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​Don't feel too bad...my commute means most won't see anything like the mpg I managed. If I had to drive on more normal roads I'd probably only see 40-42mpg ;)

Currently sat in my supplying dealer's waiting room while the ST undergoes its 1,500 mile check. My ownership experience so far has been flawless. New car syndrome I know and I'm sure over the next 5 years some gripes will surface, but for me, right now, it's perfect. Economy is definitely...

I'm driving it in a way that would see 38-40 mpg in my 200. Still keeping up with traffic, but being considered with my acceleration and coming off the throttle way before I reach junctions to minimise braking. I think with a few k more miles and a bit more learning of how the engine works best...

LOL what do they know?! 1,650 miles on mine now, 130 miles into this latest tankful and I have an average for the tank showing of 50.7 mpg. It's coming to life as the miles pile on :approve:

It's on its way. Rumour has it that Ford haven't signed it off yet due to under-bonnet temperatures (cooling was always the big issue with development of the 1.6 litre EcoBoost lump). Figures being talked about for Mountune are 210bhp with overboost to 240bhp. Carrying 1,150 kgs and with a full...

I know...it's caused much confusion. ​This morning, with a solid 50 mile range still showing on the trip computer I managed to put 46.67 litres in...so it's definitely not 42 litres maximum.

I love that first picture. Was an unusual night really...normally meets there require umbrellas, wind-breaks and heavy coats. Shorts and t-shirts post 2100 was odd LOL Good to see everyone again.

No it isn't...the facelifted Fiesta has a 56 litre tank...pre-facelift were 42 litres. Brim to brim? That's all I ever do. Once I've enough fill-ups for a few charts I'll update and upload.

That's pretty good. To 99% of the viewing public, the driver of that is behind the wheel of a Ferrari...job done.

Just the one in August at Goodwood...looking forward to it hugely as I've not managed to get out at Goodwood for a couple of years now. I'm expecting to be disappointed a little by my ST on track...there's not much point holding on to these right to the redline so it's going to take some...

Great colour combo...what I'd have had if I could have been a little bit more patient! I don't know where they're all hiding...I still haven't seen a single other one on the roads yet.

I'm just heading there direct from work Pete...may even get there a little early.

Nooooo! At least get 100 miles on it...couple of hours, easily done.

I'm excited for you! What time? Make sure you get some miles in then let us have your first impressions.

Looks like we're going to be in luck for a change...going to be dry and warm.

See post #263 Chuckle! Err...I'm on my 6th (I think) tank now. Why?

I've been driving like a tool for this last fill up...lowest I've seen is 36mpg. Before I started booting it everywhere I was seeing low forties. Another 1,000 miles on it and I'll be hitting 40 as a matter of course and able to eek 50 out of it without trouble I think. Symposer seems to have...

Not mine, and not strictly relevant comparing the two, but interesting nonetheless. No report from him of the ESC intruding when it's off (as Chris Harris reported) and he had it moving about well enough for it to try and bring him back. Six weeks to go until I can find out for myself. Other...

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You'd lose. Once this reaches another 5 pages of outcry I might be arsed enough to edit together how law abiding I was for the 3+ miles of 30/40 limit beforehand with the FRS stuck up my rear. I did nothing whatsoever to provoke him.

Call the cops then? Are me and Slammed172 really alone in thinking the RS driver was a complete and utter tool? Can anyone say 'hazard perception'? No one else think that on any other day that could have been the end of that Focus? Edit: and philmots.

Yep. See mine? LOL

No one's worked out why the white van moved into lane 2 yet then? Edit: just spotted that someone has.

The reason insurance is so high.

Nope. Only mine and the two customer cars I saw pre-PDI at the dealership. I've been 'spotted' once though :approve:

I caught a FRS...he undertook myself and the next 3 or 4 cars ahead of me as we joined a 2 lane DC...and almost got side swiped by the one ahead of me in the process. Proper tool...with a point to prove that I can't quite figure out.

The point being made is that the Fiesta ST (or any boosted car really) is a far easier car to make progress in. It doesn't require you to be in race mode. It doesn't require you to wring it out to the limiter to get moving. It doesn't require 3 down-shifts before an overtake. I know this...

Yes a NA 200 is asthmatic (I've always said that throughout the 30k miles I've driven in one). They get going really well but only once you've wound on 5k rpm...up until that point, pretty much any DERV rep-mobile would/could destroy one. That's the point I'm making. You don't think that...

Decent vids? Not sure if SRS. I've filmed my commute the last couple of days but captured nothing worth spending the time editing. I do have some in gear runs which I might overlay against the ones I did a while back in my 200...should illustrate how asthmatic the NA engines really are.

I have a rare Wednesday evening off so will be bringing the ST along for some abuse.