Norcy91
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Went and picked up my 05 plate Fiesta Zetec S this afternoon! Bought it off my mate with the intention of selling it straight on for a little profit, but I'm swaying towards the idea of keeping it.
It's only done 53k miles and has full dealer service history, in mint condition apart from a scratch on the rear bumper. Pretty impressed with it so far, not as quick as my X16XE Corsa, but alot smoother and nicer to drive. Probably do a few cosmetic bits to it, nothing lairy though!
Anyone else had one? What was your experience with it and what did you do to it?
Also, the Corsa will be going up for sale now!
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Jon_C
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New car thread without pics ??? Grounds for banning I think
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big eck
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Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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Great cars. I have the tdci version with the ST kit and it's quite quick for a diesel. They handle superbly as well.
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Norcy91
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Originally posted by Jon_C
New car thread without pics ??? Grounds for banning I think
 I haven't had chance to get pics yet, I'm at my girlfriends house all weekend so have nothing to upload them on! Having to write all this on my knackered iphone
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Norcy91
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Originally posted by big eck
Great cars. I have the tdci version with the ST kit and it's quite quick for a diesel. They handle superbly as well.
Agree on the handling, feels smooth on the road but still stiff enough for the corners and the steerings weighted nicely!
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FAZ
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graham88 had a nice 1
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Graham88
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I had one, probably the most fun car I'll own, that was helped with the mods I had done to it admittedly. Not quick at all, considerably slower than alot of 1.6's in the same criteria but a good base of a car. I only sold it because the next stage which was more power would have cost thousands as it involved engine swapping to an ST engine which isn't the easiest conversion
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Norcy91
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Yeah, there isn't much scope for extra power without spending plenty! I'll probably only keep it till my insurance runs out in May next year and get something with more power. Wouldn't mind some facelift lights, half leather interior and some ST wheels for it
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Adam-D
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id sell it and keep the corsa. dont like them.
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Graham88
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I had half leather seats, they were the nuts, so comfy
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Ben G
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i had one aswell, facelift one. very good handling car, easily better than a corsa.
slower than a 1.6 yes, because it has 100bhp and weighs a lot more, but not massively slower.
i had the st kit and wheels on mine, looked nice.
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Norcy91
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Originally posted by Ben G
i had one aswell, facelift one. very good handling car, easily better than a corsa.
slower than a 1.6 yes, because it has 100bhp and weighs a lot more, but not massively slower.
i had the st kit and wheels on mine, looked nice.
Whats the difference between the ST kit and the Zetec S kit apart from the rear valance and colour coded bits?
I'm not bothered about it being slower than the Corsa, it's hardly noticeable and it's worth it to have a nicer car really!
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Graham88
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There isn't a difference, they're the same kit
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Ben G
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the st comes with sideskirts, of which zetec s' don't. and the valance cut out. only differences.
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Norcy91
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Ahh yeah, yours looked really nice! Pretty jealous of it I'll probably start buying bits for it soon!
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Ben G
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luckily my dad got all my colour coded bits for free from the suppliers. i only had to pay for the wheels and eibach springs 
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Norcy91
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That's lucky! I wouldn't mind a few bits colour coding as well, definitely itching to start changing some bits on it
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