Fiesta ST 2.0 thoughts

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Useless comment.

It was obviously within restrictions. I'm not going to recommend an Aston am i? I meant its gorgeous in the same way you love your BMW. Which is obviously not gorgeous compared to a lambo.

It's the same as saying Lambrini tastes like heaven on a cool summers day when it's really just 'acceptable'.

If you think a Fiesta looks gorgeous, then you must explode at the sight of something properly beautiful!
 
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I made the same decision a while back and went with the ST because I prefer both the interior and exterior, along with the lower cost to insure compared to the other cars I was looking at. It's also reasonbly cheap to run but I suspect the Clio doesn't differ much.

In terms of performance the Clio is without a doubt a better car and I don't know why anyone would dispute that. I would prefer more power.
 
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Focus' driving position are higher up than Mondeos, if I think back to when my dad owned one. In saying that my Focus has a decent range of adjustment in the seat, so it's not all bad.

Edit: w00t 1,000th post, lol.
 
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Only in the same way yours was.

My comment was not useless. It gave my opinion of the car and why i think it.

Your comment was simply to call me out on something that is purely personal preference in any case.

Lets take something you have said in a recent post for example.

'That is SUCH a good looking car and in my opinion has barely dated at all.'

If i then replied to that with ''An aston is SUCH a nice car. Not a 406'' it would be a useless comment, no?
 
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Beauty is a very specific term though. And I said the 406 was a good looking car, and you could perhaps argue the Fiesta ST is as well.

Something like an Aston has been designed from the ground up to look stunning - to be an object of beauty. A Ford Fiesta has not, at its heart is a form which has evolved more through function than style.

Ford Fiestas are not beatiful. Neither are BMW 5 Series.

Its quite possible for a car to look good yet not be beautiful. I think both of our respective choices of cars illustate this quite nicely.
 
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OK that's fair, but i said it was gorgeous, not an act of pure beauty. Never the less, maybe a slightly less powerful word would have been more appropriate.
 
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Citroen Saxo VTS 0-60 in 7.2

You really can't go wrong...:o

Great until you crash where you become dead afterwards

if we are recommending cars then

what about a Toyota starlet glanza v it's the fastest mentioned so far and can be make a rocket on wheels with simple mods

then I doubt a starlet is better crash wise

but most of the cars other than a Clio 182 that are recommendable are old
 
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A starlet glanza does 0-60 in 6.8 seconds and believe that's a time rivalled by only the corsa vxr and Clio 182 but beaten by neither I maybe wrong however
however it's probly the most tuneable

we could bring a Nissan pulsar into the equattion but again that's old
and I question it's stance as a hot hatch tbh

IMO there are the following choices in the hot hatch world

newish (2007 on)
Clio 197/200
focus st/rs
corsa vxr
golf gti
fiesta st ( with upgrades)

Oldish 2000-2007
Peugeot 306 rallyee/ gti6
saxo vts
focus st170/rs
Peugeot 106 gti
xsara vts( ugly 306)
older shape fiesta st ie non facelift
Clio 172/182

Old pre 2000
starlet glanza
peugeot 205
306 s16
older saxos
pulsar gtir
golf mk2
renualt 5 turbo

All of which are good and some are slow by today's standards (205/ golf mk2)


Basically the question remains
Do you want a fiesta st because you like them?
Do you want a properly hot hatch ( although the st isn't miles away from hot)

if number 1 get a fiesta
if number 2 get either a Clio 182/197 or a Toyota starlet

don't let people say that the fiesta is not the fastest there fore you shouldn't buy one
If you want one buy one and have fun in it
 
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IMO there are the following choices in the hot hatch world

newish (2007 on)
Clio 197/200
focus st/rs
corsa vxr
golf gti
fiesta st ( with upgrades)

There's more than that?

Audi S3
Octavia vRS
Mondeo ST220 (pre-2007 admittedly)
Astra VXR (you've named the Corsa, why not the bigger, faster brother?)
BMW 13x
Seat Leon FR/Cupra/Cupra R
Megane R26/R26R

Surely they're all decent hot hatches as well (although admittedly some are dangerously close to warm rather than hot)?
 
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