Sonic LT 1.4L to the Magnetic ST

[CarGuy]

Enjoy your new ride. I'll be curious to hear about the comparison to the old car after the new one is broken in.

 

[Smitty2016]

Coming up on 500 miles. I'm gonna change the oil this weekend and stretch her legs out.

 

[Smitty2016]

I had it warmed up after the drive home. A Chrysler 300 all decked out with rims n such thought she was gonna jump from the right turn lane into the straight lane around the poor little Fiesta.... She thought wrong lol.. Man this little car is crazy..

 

[madfiesta14]

Welcome, you will love it!!!! Great site here.

 

[LILIKE16ST]

I had it warmed up after the drive home. A Chrysler 300 all decked out with rims n such thought she was gonna jump from the right turn lane into the straight lane around the poor little Fiesta.... She thought wrong lol.. Man this little car is crazy..

It is definitely quicker than people might think it is for sure especially once tuned. I kept it pretty easy on mine for the first 1000-1500 but I did redline it a few times during that time the first time I really laid into it was 500 or so miles in...changed the oil first time at 1300 (really wanted to sooner) and second time at 3300....I'm now at 4300 and plan to go full synthetic every 5k starting at 5k miles. I been running my Livernois 93 octane performance tune since 2800 miles and if you think its peppy stock get this tune....really woke it up! Now I plan on running a few cars for fun to see where she stands starting with a locals 2012 genesis 2.0t coupe....he's stock with filter and other light mods that car has 210 HP at the flywheel and weighs over 3300 lbs I like my chances lol.

 

[Smitty2016]

I've had the FiST for just over 10k miles now which is about the same I as what I had on my Sonic when I traded it in. The only things I can think of that the Sonic has on it is ride quality which is the trade off with handling, I'll gladly take the handling. The other is MPG by a substantial margin, but that's the power trade off.
If you want a DD that's comfortable and has enough to pass people go for the Sonic with the 1.4L.
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