a Fiesta ST?

Rybo89 · 9 Feb 2018 at 16:11

Spotted my old red Fiesta ST outside Chesterfield college earlier so it's managed to find its way back into chesterfield. Thought it would be dead by now tbh given it was on 100k when I sold it.

Trifid · 18 Feb 2018 at 14:09

Is anyone able to give me a glass's trade price for a 2.25 year old (2015) Fiesta ST3, 12,000 miles. If it matters, it is black and the only option is the light up door sills (no parking sensors).

Thanks.

Sargatanas2511 · 5 Mar 2018 at 11:45

I have realised that it's not an ideal car to be driving in deep snow and slush. The street I live in is never gritted and is on about a 10 degree slope to the side. Getting out of there was fun...

JBuk · 5 Mar 2018 at 15:49

Trifid said:
Is anyone able to give me a glass's trade price for a 2.25 year old (2015) Fiesta ST3, 12,000 miles. If it matters, it is black and the only option is the light up door sills (no parking sensors).

Thanks.

This morning I did an online valuation of my 2015 st3 with parking sensors, it came in at £9500
I'm guessing that is trade price

Dunno if that helps heh

Telecaster · 5 Mar 2018 at 16:23

I'm tempted with a cheap ish Mk6 just for something to hoon around in at weekends, how good is the handling bone stock? I see some folk drop to 16s, which is something I'd be interested in.

I'd possibly only be interested in tyres and cheap/simple brake upgrade, my years of spending loads modifying cars are long gone, plus I'm too old for a crashy lowered ride and droney exhausts.

atpbx · 5 Mar 2018 at 20:02

Telecaster said:
I'm tempted with a cheap ish Mk6 just for something to hoon around in at weekends, how good is the handling bone stock? I see some folk drop to 16s, which is something I'd be interested in.

I'd possibly only be interested in tyres and cheap/simple brake upgrade, my years of spending loads modifying cars are long gone, plus I'm too old for a crashy lowered ride and droney exhausts.

I would drive one first, they dont really do “hooning”.

You can drive them quickly for sure, but they arent a hooligan tool by any stretch they are too civalised.

“Have i actially driven one?”

Yes, my Orange ST3.

Telecaster · 5 Mar 2018 at 22:06

Hooning as in some Peak District B road blasts etc, all it needs to do is handle well, hence the question.

Sargatanas2511 · 5 Mar 2018 at 22:51

It has amazing grip if you put the right tires on it. Even on wet roads mine is an absolute blast.

My brother drove it for a while and he was amazed by how it handled, as a mechanic who drives all sorts of vehicles from trucks to Jag F types I take it as a huge compliment to the car.

lee1101 · 6 Mar 2018 at 08:13

I thought he asked about a cheap mk6, isn’t your ST3 a mk7?

Trifid · 6 Mar 2018 at 18:32

JBuk said:
This morning I did an online valuation of my 2015 st3 with parking sensors, it came in at £9500
I'm guessing that is trade price

Dunno if that helps heh

The lease company is standing firm at £12.5k which as far as I can see is good retail money for the car and so therefore way above trade. £9,500 seems to low considering age and mileage.

Sargatanas2511 · 6 Mar 2018 at 19:51

When I was looking a few months back it was about £12-13k for a 15 plate ST-3. Even ones the same age as mine (early 2014 on a 63 plate) were going around the 11k mark for an ST-3.

Zico · 6 Mar 2018 at 20:44

Video from Geneva of the 2018 ST:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGtyOtK4VNo

Sargatanas2511 · 6 Mar 2018 at 21:22

Still not fond of the back. The front is nice, the interior looks pretty similar to the old one and the alloys are nice. Overall looks wise I prefer the old one but I want to see how the new one drives.

Dav4 · 6 Mar 2018 at 22:00

New st is so bland. I thought I seen one the other day but turns out it’s not released yet so must have been an ST line. They look identical apart from the twin exhausts

the rear is absolutely rubbish I don’t know what Ford were smoking when they designed that. It looks more dated than the mk7 which was released a staggering 10 years ago :eek:

Skillmister · 7 Mar 2018 at 07:00

Dav4 said:
New st is so bland. I thought I seen one the other day but turns out it’s not released yet so must have been an ST line. They look identical apart from the twin exhausts the rear is absolutely rubbish I don’t know what Ford were smoking when they designed that. It looks more dated than the mk7 which was released a staggering 10 years ago

Agreed. Mk7 still looks great imo, some people say it wasn't bold enough but I think it's stop on. Mk8 just waters it down even more. And the back... Its just wrong.

theone8181 · 7 Mar 2018 at 07:40

Is it a bit of a comedone on power going from a mk3 focus st to a fiesta mk 7 st? My wife is looking at changing for a smaller 5 door fiesta and i wasnt sure what it would be like. Currently hers is a 62 plate which according to WBAC is worth 10.5k or so. Is the mk 8 worth it over a used mk 7?

Dav4 · 7 Mar 2018 at 08:20

Why does she want to change? The 0-60 of the Focus is 6.5 and the Fiesta 6.9 so probably won’t feel any different acceleration wise with the weight difference. You can pick a mk7 Fiesta up on a 2014/15 easily for 10k so I would think that’s the better option rather than putting say another 8-10k towards a new one.

Sargatanas2511 · 7 Mar 2018 at 08:52

If it's specifically because it's a 5 door, stick with the Focus. If it's to downsize it's probably better looking at a 2-4 year old ST as Dav4 mentioned.

Nasher · 7 Mar 2018 at 09:49

Theres not much in it performance wise and the £600 MP215 kit makes the Fiesta as quick to 60 as the focus. Top speed isn't as high but that's irrelevant on the road.

But if you need 5 doors the focus is a better choice. Much nicer for the passengers

JBuk · 7 Mar 2018 at 10:23

I wouldn’t Bother getting the fiesta if I already had a focus unless there was a massive difference in running costs