Minty_Fresh
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been looking for another car now for a few weeks, looking into a lupo or 3door mk4 golf (both in black), viewed a few aswell but the lupos are realy small and wanting something the same or a lil bigger then my corsa, reason for looking at the mk4 golf..
just had a quite nose at the zetec s's and cant believe how much you get for your money, even rang my insurer and its another £12 a year to insure one over my 1.0 12v corsa 
anyone know much about the fiesta zs's? its the phase 2 id be looking at getting 
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shaunmods
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Very nice looking car exterior wise imo Never been keen on the interior though.
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Minty_Fresh
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jut not keen on the steering wheel tbh, always can put black seat covers on the fronts
just not sure about panther black or imperial blue 
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shaunmods
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quote:
Originally posted by mk4_boy
jut not keen on the steering wheel tbh, always can put black seat covers on the fronts
just not sure about panther black or imperial blue
The blue  its a gorgeous colour! They look great in black as well though
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Minty_Fresh
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yer, exactly what i mean, just stuck at the mo..
they have got all the styling so dont need to spend money on nothing like the other choice of cars i was going to get..
just get some coilovers to lower it to a nice stance, but no where near as much like the corsa hehe
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
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My missus' Zetec S
A few subtle mods, the bonet has a very slight bad boy, just to lose the curve over the headlights, de-stripped and a few under bonent tweeks.
They do like to drink oil and if you ever get the light pull over immediately, don't drive even a mile with the oil warning light on as you'll need a new engine!
other than that, the steering wheel colour wears off in now time, if you find one with no wear, question it.
Apart from that, we've not really had any problems
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RichR
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oh, fog lapms are impossible to ge hold of and the glass in the standard ones smashes too easily
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Cyril
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my mate had one on coilovers and it was a hoot on b roads. I think the seats are rock hard tho.
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daymoon
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for 12 quid u can buy 2 and a bit gallons of petrol! thats gonna count for something!
not a fan of fords but Zetec s looks pretty good, i'd have it over golf ot lupo.
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Eck
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Not lightning quick, but will feel so much faster than your 12v. Quite brilliant handling too imo!
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--DAN--
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Missus has one, its great fun to drive, not the quickest but handles very well. Steering wheels fade really quickly, dash is crap, seats are hard and as Lee said they use a lot of oil.
Well worth the prices you can pick them up for nowadays.
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Minty_Fresh
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had a word with the misses just and she reckons zs in black for a bloke, even though she loves the imperial blue..
what they like on fuel by the way?
just tootling about and when abit righ foot happy?
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cesil
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Registered: 20th Aug 06
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mine aint the best on fuel mate. id go for the blue, comes up shithot with a waxing phase 2 are more on tax arnt they?
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Minty_Fresh
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what do you get from say £10 or what ever you put in at one time mate?
not sure about the tax, yours a phase 1 then?
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cesil
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yeah mines phase 1 on 2000 plate. i get around 60 mile to £10 depends how i drive. good little car tbh
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Minty_Fresh
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60 to £10 is a little low aint it :S is that with using your righ foot alot? and with the lower fuel prices? (its 89.99 around here)
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--DAN--
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My missus gets good mpg from hers. Very economical little cars.
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MatthewR
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Lovin mine so far (4months ownership) very good build quality ...........mine is same colour/phase as pic above, comes up a treat after a wash too
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Minty_Fresh
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liking what im hearing guys
phase 2 in black i think il be going for
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cesil
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its 86.9 in the garage at the end of my street mate, my right foot is heavy though i dont do much distance tho thats mainly short trips
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MatthewR
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If you do buy one mate i got a Magnex full system which id swap for a standard and maybe a few quid, gimme a shout
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Minty_Fresh
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ok mate il let you know
and cesil, obviously if i take it steady i should get some decent mpg
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Simon_16v
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Registered: 14th Aug 06
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For a 1.6 they aint much quicker than a 1.4 sport. But they do look really nice though.
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MatthewR
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Yeah i would agree with that, there not very quick, quite heavy cars and mine has A/C too my old VTS was alot quicker
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Minty_Fresh
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im not to botherd about speed tbh, aslong as its quicker then my 1.0 12v corsa then il be happy with that, which its going to be..
just want it to look smart which is does, cheap on insurance which it is, have luxurys (traction control, air con, electric windows etc) and produce decent mpg..
got everything realy could always fit an aftermarket exhaust and filter to free up some bhp
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