I also own a stage 3 saff and have recently bought an ST170. Got to say it took a bit of getting used to with the drop in power but that has got to be expected. As the above posts say the handling is spot on and i cant really fault it. Only problem has been a leaky pollen filter which lets water into the passenger footwell but other than that everythings ok. Best thing you can do is get one out on a road test and find some nice B roads. Ford gave us the demonstrator for a day no probs. Got mine for £12K in Imp Blue Registered Feb 04 with 4k miles on the clock from Ford.