Anyone got any experiance with these? Been offered one looks nice 06 plate Focus ST-2 in Blue, Sony CD recaro's, sounds lovely, Xenon's etc etc. Only 24k with full history too?

What they like?

Made by Ford, got four wheels, seats, and an engine.

Auto Addict wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 17:56:

Made by Ford, got four wheels, seats, and an engine.

;D ;D ;D Helps a lot cheers AA  :y

They are fantastic. Great handling and road manners. They are renown for front suspension wear and in particular dented alloys. Several people I know have had quite a few problemswith balloon bulges appearing in the inner sidewalls due to 'adventurous' driving and a low profile. Buy it! :y

They go like stink.  :)

NN

I do like it a lot :y

Bored of the Saab already?

tunnie wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 20:14:

Bored of the Saab already?

No, not at all, just this is cheap, but the guy is mucking around now to be honest  :-/

Auto Addict wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 17:56:

Made by Ford, got four wheels, seats, and an engine.

And they are shit,its got a nasty blue oval badge on it. :)

I had one for a few monts  - a superb vehicle. 220 BHP as standard but can be Bluefinned easily upto 270 ish (Google Bluefin with Superchips) for about £400  :y

The straight 5 drinks fuel though, more than my MV6 IIRC. Obviousy I did'nt have both cars at the same time, but got 30+ with no prob from the MV6, but only mid 20's from the ST. Interestingly, I had the same engine in a Mk4 Mondeo Estate and got 30 no problem.

The turbo needs revs before coming on-stream, probably explaining the thirst. Also eats front tyres.

Seats and lights are great, but the interior trim on the earlier ones isn't too great, and dominated by the turbo boost dial   - somewhat faux in my view.

HTH .........

Lincs Robert wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 21:32:

I had one for a few monts  - a superb vehicle. 220 BHP as standard but can be Bluefinned easily upto 270 ish (Google Bluefin with Superchips) for about £400  :y The straight 5 drinks fuel though, more than my MV6 IIRC. Obviousy I did'nt have both cars at the same time, but got 30+ with no prob from the MV6, but only mid 20's from the ST. Interestingly, I had the same engine in a Mk4 Mondeo Estate and got 30 no problem. The turbo needs revs before coming on-stream, probably explaining the thirst. Also eats front tyres. Seats and lights are great, but the interior trim on the earlier ones isn't too great, and dominated by the turbo boost dial  - somewhat faux in my view. HTH .........

I've got of them in the Saab and think it's great  ;D ;D
Does look a very nice car, tyres not an issue wont have it more than 3 months, sounds like they're a good car  :y

Thanks for the input btw  :y

Your'e welcome.

The good thing about Bluefin BTW is that it is a diagnostics port plug in jobby and can be moved from car to car (comptible models) with an upgrade fee being paid.

Has taken the power on a pals 1.8TDci Focus from 115 BHP to 145Bhp and significantly improved the MPG as she can now get 60+ on a run.

So, crap cars they are certainly not, and the heated windscreen is ace .......

my best mate had one of these and with a few bits got it up to 320 bhp with the aid of dream science and the usually bits induction kit, new rad, full system  with de cat was like shit off a shovel but got rid of it to get a cosworth running 400 bhp but what a motor that was wiped the floor with a m3 with a rolling start

An auto 3.0 Elite Omega can give one a run for it's money in the outside lane of the motorway!!! (at very silly speeds!  :-[  :-[  :-[  :-[ ) .... apparently!  ;)

I dare say, but I also know that South Wales Police couldn't (maybe wouldn't on the grounds of public safety) catch a nicked ST Focus on the M4 using a T5 estate - which is faster than an Omega.

Its a bit academic really though, they are all very fast cars and a danger in the wrong hands.

Andy B wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 21:49:

An auto 3.0 Elite Omega can give one a run for it's money in the outside lane of the motorway!!! (at very silly speeds!  :-[  :-[  :-[  :-[ ) .... apparently!  ;)

How would you know Andy   ;)

Don't doubt it though Miggys just keep going and going  :y

My mate had an RS Focus for a couple of years but got fed up of its race car ride quality for every day use (plus my £2500 Audi S2 used to beat it in a straight line quite comfortably) so he chopped it in for an ST.

He says this was actually quicker than his RS in most ways and was more refined in every way possible, he loved it.

He didn't love the MPG though, drank like Paul Gascoigne apparantly. He px'ed it in for a BMW 125d which he now says is the best car hes ever had and has quite literally halved his fuel costs, plus its quicker in gear.

good road handling and fast..

and can easily be modded..

test it.. you may like it or may be not..

Del Boy wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 22:04:

Andy B wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 21:49: An auto 3.0 Elite Omega can give one a run for it's money in the outside lane of the motorway!!! (at very silly speeds!  :-[  :-[  :-[  :-[ ) .... apparently!  ;) How would you know Andy   ;)  ......

;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)   ;D

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/longtermtests/202154/ford_focus.html

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/grouptests/203524/ford_focus_st2_v_seat_leon_20t_fsi_fr.html

hope they help

Squealey wrote on 20. Dec 2009 at 11:05:

My mate had an RS Focus for a couple of years but got fed up of its race car ride quality for every day use (plus my £2500 Audi S2 used to beat it in a straight line quite comfortably) so he chopped it in for an ST. He says this was actually quicker than his RS in most ways and was more refined in every way possible, he loved it. He didn't love the MPG though, drank like Paul Gascoigne apparantly. He px'ed it in for a BMW 125d which he now says is the best car hes ever had and has quite literally halved his fuel costs, plus its quicker in gear.

That will be the 123d - 200bhp from a 4 pot  :y