written by on 06/08/2010
I love this car, the drive is excellent, the chasis feels excellent and the feedback through the steering wheel is immense. This gives you the confidence to push hard round any corner. I strongly recommend Pirelli P7000 tyres, they last for a good lenght of time and the road grip they provide is excellent. Also they have massive grooves down the middle and are brilliant in the wet. with traction control on slo there is no drama ploughing throug deep puddles on a very wet day. The power is very managable also, unlike a type R civic which in the wet would be a bit hairy. Though the civic is the faster car with the V-tec engine.
Ive sat in both and i can say a focus st with the full leather heated recaro seats give you the impression that you are in a much more expensive car than it is.
One point ive had with this car was to do with the flywheel and clutch. I had the clutch replaced and we got the Genuine ford part. When we took it all apart the clutch we had did not match, Apparently some focus st's have a clutch with springs some have flat plate cl;utches and the flywheel has motion to take up slack. i have an 02 focus we ordered the 02 focus st clutch from ford and we still had this problem. just somerthing to be aware of.
Bottom line is, I love this car have no desire whatsoever to sell it. Ever.
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