... with the arrival of this,







It's a 1.6 zetec, a milion miles from a scoob but equally far away from the Fiesta I upgraded from It's quite nippy given the engine size but the handling is awesome, in this I can waft over bumps which in the Fiesta would have shattered my spine, everybody should have one

 

Black Beauty

 

Good motor m8. I had the 1.8 zetec that I traded in for the scoob. If I needed another car other than the scoob then I would defo have one again.

 

Thanks

We thought the 1.6 would be a bit pants so looked for a 1.8 or 2.0, we actually went to see a 2.0 but it was that crap we didn't get as far as the test drive! After driving the 1.6 we thought nads to it, cheap tax here we come! (low emisions)

Neil, we named it Fred, in memory of Fred Dibnah, we 're hoping his mechanical sympathy will descend from heaven and watch over the car

 

Blimey & none of the panels have dents or are a different colour like the last festa

How goes it Bob

MAFFA

 

Nice choice matey, welcome to the club Fantastic cars, handling almost as good as the 205

Nice colour you went for as well

 

Dunno if I could handle the road-tearing 100 PS though.......

 

Ours has 115, so not too bad They're actually very nippy.

I have the 225bhp/tonne Pug 205 for road-tearing

 

They are surprisingly nippy and really nice to drive but what really does it for me is the cheap insurance, cheap fuel costs, cheap road tax, cheap parts, cheap mods and the heated front screen

 

...looking

Although with a bit of tweakery you could have......

 

Nice one Bob, we nearly bought a 1.8 (but I told the dealer to stick the deal up his **** as he took the ****) but settled for a Forester instead!

 

Agree with all except the cheap fuel on our 1.8. Sarah does OK, but when I drive fairly normally, I only get max 30mpg.

Still better than my 405 (25mpg) and 205 (20mpg) though

 

Thanks guys

Just done a rough calculation and it's doing 33 - 35 mpg ish and I haven't been as easy on the gas as I could

As Sal says it's actually quite nippy, ok it's not gonna set any speed records but we knew that when we bought it! I'm sooo feeling the comfy, quiet ride though and the heated screens, my god, how cool are they! I jumped in this morning, it was that frosty the door was stuck shut but a minute after firing up the screens were frost free and off I went

 

Ours doesnt have the climate pack unfortunately, so no heated screen It still demists fairly quick though. I have to book an apointment with the 2 Pugs to get their screens cleared, usually a day in advance

 

So Simon, when are you going to de-tango yours?

I can't believe how cheap the clear indicators and side repeaters were, I think they came to around 25 quid, at least that's what Bob told me...

He also bought the upgrade map reading interior light thingy, that was about 40 squid I think.

 

Well its Sarah's, so not sure if mods are allowed. She did mention she wanted bigger alloys though (18's), but i'd have to pay for them

Where did you get the clears from, Ford?

 

....let her mod it Dream Weaver, my other half has more mods on her 1.6 zetec than my scoob:

http://stevesphotos.photos.gb.com/c266723.html

We found the best source for clear lenses for fit/price etc to be genuine Ford parts - get the ST170 clear side repeaters and orange bulbs for approx £12 and the RS front indicators - £35 ish - if you opt for the RS frons you will require mondeo bulb holders as the fit is slightly different (only a couple quid each)

Steve

 

Fred eh? And I pressume I`ll have the pleasure of meeting Fred a week today?

 

DW, you need clear indicators I got them from ebay, if I'd known you could get them off Ford I would've gone there given my contacts!

Steve, what sort of spoiler is that on your misuss's?

Neil, you will mate yes

 

Steve, your missus's car looks just right, really nice. The genuine Ford clear indicators look better than our cheap Ebay ones but they'll do for the time being I suppose

 

Yes

 

Bob, the spoiler was from ESP and is from the Ultima body kit range. Doesnt look as though it is available anymore:

http://www.espdesign.co.uk/snapshots...rd&model=Focus

Dont think any other mods are planned as we put a tail-pipe trim on since the pics were taken instead of going down the uprated exhaust route..... the Eibach springs are available through Ford dealers as well and were £80 to fit in the rapid fit bay.......

 

bloody hell BOB.T havnt spoke to you in a while

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