Why didn't you buy a Focus ST?

[Izzy]

It's the only thing that makes me not miss my old EG6...as much...lol

I just love EG6's

 

[Rhinopolis]

I wanted a lightweight turbo platform that had potential to be a fast street/track car. The 2742 lb claimed factory weight sold me over the FoST, and I haven't stopped tweaking the car since the 1st week that I bought it new. Currently my car weighs 2563 lbs (weighed when corner balanced a few weeks earlier) and I am waiting on my Pumaspeed X37 hybrid turbo to arrive. With the X37 I should make close to 300 whp on E30

PS: I absolutely love my FiST, and it's the most fun car that I have ever owned!

 

[RKTFiST]

The Focus STs I looked at all had panel misalignment or other body assembly issues, which did not inspire much confidence. I also did not want to buy the car and immediately downgrade to a lighter, overall cheaper 17" wheel and tire combo. The weight penalty over a Fiesta was also very easy to feel when driving it; hard to hide a near 500lbs weight disadvantage. A turning circle that was as poor as my F250's really didn't help matters, either.

The Fiesta STs I drove had no body assembly issues and felt like someone had turned the car up to 11. I've yet to drive anything new with a MSRP under $40k that has the frenetic character that a Fiesta does. It amuses me that I have this car since I drove a regular 1.6L powered Fiesta in 2011, and my first impression was that the car lost out on the excellent steering quality the Focus had, and gained nothing. To say I had a poor first impression of this car was an understatement.