Been offered one as p/x for my subaru, after sumit a bit more day to day and not so vulgar but that I can still have a bit of fun in and treat is as my second child, as I do with all my cars lol

Any views or opinions on suh a car

pistonheads link is here

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1032772.htm

lexus light WILL be goin in the bin

 

i had a st200 for 2 year and loved every min of it! was a great car fast and mint to drive!!
would deffo have another one any day!!!

Andy

 

They are cracking cars mate. We have a pair of them , a hatch and an estate and they replaced other 200's. The estate is currently sat at 243bhp and goes well. The missus's hatch with only a decat, viper and Dreamscience tuning box is sat at nearly 220bhp.

Feel free to drop me a pm with any questions you have.

Jeff

 

I test drove one once, not as fast as I thought it would be, presumeably because its a big smooth car and you don't really feel the speed as much.

Very thirsty mind!

 

LOL, my subaru does 200 mile to a tank (45 quid) and has to be ran on vpower etc

surely they arent that thirsty?

 

You should get around 25mpg, or at least I do. Can get nearer to 30 on a long run. As others have said it's a top car. There are other faster, cooler cars out there, but as a big rapid car with a fantastic exhaust note they're hard to beat.

 

I bought one a few weeks ago to replace my Escort runaround... currently getting 28.5mpg according to the computer, sitting on the motorway at 70 ( ish) will return about 35mpg constant.

Mines pretty stock, stainless backboxes, k&n panel filter in stock airbox... goes pretty well considering its fookin heavy (c1500kg I think) and I popped off the resonator snorkel from the side of the airbox the other day and the sound on WOT from 2500-4000 is awesome.

I came from a Subaru that did 180miles average to a tank, was looking at spending reasonable money straight after I sold the Impreza on something like a Focus RS because I was desperate to save myself driving the Escort more than was absolutely needed.. but saw this ST200 for reasonable money and went for it... now I'm in absolutely no rush to find a 'good' car, its been a complete surprise.

What I would say is that if you're expecting it to be a lazy, punchy V6 drive then you'll be let down.. you really need to wind it up to get the best from it, IIRC peak torque is just over 5k rpm, but once up there its easy to keep on the boil and actually handles pretty well.


Cheers,
Grant