another "widepants car review" thread

[Wideboy]

some may remember this thread from a while back (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=135482)

well last night i got this

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=478&pictureid=3538
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=478&pictureid=3539
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=478&pictureid=3540

Ford focus ST3. 2.5 turbo......... goes like stink

will write i complete review tomorrow as i will have to give it back :(. I know there are loads of people interested in buying one on a bike forum :rolleyes:........ done 155 miles and first impressions are good although there are one or to little things that aren't

yeah clarkson eat your heart out

[Alpinestarhero]

so you didnt blow it up?

:D

na i'll be interested in what its like, I'm slowly getting into cars now (i'll start doing lessons soon and work towards getting a lisence)

[Amanda]

first impressions are good although there are one or to little things that aren't

yeah clarkson eat your heart out


Like the scratch/dent in the sump?????:shock:

[Wideboy]

so you didnt blow it up?



no but it bluddy puurrs at 7k :-dd, why the car comes with a stereo i have no idea

Like the scratch/dent in the sump?????:shock:

i wasnt driving at the time, was only a plastic cover that got scratched

[Amanda]

I'll stick with my Saab 93 thanks! Like poop off a shovel

[fizzwheel]

Liz and I both really like those, it would have to be ASBO Orange though.

[Alpinestarhero]

I'll stick with my Saab 93 thanks! Like poop off a shovel

say, thats a nice vauxhall vectra you drive :smt028

[Wideboy]

I'll stick with my Saab 93 thanks! Like poop off a shovel

actually, i spanked a saab off the line last night....... even toyed with them


was meant to be going out but think i'll do review now

[Wideboy]

ok maybe not im off out tutar fools

[Amanda]

say, thats a nice vauxhall vectra you drive :smt028

I've hear that said before and I'm not listening "La la la la la" can't hear you!!!!! :cool:

[Bluepete]

Awww, Widepants!

That's a Volvo T5 engine. Didn't know you were a closet traffic cop :smt081

Pete ;)

[Daimo]

Very good cars...

But still slower than an Astra VXR, both on the road, and on the track ;)

There are a few remaps that work wonders on them though (as said with all hot hatch turbo cars really).

[Davido]

Mountune (I think) do a nice chip kit for it too that doesn't void your warranty.

[Holdup]

Ford do an upgrade package for it, new intercooler, map and air filter, cant remember if they do more, takes it to about 260 - 270 bhp :D

[blueto]

its a ford....enough said...YUK

[ssmith87]

its a ford....enough said...YUK

Words of a wise man, I agree 100%. But it is a very good looking car but no where near fast enough. I would be bored with the power within a day and would probebly find myself spending money tuning it, then a year down the line i would realize i should have just bought something with minimum 280-300 bhp

[xXBADGERXx]

You crashed it yet ? ....... well , you crashed everything else this year :)

[Wideboy]

the sump guard has been redecorated, will do the full widepants run down tomorrow

i do like tho

[kwak zzr]

i love the focus st but there are so many used ones for sale? the only thing i can find out about them is that they are abit thirsty? check the fuel consumption WB.

[Wideboy]

yeah that was going to be one of my points, driven normally but still spiritedly the trip computer said i would get 160 out of £25 which i thought wasn't to bad. the lowest i got was 3mpg whilst flooring it. motorways consumption sat at 80 it was doing 25mpg roughly

trip computers can lie tho

[Milky Bar Kid]

Kwak, my pal had an X reg 1.8 zetec focus and moved to an ST and does a daily commute of 25 miles and she says that fuel consumption is the same, if not better on occasions.

[kwak zzr]

wow thats good, ive owned a 1.8 zetec and loved every min of it.

[kwak zzr]

i went to my cousins today in the beemer and my trip computer was reading 17mpg :(

[Graciepants]

Liz and I both really like those, it would have to be ASBO Orange though.

++1!

dunno what it is but it looks so good in ASBO orange :P

[TazDaz]

New RS is nicer though! Especially in the green! ;)

http://blog.healyford.ca/images/2011_Ford-Focus-RS-USA.jpg

[kwak zzr]

wow that looks evil

[Holdup]

Ive seen two rs's in the flesh in that green, fookin lush, but arent they fwd 300bhp?

[Lozzo]

Wideboy, you're gonna have to change your name to Chavin now.

[Milky Bar Kid]

New RS is nicer though! Especially in the green! ;)

http://blog.healyford.ca/images/2011_Ford-Focus-RS-USA.jpg

:smt038 :smt049 I LOVE that car!:smt049

[Lozzo]

:smt038 :smt049 I LOVE that car!:smt049

Innit man, dat is bear cool.


























Bloody chavtastic if you ask me. If my boss bought me one of those I'd write it off and demand a normal car as a replacement

[sv-robo]

Tut,2 wheels to many!![-X ...............tis nice tho:).

[Wideboy]

no i didnt crash it but it has gone back now, although there was some scuffs on the sump guard but im sure they were there already :-dd

i really liked it, i had the top model but the lower of the top (if that makes sense) so it doesn't have the massive sat nav screen.

model i had, focus ST3 2.5T;


£22000
full leather interior with recaro bucket seats
aircon, heated seats ect
tinted windows
DAB, cd stereo
errrmm....... engine some other stuff bla bla bla you get the idea

really do like this car, not as quick as i thought it would be but still quick all the same, personally think it would be better in RWD or 4WD as i think the power is wasted in on FWD, with TCS off the front simply lights up and you go know where but the power is still there.

looks - i personally really like it, its handsome yet still modest, its crazily stupid how many people don't realise what it is. out of all the idiots the funniest was a dirty chav in a mk4 polo who tried to traffic light gp me which was comical. I really like this as it means you can drive it without looking like a complete c0ck....... plus its unbelievably fun toying with idiots then burning people off.... kind of like a sleeper car, people only ever looked when you revved

fuel economy - not bad IMO, think i got a average of 30mpg at one point, i duno tho as i wasnt really that bothered . 3mpg being the lowest i got but that was through driving like a tw@, motorway sat at 80mph was giving roughly 25-27mpg.... first fill up the computer said i would get 160 miles out of £25 if i drove it like i was which was normal sort of driving with a few odd spurts. Personally i would like to have had it for the week to see what i would have got going to work and back

there are one or to things that annoy me about the car, like the extendible knee supports on the seats, clearly they didn't design them well as for some one of my size they didn't even touch my knee's . USB connection for ipod doesn't work but im told that most fords are like that, it being FWD. the road roar is pretty bad 70+ for that sort of car

all in all i would say its a good car, i could see the fuel economy being a pain if your having a tight month but there isn't really anything major bad about it, visibility has improved over the older models, stereo is pretty chavtastic, handling good, power good, ride comfort good for that type of car, comfy seats, handsome looks and very swanky interior.

would i have one?....... yes, i can say i would be happy with one if i could get my own policy as i cant :smt016

can i have £22000 plz? [-o<

[Wideboy]

oh and for those wondering how i got my grubby mits on it.... like all ST drivers...... i stole it :smt043

[blueto]

are u the stig?

[TazDaz]

oh and for those wondering how i got my grubby mits on it.... like all ST drivers...... i stole it :smt043

That was a given, no need to tell us all! ;)

[Wideboy]

yes....... i AM* the stig


*allegedly

[Treacle]

I do like the ST but The RS looks so much more useful. THey had the new RS as the safety car at the NW200 this year. It sounds fugging awsome on full chat.

[Daimo]

If your lighting up the fronts all the time your not driving a FWD correctly.

I've had the VXR on track a few times, and the fronts didn't light up. Ok you may get one wheel light up on the inside of a corner, but thats because they dont (nor does the ST) come with a LSD.

Focus RS is a good car, already 380+bhp packages available, but tbh green is just for attention whoares. White is best, then blue, then raver puke green. But its been proven that an ST with aftermarket remap will happily sit on an RS's rear end all the way to 140+ speeds.

4wd would be ok, but then you encour transmission losses, and huge extra weight, and its not meant to be an Evo/Scooby competitor, its a VXR, Megan, Mazda MP3, Civic Type R competitor. Also RWD/4wd means a transmission tunnel, more costs, and less room, and its designed within a budget. £22k seems well over priced, I thought ST's were morelike £18k??? Even a VXR with all the toys isn't £22k so im sure theres an over-quotation there.

PS, fuel economy, i've had the astra down to 6.7mpg at "cough" higher end speeds, so 3mpg is awful, but i've heard that about the volvo lump.

Tuneable engine though, but i'd still take the astra over it ;)

[Skip]

FWD is just wrong - nuff said

[Daimo]

BTCC greats would disagree ;) FWD can be fun, its just not as fast as RWD, but far more work required and more skill than bunging a 4x4 round a race track.

Clios are cracking little FWD cars as well. Just shoddy gearboxes, electrics, and, well everything really bar the chassis and engine :lol:

[Skip]

I think its a real shame that the world is obsessed with FWD - bring back cars with engines and layouts like the Lotus Sunbeam and the Chevette HS2300 I say ;)

As a side note did anyone see the Gadget Show last week with the Audi R8 experiment - quite scary I thought!

[Daimo]

Its down to cost.

Its far cheaper to have a FWD car than to produce a RWD car, which needs more work, more weight, more parts, which equals more costs. FWD is a cheap way of making a car move when why its so common.