benidormsteve

i dont know much about this car,so i need some help.
any help is greatful.air con?do all have recaros as standard?etc etc
thanks.

tsutton

Mine came with air con. Recaros - not, it's an option. Mine came with half leather, half cloth.

simon170

No, it was a two grand option so not that common, get them if you can, they are soo comfy and supportive!

st3v3

Mine was a special, came with ALL option extras inc full leather all round.

benidormsteve

what about performance?

st3v3

rev it hard and it will move a little,but you will feel like youre thrashing it and it will sound like it also,the only reason i sold mine was cos i wanted the turbo "push you back in the seat" feeling again.

I put a K+N in mine and gained about 4 seconds in 5th gear to 90mph from what ever it was (sold it nearly 3 1/2 years ago)

benidormsteve

thanks for that...back to sqaure one then.........

pani_k

iTrader: (1)

It's not a great sports car but it's got some punch but it's pretty much at the top so yeah it needs thrashing. The gearbox has been renowned for being a 'lazy' box, don't know why but it seems it is slow and sluggish compared to the MTX75. Depends what you are looking for really. They are very cheap to buy now though.

It's Czech Mate

Not sure why, it must be the ford linkage

Its a getrag gearbox same as on the original new mini...everyone raves about that!

simon170

Bollocks.

pani_k

iTrader: (1)

A number of people have called it a lazy box. I myself don't know why as stated but the reason is because the standard 2.0 zetec does 0-60 in about a second slower than the ST170 and the ST170 has about 30ish more horses at least.

Like I said, I don't know why, but the ST170's sluggish 0-60 was attributed to its box I heard.

This thread was what I was thinking of also

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-focus-rs/226874-5-speed-on-a-170-a.html

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Me and the mrs were thinking about buying 1. Ive heard people say the are a bit firsty on fuel, are they on the high tax band eg 400 pound a year for tax?