Greetings from the Motor City

[Ryephile]

Hello Fiesta ST Enthusiasts

I just picked up a January 2016 build Kona Blue w/Recaro Package last evening. This will be my new Daily Driver, and a fun one to boot. I come from a long list of hot hatches, including a Mk6 GTI, Abarth, and a total of six MINI's; three R53's, two R56's, and currently selling an F56 JCW. I've also dabbled in other fun vehicles, such as a '95 Miata, '93 BMW 325i, '93 Mustang Cobra [my only other Ford product], '99 Neon R/T, '05 Lotus Elise, '07 Lotus Exige S, and my current top-down toy, a 232wHP turbo 1992 Miata on ANZE/Penske's and 20-pistons of Wilwood brakes. Enough yappin', here are pictures of the new hotness and some of the previous stuff.

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr

Kona Fiesta ST by Ryephile, on Flickr



...more to come!
Cheers,
Ryan

 

[Ryephile]

pics of my turbo Miata:

737780.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr

MOTD'15! by Ryephile, on Flickr

WHRRI HPDE w/ 3 Balls by Ryephile, on Flickr

WHRRI HPDE w/ 3 Balls by Ryephile, on Flickr


The 2015 MINI John Cooper Works I'm trying to sell. Only 1 of 37 imported to the USA with a manual trans. I'll PayPal a couple hundred bucks if anyone refers a sold sale! Asking $29.9k

JCW Pro coilovers installed by Ryephile, on Flickr



...and some previous stuff:

RYE_0084.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr

I'm Killboy famous too, LOL

Killboy_highlightreel by Ryephile, on Flickr

RYE_8479.jpg by Ryephile, on Flickr



My goals with the FiST are first and foremost to enjoy it for what it is. I look forward to learning more via the Cobb Race Tuner, but huge power won't be the end goal. If anything I'll do a set of good handling coilovers and a set of sticky summers and a separate set of winter wheels/tires. I've actually been lurking for about a year now, but now was the right time to pull the trigger and see what the buzz is all about.

Cheers!

 

[MKVIIST]

Congrats and welcome aboard.

 

[Flaco]

Welcome !

 

[15performanceblue]

Welcome!! Congrats on the FIST!! Were about are you located? I am in St Clair Shores myself.

 

[D1JL]

Welcome Aboard.


Dave

 

[Ryephile]

Welcome!! Congrats on the FIST!! Were about are you located? I am in St Clair Shores myself.

Thanks everyone!

I'm in Berkley. Am I wrong to guess that there are probably lots of ST owners in the area given Ford's HQ being here?

 

[Tpetro33]

Dude!!
Wow nice to see a veteran NAM'er like me also moving to the FiST. I'm waiting for my Kona Blue w/Recaros right now!! As far as value for the dollar, it was really easy for me to make the jump. I will miss the awesome MINI community, but look forward to new adventures in my Ford. By the way I also enjoyed 2 MINI's and a GTI. Best wishes for your new FiST.

 

[Motorstate]

Looks like one of those pics was taken at gingerman right?

 

[NorthernProducer]

Welcome...nice pic's!

 

[Ryephile]

Dude!!
Wow nice to see a veteran NAM'er like me also moving to the FiST. I'm waiting for my Kona Blue w/Recaros right now!! As far as value for the dollar, it was really easy for me to make the jump. I will miss the awesome MINI community, but look forward to new adventures in my Ford. By the way I also enjoyed 2 MINI's and a GTI. Best wishes for your new FiST.

Very cool! I'm lucky enough to have met a ton of great people over the years in the MINI community. I'm still very active on the social side. In fact I'll be at MINI's on the Dragon come May. Best of luck on your FiST delivery soon!

Looks like one of those pics was taken at gingerman right?

Yes Sir! The Exige S track picture is at Gingerman, and one of the Miata pics is at Waterford Hills. I do love me some track days.

 

[2Cool]

I thought I recognized that name, another expatriate from the Fiat500USA forums. Welcome! I was there while I had my '13 Grigio Abarth, prior to the '14 Focus ST, '15 GT, and now FiST. Good to see someone else making their way to the dark side.