Hey gang, I am looking at buying a Fiesta ST to replace our mk7 GTI. The GTI is great but I really really miss a 6-speed, the DSG is great but it's no manual.
Anywho, I figure I would do some power mods in the Fiesta, but I also tend to reallllly drag my heels with spending money on mods. Plus, the whole convincing the wife thing. So my question is, should I buy a modded Fiesta ST or is that a reliability nightmare? It appears to have had a Cyborg c39 on it for 30k miles, plus some other supporting mods. The car was previously owned by Bronxbomber from these forums up until the last 30k miles. Seemed to be a well sorted build, but I haven't seen it in person yet.
I can link his sale thread from 2017 if necessary (current owner isn't a forum member). So what say ye all, buy a stock car that's less likely to give me trouble or buy an already modded car and hope for the best? I can definitely afford repairs and maintenance (this car will be a fair bit cheaper than our GTI), but I also would hate to be spending $3000 on turbo fixes in the near future. Finding info on c39 reliability was hard, I kept seeing references to it failing early in its life but it seems that the units built properly didn't have trouble?
Anywho, I figure I would do some power mods in the Fiesta, but I also tend to reallllly drag my heels with spending money on mods. Plus, the whole convincing the wife thing. So my question is, should I buy a modded Fiesta ST or is that a reliability nightmare? It appears to have had a Cyborg c39 on it for 30k miles, plus some other supporting mods. The car was previously owned by Bronxbomber from these forums up until the last 30k miles. Seemed to be a well sorted build, but I haven't seen it in person yet.
I can link his sale thread from 2017 if necessary (current owner isn't a forum member). So what say ye all, buy a stock car that's less likely to give me trouble or buy an already modded car and hope for the best? I can definitely afford repairs and maintenance (this car will be a fair bit cheaper than our GTI), but I also would hate to be spending $3000 on turbo fixes in the near future. Finding info on c39 reliability was hard, I kept seeing references to it failing early in its life but it seems that the units built properly didn't have trouble?