nik
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Not keen on them at all. Funny story to tell, somebody with a 550hp Evo was stopped in Essex for a routine check by an under cover ST. The copper said to him it's lucky you pulled over as you wouldn't have a chance losing us  - he was serious too. See a trend with 30 something year old drivers thinking they are the bee's knees in these cars.
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Damian_666
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Registered: 28th Sep 06
Location: essex: Drives: Mitsubishi Evo 2 RS
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fair enough! that megane is so nice! buy one of those! please pretty please! in yellow/gold colour!
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frostyD
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
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gfs mum has one, often allowed the keys for the night.
doesnt have the leather, but the recaros are the comfiest (sp) seats i have ever sat in, hold you in snug so well.
not as good off the mark as you'd expect, but still not slow by any means. once on the move it will take a very very quick car to pull past you. pulls really well, drop a gear and your offski.
handles really well for a standard car can shove it about more than enough.
just feel the car looks abit too plain in any other colour than white or orange, but then again may be a good point for some people
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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drove an st and theyre ace, really nice inside and nice power but for £18k or whatever they are id deffinatly have something else..probably jap 
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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Not a fan im afraid, Common as Muck round the midlands... Not as good to look at or as unique as a VXR. And not as quick as an XE Throttle Bodied Corsa had a little spat against one in a straight line.
Would prefer the VXR, Megan or Leon Cupra R (Old not new) personally.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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i love them even though they are common as muck where i work see every colour possible every single day but still don't get tired of looking at them 
red with white stripes looks the bollocks 
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Ben G
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Originally posted by Matt L
my uncles got the older shape one st120
had a drive of it the other day and it was quick but then again what isnt when your used to driving a 1.2 but still doesnt feel that quick tbh
do you mean st170? 170bhp, don't recall ford making a 120 version?
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R Lee
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
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I think they suck ass.
Don't like the look of them at all.
And as mentioned, they're always driven by 30+ year olds on their early mid-life crisis.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Very nice as long as you dont mind every other man and his dog having one too 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Jill
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Originally posted by Robbo
Forget the ST and look at the RS instead, awesome awesome car
Totally. Not just saying that because I'm now clearly biased by owning an RS But if you don't mind lots of people having the ST then go for it, they're more common than the RS which was a limited edition (only just over 2000 were sold in the UK). The ST is a group 17 insurance car and has about 225bhp iirc. The RS is group 16 insurance, with 212bhp and have similar 0-60 speeds: the RS 0-60 is 6.4s (top speed of 144mph) and the ST 0-60 is 6.5s and top speed of 151mph. The ST is also slightly heavier by about 200kg (but obv has the bigger 2.5 V6 engine). IMO the RS looks better and the interior is a damn sight more appealing, but then again some may say that I may be slightly biased.... 
JILL 
[Edited on 14-08-2007 by Jill]
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gavin18787
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Also if you look after it i cant see you losing much £££ on an RS compared to an ST
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Baskey
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personally id go for the rs, but those people talking about which is quickest, its worth remebering the ST was a good couple of seconds quicker than the RS when Top gear tested it round there track. I know its only one track but a couple of seconds is a fair bit
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nik
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And that burnt orange colour, pooollleeeaaasseeee. It just looks SO gay.
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Ben G
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could say the same about cars with bits of carbon all over them 
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gavin18787
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tbh if i was going to buy one it would be orange
Not going to though, astra vxr all the way or a focus rs if its a ford
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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chrisj_88
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Registered: 22nd Sep 06
Location: Dewsbury
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definately get a white one, dont like the orange
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R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Jill
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Forget the ST and look at the RS instead, awesome awesome car
Totally. Not just saying that because I'm now clearly biased by owning an RS But if you don't mind lots of people having the ST then go for it, they're more common than the RS which was a limited edition (only just over 2000 were sold in the UK). The ST is a group 17 insurance car and has about 225bhp iirc. The RS is group 16 insurance, with 212bhp and have similar 0-60 speeds: the RS 0-60 is 6.4s (top speed of 144mph) and the ST 0-60 is 6.5s and top speed of 151mph. The ST is also slightly heavier by about 200kg (but obv has the bigger 2.5 V6 engine). IMO the RS looks better and the interior is a damn sight more appealing, but then again some may say that I may be slightly biased....
JILL
[Edited on 14-08-2007 by Jill]
ST uses a 5 Pot engine from Volvo 
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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I'll have an orange one please
Sat in one and the seats are comfy as fuk! Mind you IF i had the money i would have to test drive the Megane F1...Astra VXR and the Golf GTI.There's a lot of competition for that amount of cash.
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Gareth
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Registered: 2nd Mar 00
Location: Derby, Drives: EVO VIII MR & pug 308
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Not my cup of tea! RS all the way if your into your FWDs
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: Birmingham
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get sum diesel power...remap the fing to bits...seats,renaults, vaux diesels? loads out there to tune... astra 88 diesel?
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CORSA NUT
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth John
Not my cup of tea! RS all the way if your into your FWDs
Or if you want to end up in a ditch
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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Good cars, i work for ford and we havent had any coming back with problems! Very reliable, comfy, quick, easy to tune. Bad point is how common they are!
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I hardly ever see them  Or Astra VXRs!
VW Golf GTi seem to be more common round here.
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