Hi All, what a wicked site to talk about an awesome car!!

I reckon I'm one of the oldest guys on this forum and feel like the last to get a hot hatch!! Anyway the ST certainly makes me feel like I'm only 19 again and puts a smile on my face everytime I get in for a drive.

Looking forward to even more interesting discussions!!

Hi Gadgeteer, and thanks for the kind words.

I hope the interesting discussions continue. Also if you or anyone else has any ideas about what you'd like to see on the site please stick a post up saying.

Welcome to the site Gadgeteer!
Hope you enjoy the forum..we are all friendly people,Juast watch out for FieatsRS(only joking )

Thanks to you both for the welcome!!

Welcome to the forum Gadgeteer,

Im pretty sure i replied to this thread a few days back but i dont know if iv been mistaken or the post was deleted for some reason.

I bet your loving ur new I jsut wish my insurance was lower and id get one

Oh well, hope to see you soon!!!

Enjoy the site and forum!!!

Thanks FiestaRS!!

I do love my ST, first performance car I've owned. My partner doesn't like my style of driving and when I told her I was buying the ST she almost flipped!!

Told me she would never get in the car with me!!

Interestingly she drove it on Sat and you should've seen the on her face!!

She was well impressed.

*hehehe* My parents did their nut when I told them I was selling my old Fiesta (one they helped me buy) and getting the ST. My mum worried it was too powerful for me and my dad was just grumpy My mum is suitably impressed with it after being driven around in it tho Dad is being picked up from Heathrow in it when he gets back from New Zealand (doesnt know I've got it *hehehe*)

Oh dear, im sure he will like it!!! Its such a brilliant car and looks very smart, he prob wont notice its fast 2

Just drive home like its a 1.4 and ull be ok

Sod that, drive it like its meant to be.

And watch him get very jealouse or very sick !!

Likewise Gadgeteer. Had a Golf GTi turbo for about six months which was fun but was a company car but when it came to buying one for myself got a focus collection (overall better car) but this is my first bona fide 'hot hatch'.

Not test driven the ST but love the looks and am looking forward to becoming a 'hot hatch owner'

I've done 1600 miles in mine and I still get excited everytime I go out in it.

Its also nice that it attracts some attention (I think its the stripes).

I've been doing more motorway driving recently and I've noticed that people get out the way more when in the fast lane. Again, I think its the stripes.

Buy 1 you won't be disappointed!!

Scotty, why dont u get it insured in ur mum / dad's name then just be a named driver.. just till u'r old enough for the quote to come down...

a mate of mine was 24 before he got his own insurance (ooops ) lol (he was insured of course)

jeeeeeessssuusss! that is a heck of a lot. dont understand that! yeh it is a good idea to build up your ncb.. insurance tax goes up about as much (p/a) as the annual discount reduces your premium.. so for the 1st year you wont realylt see much difference. if you can find an insurer who does it, some places do a special 10 month policy, but on completion of 10 months they award you a full one year ncb. my gf did it with those buggers at diamond (but unless u chop ur... off u cant get insured with them). lol

The only disadvantage of some of those 10 month accelerators is that other companies might not recognise the NCBs you've built up! Thus having you by the whatnots & forcing you to stay with them. Men can get insured with Diamond as by law they cannot offer insurance to women only I think if you are the parnter/husband of a Diamond customer then you can get insured (or something like that *heh*)

thats true, i know that with elephant unless u stay with them, then they wont give proof of the ncb that u think u have rcvd!!!

10 month accelerators are only worth ncb points with the company u have got them with, best to stick to the 12 month or go somewhere else

Maybe I was just lucky with elephant, but when they sent me my renewal notice after 10 months I was listed as having one years ncb, which I took elsewhere.
If other people are having probs though its maybe best to avoid these accelerator thingys if poss.

not sure how old gadgeteer is i thought i was ancient at nearly 50 but it does have its advantages when it comes to insurance £287 including free hire car. my first fast ford bought in 1973(well it was at the time) was a mark 1 gt cortina dont see many of them about now the insurance was crippling