Good morning all,
I recently made the change from a 14 Focus ST to a 16 Fiesta ST. When I went to make the change I was actually going to look at a 15-16 GTI 6spd. After some crappy service from a local VW dealership, I went to a Ford dealership that had a used 15 GTI in the color I wanted with only 10K miles. After test driving the car I was really disappointed via the clutch feel on the GTI I drove compared to a new one. Before leaving the dealership I noticed they had two FIST's on the lot. A white one and a black one. I took one for a test drive and was instantly in love with the car. It doesn't have the power that the FOST or GTI had but I didn't care. The experience was fantastic, the handling, the feeling of being able to push the car in corners though at the same time not putting myself into a dangerous situation. The FIST had more personality to me than my FOST which was one of my bigger issues with the car. I had no personal attachment to the FOST, and before I even took my new FIST home I was already enjoying the thought of keeping this car till the wheels fall off and then rebuild it from there. I ended up with the platinum white over the shadow black, I am a sucker for the metallic flake.
I have already added a custom cat back exhaust, and ordered a Mountune RMM. I am struggling with the idea of tuning the car though because unlike the FOST where I wanted the extra power the FIST seems really well balanced and I am not sure that the extra power is really necessary. Only other mod that I can see myself picking up is a intercooler just for keeping temps down, other than that this thing is one amazing package.
I am currently stationed in Boston MA and I will be making the trip to my new duty station in Seattle this summer. I am looking forward to finding some interesting back roads out there and meeting the local autoX chapter.
I recently made the change from a 14 Focus ST to a 16 Fiesta ST. When I went to make the change I was actually going to look at a 15-16 GTI 6spd. After some crappy service from a local VW dealership, I went to a Ford dealership that had a used 15 GTI in the color I wanted with only 10K miles. After test driving the car I was really disappointed via the clutch feel on the GTI I drove compared to a new one. Before leaving the dealership I noticed they had two FIST's on the lot. A white one and a black one. I took one for a test drive and was instantly in love with the car. It doesn't have the power that the FOST or GTI had but I didn't care. The experience was fantastic, the handling, the feeling of being able to push the car in corners though at the same time not putting myself into a dangerous situation. The FIST had more personality to me than my FOST which was one of my bigger issues with the car. I had no personal attachment to the FOST, and before I even took my new FIST home I was already enjoying the thought of keeping this car till the wheels fall off and then rebuild it from there. I ended up with the platinum white over the shadow black, I am a sucker for the metallic flake.
I have already added a custom cat back exhaust, and ordered a Mountune RMM. I am struggling with the idea of tuning the car though because unlike the FOST where I wanted the extra power the FIST seems really well balanced and I am not sure that the extra power is really necessary. Only other mod that I can see myself picking up is a intercooler just for keeping temps down, other than that this thing is one amazing package.
I am currently stationed in Boston MA and I will be making the trip to my new duty station in Seattle this summer. I am looking forward to finding some interesting back roads out there and meeting the local autoX chapter.