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I had the exact same thoughts about you sweetcheeks. ESP is variable but traction is either fully on or fully off...I've only done these tests on the road with it on. I'm sure there'll be no change but will give it a go to be sure.

Oh my, that'll be a beast. Will you stop there?!

A suggestion on STOC made me revisit trying this out on my ST...

Another SGS user here...a low profile aluminium one. I've been using it for a few years now and it still works flawlessly.

I've been running these since mid-summer last year and found the sidewalls to be quite compliant...certainly not a step change from the OEM Bridgestone RE050 I was running before. I was ready for the usual WTAF?! sense when driving away from the fitters first time after they were changed but...

It's the last line in Tim's opening post.

I'm sure I could rustle up a few from STOC and/or RSOC should we be a little short. Let us know when the books are open Tim!

Apparently you can get "left foot braking" from an aftermarket remap on your Fiesta ST. Ever the cynic I thought I'd test it for sure and ended up with this...

Depreciation = what I paid Ford for it when new less what WBAC would give me for it today. I know I could get more selling it privately but they're consistent and selling to them may well end up being what I do with it when I finally let it go.

LOL, I use that phrase a lot myself, way too much in fact!

When's it for sale? Or are you genuinely head over heels for now at least?

Epic epic epic video! I had such a good day following you around at Brands - quite a bit of footage made it into that final cut too :up:

I remember the tyres on my 172 Cup always looked a little stretched. This 182s went to 205 tyres so never had that look.

It was basically about people that have sh*t internet and/or WiFi not being able to get a connection on their box/sub-boxes so they take forever to reboot and they have patchy streaming.

They are great little things :up:

Having blanked the intake off with a Mountune plug it was worth a shot... It was fascinating seeing how simple but intricate the inner workings of the symposer were.

We had one of these as a family car when I was about 12. HAP 107V. 345DL I think it was. Not been taxed since '91 so it must have drifted off somewhere.

I guess it's not true torque vectoring...but it does apply back brakes a little to aid turning/minimise understeer. More so on the first couple of trackdays as I wasn't fully disengaged ESC wise. LOL I'm now struggling to think of even the slightest reason why I should?! It's something that...

That's beyond insane.

£4 per mile in depreciation alone?! F***. That would have funded some pretty special 'hire' cars for the 2,000 miles covered in it!

I hope so...£7k does seem a bit harsh...but the miles will put a lot of people off when there's so many out there that have done 20k or less...even if that 20k might have been done at the hand of 5 different owners :confused:

Ours has started playing up a bit more frequently now...main box is in non-eco mode, seems to make not one bit of difference. Watchdog have a thing on Sky Q next week...worth watching to either see how best to get Sky to sort things out...or to find out we've all been collectively f*cked.

Yes, depreciation is only ever an estimate until the day it actually sells. I valued mine at £7k which is the WBAC valuation I got for a 2013 ST at 58k miles. In theory I should be able to better that selling privately to someone that appreciates the fact that it's a one owner car, religiously...

You should! I think it could well be less than my ST, the new car depreciation hit is the massive killer.

I didn't actually claim that I lost 10 bhp from this specifically...just that my rolling road result was about 10 bhp down from where it should have been. If fixed it now but has that given me 10 bhp? I seriously doubt it for what amounts to, being generous, about a 1 psi boost gain!

Right now @Sir_Dave they're, umm, interesting. Up to 4th gear on treated and damp roads the traction light is flashing at will and that's when the ambient temperature is 10 degrees or so. When it's just above freezing they're even worse. Oddly, I quite enjoy it! I leave early enough for the...

When my 172 Cup locked itself into 2nd gear I just drove it home at 40 mph maximum and with lots of planning ahead at junctions! Luckily I only lived 7 miles from the track...but then later on I had to drive it the 35 miles to Rentech. That was a painful experience.

Of course not! Depreciation is purely speculative right now...that'll get firmed up properly when I eventually get rid of it...there'll be a final absolute this is what it cost report at some point...probably as a segue into my RS ownership. Ouch! 69ppm hurts! Predictions for the RS? I'm...

I've got through 3 sets of tyres, not 4, in almost 60k miles...so that's 20k (or just under) per set including on average one trackday each. I'd say that's pretty good going! I've been there with spare wheels and dedicated track tyres in the past...from my experience it doesn't work out any...

Exactly. Buying new, be it lease or otherwise is always a massive chunk no matter which way you look at it...unless a) you buy something depreciation proof or b) hold on to something for a looooong time. £26k is assuming I get £7k for it which is the webuyanycar valuation at my mileage. In...