HI all, is it just me or is it difficult to pull away in 1st in a nice smooth fashion, I really battle, car always jerks etc unless I get it just (and I mean JUST) right...? really irritating, and makes it difficult to give other cars a go. Really feels like the clutch is too sensitive or the throttle response is mis timed..'or something' cheers

Yeah i've noticed this lots, but always put it down to my crap driving

Hi Chris, I gotta be reeeaaall crappy then...hehe.

Having the same prob. Just thought I got too used to a girly cars clutch (VW POLO previous car) . Even though, so glad I changed back to .

I have noticed this sometimes as well, sometimes it jerks and sometimes it doesn't? just one of those things I think imop.

Yep I have the same thing too. Just a limited first gear.. I usually try and get out of it asap.

I have got the nack of it on the flat, but hill starts are sometimes a bit jerky. People behind must think its a woman driving (no offence intended!)

well i have to say that most of the time i get stuck behind both male and female most men tho

Ford had real problems getting the clutch right when the ST was being developed, regarding getting th car in motion. The key is really to be patient and let the clutch out slowly, whilst giving enough revs, all the time being prepared to engage the clutch in slightly if the revs fall too much. It is possible to pull away in 1st from just over 1000rpm if you have the time to ease the clutch out while constantly dipping it every now and then. Of course, the faster the getaway you want, the more revs you'll need.

agreed with ST_owner there, i only find what u guys are getting when the car is cold, but once its warmed up its fine

Same as jonesy..... mine does it from cold ok when warm. That sort of indicates its something to do with feeling more snatchy with the higher engine revs from cold.

As above, real snatchy a couple of days ago for a few minutes when there was ice on the car and I hadn't used it for a week, perfectly fine this morning.

thing is with the ST is it loves cold weather but not hot, the car is so slow and the pick up of the pwoer and stuff in the hot weather is pants!!!!