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my spine doesnt suffer, must be an age thing!

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yeah the missus keeps saying i,ve got no backbone.

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Good that you seem to be enjoying your new car a lot, but like Kev says keep with us.

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Second this... deffo... don't go missing else i'll get Kev to hunt you down and beat you with some Chicken Drumsticks.

Give us a full report on the car and some pics when you get chance (hopefully the image uploader will be back with us very shortly)

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I think it's a much better engine than the ST, in some ways I wish I had gone for just a normal Zetec purely for the softer suspension I too don't miss the ST really.

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Think you need to change your signature ben ?

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You're liking the 1.6 diesel then? I think it's a much better engine than the ST, in some ways I wish I had gone for just a normal Zetec purely for the softer suspension but I do quite like the fact that I've retained some of the sporty looks and feel with the Z-S. I too don't miss the ST really.
Glad your enjoying it, you planning to put any pics up Dave

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I really really love it, thanks.

It's still a bit stiff at the mo, but will soon free up.
I've only done 35 miles in it so far, all of those at slow around town speeds and allready I'm at 38MPG. It was at 0MPG when I picked it up.
The tank was full when I picked it up and it was showing 411 miles to empy.
It's now showing 435 miles to empty I've never had that go up before

I'm looking forward to the trip to work tomorrow (Dudley to Coventry) to see how well it does.

The only thing I'm missing about the ST is the seats really.

I plan to get a Sony radio a bit later on as I only have the single slot in the Zetec and I'm also going to get the Silver ST interior door pulls as well.