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[jayrs]

my current, or now old, daily was a P reg escort 1.6lx



gotta say, nice motor to drive, the engine is sweet, but the clutch is going and theres other bits that would need doing for mot this year, plus the fact the arches are going and the boot lets in water from fcuk knows where, i decided it was time to move on to a new daily.

3 cars i had in mind mainly were a lexus is200 sport, fiesta zetec S and a focus ST170.
the missis decided the focus was the best and i agreed, although the fiesta would be cheaper all round, but with the kids a 4 door was better, so with the wife in total agreement i went for the focus ST170.

picked this up today, isle of wight reg, although it came from dorset, 74k, as near as damn it, no service history but every MOT from new.
drives sweet, a rear wheel bearing is noiesy, and it needs 3 tyres, like yesterday
some minor dings here and there, and a small crease in the passanger rear door at the bottom, nothing too bad though, but inside is bloody good, normal cracking to the leather on drivers seat but not as bad as a lot ive seen on ebay, but everything else works and is fine

oh, the radio has a issue, wont pick up radio stations but the cd player works but im not that fussed tbh

over all its a good motor, short MOT but i dont see any reason it wouldnt go through next time once ive done the bearing and tyres.

was up for £1800, but in light of the above got it for a tidy £1500 ok its not a minter, but its 10 years old so i didnt expect mint for the price, but over all, tbh, if the bits were done and they got dent master out to sort the dents i reckon it could easy of been put up for £2.5k and sold for it, but it was a part ex and seeing the sort of motors they had there, the focus just didnt fit in next to the £40k bently


anyhow, touch wood and that, its a good motor as far as i could check it over, on the list of to do

new tyres
new bearing (might just do all 4)
new timing belt kit
service
maybe new battery as its got the one from when it was new still in there

oh, it has lexus rear lights, the missis likes them and wants them to stay..... we will see, accidents happen and things get broken when cleaning a car


i should add, i chose to get a 4 door









these are from the ad on the net











future plans, well, refurb the wheels as one has bad kurbing, maybe get dent master or what ever there called out to do the dents, new front lights (lense is going foggy) and really thats about it, not planning to mod it in anyway, i know thats famous last words though but i cant think of anything i really wanna do to it, maybe a stainless exhaust if the std one rots out in time but untill then, it stays

[- Danny Boy -]

Very nice Jay! I do like them

[jayrs]

cheers dude, yeah i do, cant wait to get the bits done, get it insured and get out in it
had to get my dad to drive it back as his insurance covers him on it, so ive only had a short time driving it on the test drive (with dealer plates)

[Dave5300]

i fecking love these, best colour for them too! well wear fella!

[jayrs]

cheers dude

was a toss up between grey and black, and tbh, i like the black a bit more, but great was a close second

[jonyb4]

very nice jay, a favourite of mine these, and you've gotten a cracking deal there! mad how cheap these are becoming, all due to a thing called economy?? not sure what that means but its helping us buyers!


lights do need to go lol, and apart from that your onto a winner imo, love the interior, focus's grow on me everytime i see someone buy one

[Excursion]

That looks very tidy for the price, Jay. I think the EATC option may be rare in these too.

I always preferred the interior on these to the gaudy RS.

[MircoJ]

oh, it has lexus rear lights, the missis likes them and wants them to stay..... we will see, accidents happen and things get broken when cleaning a car

Make sure you give them lights a cleaning asap. Apart from the lights a very nice car!

[mrorange2]

Very nice jay i do like theses and i'm currently thinking of getting one as my daily. Nice to see you got one with the climate pack on thats one things thats top of my list when i get one.

[jonyb4]

no no your happy with your ST150 aint you tim

[tompeteRS]

Nice motor Jay, these are a lot of car for the money. The Xenons and Digital Climate are rare options, unfortunately the headlamps do go foggy it's quite common on these models. I'd definetely lose the rear lights.

I think I may have a timing belt somewhere and I picked up a rear wheel bearing kit for one of these today. I've probably got a set of front mudflaps somewhere as well.

[jayrs]

jony, i was always 50/50 with the mk1 focus tbh, really like the mk2 st if im honest but way out my range at the mo, but since really thinking about buying one and looking at them for sale they grew on me really quick, and after seeing it and driving it, well, i should of done it sooner tbh

mark, i gotta agree, the FRS trim is nice, but its a bit too blue for me, this is more toned down, although i did look at one on ebay that had full leather, dunno if that was std fit, or they took it from a mk2 as it was recro leather seats, but it looked nice in it, and the car was black too, but it was 220 miles up north, and with my buget, i just didnt have enough to buy the car (2k) travel there and back, and bring the focus back too, i reckon it would of cost £250 for traveling, as it was, the one i got with ferry's, fuel, and putting £30 in the focus (it only needed a tenner really..) it cost me £140 travel, £82 of that was just ferrys

mine you, i done my pieky bit ferry was £44 return for the car we went in, and £61 one way for the focus to come back..... although i booked it as a return with a stupid return time so got the focus ticket for £38 and binned the retun part of it

im having a moment, EATC? you mean traction control? if so, this one has it fitted too


MircoJ, i m thinking a cleaning session at the weekend, although its clean anyway, might have to leave it another week......unless i can fine another way


tim, go for it mate, you only live once.
the climate pack was something i wanted, but i wasnt really too fussed if i didnt get it provided the car in question was worth it, but im glad its got it, and i fired it up on the test drive to make sure it worked too, last ting i wanted was for it not to work or the air con be out of gas, i know i can gas it my self (refigeration engineer) but it dont always mean the gas is gone if it dont work, but it did, so i was chuffed with that

[jayrs]

Nice motor Jay, these are a lot of car for the money. The Xenons and Digital Climate are rare options, unfortunately the headlamps do go foggy it's quite common on these models. I'd definetely lose the rear lights.

I think I may have a timing belt somewhere and I picked up a rear wheel bearing kit for one of these today. I've probably got a set of front mudflaps somewhere as well.

they are tom, for what i paid, the milage and the extras, i was very happy, although i have to say, i wouldnt of minded the tinited rear glass... but its not the end of the world.

i though the xenons were std fitment on the st170? cant say ive ever seen one without tbh
i did expect something with the front lights, ive seen a few with cloudy lenses, and i remember how the mk1 mondeo lenses inside used to go funny over time so yeah, expected it, but they could of been a bit better but i cant grumble really, im gunna try polihing them up see if it makes them any better, if it dont do jack, or makes them worse, im no worse off.....

any bits you got, let me know what ya got and price mate, im prob gunna get some bearings this week though, belt will have to wait a week or 2 unfortunatly as i would be looking to do belt, and idler pulley, and prob a water pump too while im at it, cos i got tyres being fitted wednesday, but let me know what ya got and prices anyway mate

[tompeteRS]

You'll have a fit when you find out the cost of the bearings from Ford - one bearing will cost almost as much as a decent tyre for your ST170! Will be able to do the ones that I've got very cheap.

[jayrs]

i wouldnt go into ford for a bearing ever mate i can tell you that

ebay, £11 rear, £13 front, cheap ones i know, but but its better than the noisey one, or ones

let me know what ya got and cost mate, i would sooner fit a better quality bearing but its what the funds allow at this moment in time, be different ina few weeks, but i cant wait that long to drive it

[mrorange2]

Jony i would be replacing tanyas escort for an ST170 which id use daily and she can use the St150 i wouldnt sell roary hes family now lol.

Jay wants it like on fuel thats the only thing putting me off the fezzer i get about 35 to gallon on motorway but its geared s**t so at 70 its doing about 4k rpm i thought with the 6 gears it must be better?

[jonyb4]

with the front lamps, what happens is where ford issued the bulbs for these and the mk1 mondeo specificly, the small plastic behind the glass on the mondeo, and the glass housing on these are susceptible to UV radiation damage

once the bulbs blown, and joe bloggs comes along completely clueless to these special u.v filted bulbs, buys random ones from halfords and fits them, then after a year or so the Uv coming off the non filter bulbs turns the vulnerable plastics cloudy yellow


lol thats good then tim, ill let you off

[jonyb4]

id like 35mpg, i only get 28 atm lol

[Pastieman]

I have been looking for a good 5 door focus st170 for ages with full recaro leather interior

All the ones I have viewed have been dogs, so bought a fully loaded focus 2.0 Ghia for the misses but still on the hunt for the st170 of one comes up

Cracking cars, first thing I done on mine was get the steering wheel re trimmed and made slighty thicker

[jayrs]

Jay wants it like on fuel thats the only thing putting me off the fezzer i get about 35 to gallon on motorway but its geared s**t so at 70 its doing about 4k rpm i thought with the 6 gears it must be better?

cant really answer that tbh mate, not untill i start driving it after tyres are fitted.

when i got it, it was just above the red on fuel, put £30 in, done about 60-70 miles i think, and the guage didnt move much from what my dad said (as he drove it home) will let you know though.

[jayrs]

I have been looking for a good 5 door focus st170 for ages with full recaro leather interior

All the ones I have viewed have been dogs, so bought a fully loaded focus 2.0 Ghia for the misses but still on the hunt for the st170 of one comes up

Cracking cars, first thing I done on mine was get the steering wheel re trimmed and made slighty thicker

i would of really loved one with leather mate, but worse case, i could always fit it later on...

that steering wheel looks good mate, how much it cost to be trimmed?

[hb69]

Looks like a nice purchase Jay. Like these alot, seem like a good all round car, and the price they are going for at the moment surprises me. Definately a buyers market right now

[jayrs]

it is mate, i had a loot on auto trader last night to see what other newly listed ones ive missed out on and theres one on there for £995
its been on there before for more, 1500 i think, why its been reduced i dont know, but dont look or sound too bad, so maybe a bargain for someone...

[jayrs]

oh breaking news everyone!!!!!!!!!!

last night, the wife agreed the lights will go
in favour for some smoked ones on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320660692627? ... 1438.l2649

a mate of mine keeps on about swapping his ones with my ones (hes are only std items) me wanting them off asap would do a swap as i really dont like them, the wife on the other hand, has said and i quote,
"i dont fu.cking think so, if he wants them, hes pays half towards the new ones you want, and gives us his olds ones as well or they stay on the car"

how can i argue with that when she has agreed to get rid of them, just hope my mate has got £30, i really want them off the car

[jayrs]

tried a different head unit today, worked fine, so proves the ford one is up the spout.
called the scrappy to see if they had any, the guy that works there has one with the same problem as mine, but said hes never seen one come through there yet, so thats that for a std replacement


insured it today, and the tyres are being fitted tomorrow morning

[Fraggle]

So how much you looking for for the turbo then jay, being as your going all IKEA practical on us

That do look Bang tidy though mate, been mooching these myself

[jayrs]

RS is staying put mate

ikea, this is my thoughts of ikea

[jonyb4]

wow them lights are such a bargain, 12 months warranty and new for almost the same price of a pair of MHW smoked lights for a mk3 fez!

get them!



whats happend to this site? proper dead lately

[jayrs]

i will be mate, more pressing things first though, such as bearings, got the tyres fitted today, went for a drive, and i cant tell which one it deffo is as it sounds like there could be more than one on the way out, so i gotta get it up in the air and spin the wheels up.

also, i found the thermostat housing leaking today, im just about to go and have a proper look at it now ass if its the seal or if its the casing.
i know stat housings are common cos there plastic, i accepted the fact i would prob need to address it at some point in the future, but not this soon so im a little disapointed, but over all just a case of $hit happens the joys of s/h cars eh

and yeah, it is a bit quite lately

[knuckles]

Shed

[jayrs]

its 10 years old mate, things are bound to go wrong, cant go through life worrying about what might go wrong with a car and avoid such cars, other wise i would still ride a fcuking bike

with any s/h car, you gotta expect to spend a bit of money, things like brake pads, thermostats, service etc, would be the most likey things to expect, and i always do a cam belt change when i get a s/h car as soon as i can even if its not due, but its peace of mind, after all, you dunno what sort of monkey has been working on the car before you and what corners they might of cut, that you dont know about, and couldnt check when looking at the car, untill a problem shows up.

anyway, im not gunna cry over a rubber seal thats a couple quid , i might shead a tear if the housing is w@nked

[jonyb4]

doubt its the housing mate, ive not seen one fail before, dispite being plastic

[jayrs]

na i dont reckon the housing is shot, i reckon its just seals, so i got a couple coming, ill swap them over and it should be alright

[Excursion]

doubt its the housing mate, ive not seen one fail before, dispite being plastic

It's an extremely common problem on the black top.

Jay - the earlier Bakelite housings from the silver top don't suffer as badly, so that may be a cheaper fix if the problem turns out to be the housing itself.

[Pastieman]

Jay the re trim cost me £115