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Tommy L
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22nd Jul 09 at 08:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ford Focus ST170

As title, and opinions on them please
dannymccann
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Not bad, my dad sold his 54 plate, same colour same extras, with 40000 miles for 3900 though.....just been fully serviced by Ford and had had a new CAT and all new sensors replaced under warranty last year.....
Tommy L
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22nd Jul 09 at 08:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh But that seems very cheap to me
grez12
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i would snap it up if i had 3k spare
dannymccann
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It is cheap but a lot of them are abused and because they arent THAT fast they are ragged their tits off everywhere because they have to live up to their ST badging....
johnhara1
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Id be having it HPI checked first.

How easy is it to get more power from them? Always liked these myself.
Tommy L
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22nd Jul 09 at 09:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Will def be getting it hpi checked.

What sort of mileage should the cambelt be done at and is there any common things that I should look for?
Ben G
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22nd Jul 09 at 11:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very cheap yes. nice car's though, comfortable, not too fast, not too slow, just decent.
Tommy L
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Going to get it tonight
Ben G
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whats wrong with the audi?
Tommy L
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Nothing, fixed it last week
deano87
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Cambelt is 100k on most Fords.

I'd take it steady driving home
ash_corsa
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Thats cheap seeing as it has the Recaro seats, shame it hasnt got Xenons
Shame its a 5 door though.

My mate just got rid of his, worst car he has ever had, had it about 4 months but went back to the dealer 7 times with problems, mainly the same problem with the Cat and Exhaust sensors, these were replaced with brand new parts twice and that still didnt fix it. Also some box to do with the variable valve timing went so that had to be replaced at a cost of about £1400 (warranty) which included replacing the whole inlet system.

His had only done 60,000 full main dealer history, local car, very clean.

Wouldnt touch one myself now though

[Edited on 22-07-2009 by ash_corsa]
Kano
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I had one, anyone who says there slow obviously hasn't driven one and is umping on the bandwagon.. They need revved but they go pretty well.

I sold mine for 2700 with new RS7 spokes and 110k on it.. watch for rust because mine was bad in some strange places.. lol
richc
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Not far from mine! Come and say hi
Tommy L
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Well we got it down to £2850 which i think is very good. You do have to rev it a bit to get it going but handles very well. Was a tad faster than the a3 which isn't surprising.

Anyway I can check to see if the cambelt has been done recently? No mention of it in the service book unfortunately.
adamb_rallye
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Nice to drive, but slow. Could a dealer not tell you off the chassis number? Might as well change it if you don't know for sure.
Colin
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Link doesnt work. Pic's?
Tommy L
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23rd Jul 09 at 09:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jeez he didnt take long to remove the ad

I will get some pics soon once i've cleaned it
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When I looked at it in the ad the other day it looked good. Best colour too


Too many doors like your other one though although it doesnt really effect the shape/lines of this one

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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what have you done with the A3?
Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
Well we got it down to £2850 which i think is very good. You do have to rev it a bit to get it going but handles very well. Was a tad faster than the a3 which isn't surprising.

Anyway I can check to see if the cambelt has been done recently? No mention of it in the service book unfortunately.


Not really, the belt cover is a mission to get off.. Best changing the belt and tensioner just to be safe.. Couple hours to do it and about 30.40 for the kit.

Heres mine when I had it, 2 less doors but same colour..
mattk
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they are very good looking cars, Kanos was gorgeous

 
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