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L14MNP
16-11-08, 12:10 PM
Was out yesterday in one of these (mates mothers) and they are awesome very capable cars from what I have seen, I have been in an ST3 before but the 500 has a few differences like only coming in black w/silver stripes, awesome red Recaros and Sony premium sound system which sounds immense for a factory setup, better than any Bose crap etc I've heard in high end cars. Also that 5 cylinder Volvo growl and turbo spooling away make for a nice place to be lol

They have just bought the car from N.I for only £13K with only 4.5K miles on it, it's a 57 plate with the reg ST03 SOO (which is meant to be ST3 500) and it was owned by a guy who has a mint Escort Cosworth with only 13K miles from new, a 6R4! other stuff I can't remember and has just bought a mint white RS1600i (the ******* lol) So the car is gleaming and was kept in his massive unit with the rest of his toys. I was very impressed with the ST although the brakes seem to fade a bit easily for my liking lol but maybe that was down to my mates driving, he was only up home for a day so made the most of it lol. A very good purchase me thinks!

What's peoples opinions on these and anyone got one? The red Recaros make them IMO. We also visited Kish who retrimmed an interior for me and he said he will do the pleather on the door cards in matching red leather, which will tie in much better with the seats.
http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/FQXCLXPJ.jpg
http://www.speedheads.de/artikelbilder/2007/FordFocusST500_2.jpg

dj_wudgey
16-11-08, 12:57 PM
personally i dont like them its not beacause they are fords as i like the old cosworths and rs's thats about it like. but i just think they look horrid but i dont like many off the new cars at all though!!

L14MNP
16-11-08, 01:03 PM
I'm the same with not liking newer cars mate, but I could live with this one lol
Yeah the old 4WD cars are the best, 80's/90's styling etc but that's never coming back :( Just good to see Ford/VX getting their act together considering all the toss (sub 25K hatches) that have been offered in the recent past IMO. It's nice to have the modern refinement, safety, comfort etc. No rock hard coilovers on this one just a -25mm Eibach drop factory option and it rides awesome and looks perfect.
Meh. New cars will always suck to an extent, but at least this one does it through a turbo I guess lol

dj_wudgey
16-11-08, 01:41 PM
yea i agree but im from 60's to 90's me i love all old chevettes and stuff aswell i like the astra and corsa vxr the old civics are nice up to the last one as the new one horrble!!!! and ibiza's are nice but im pretty hard pushed to find any new car other than these that look good!!!! even the new scooby's and evo's are awfull where are all the manufacturers going wrong!!!

Stuart
16-11-08, 04:51 PM
get a mountune dealer remap on there. 265bhp and warrantied :D and better fuel economy too lol