Hi, Thomas! That's a nice article you wrote up and your story resembles mine. I used to own a regular pre-facelift Aquamarine frost 1.6 petrol Focus as my first car some years ago. I was kinda sceptical about going into Fords, I was mainly in the market for an Astra G, A3 or Golf IV but I just reminded why I loved WRC as a kid so much and accidentally got a Focus. The car served me for a few years (more than I was planning to use it) and didn't got me into major troubles. Very reliable. It was an Ambiente trim, I think that is the equivalent of the LX for the UK market.
One day, I decided I wanted another car. I was just in University and was working as a boy-doing-everything at a local Ford Dealership so my budget was not quite high but I wanted that next car so bad. And I started searching. I was also checking ST170 ads but nothing caught up my attention. One day, after almost an year of searching I was looking at a Mk4 Mondeo hatch 2.0 petrol Titanium at my then employer's second hand car lot. The car had original 120k miles and lots of service history. Some bodywork had to be done and then I went to talk with a senior colleague from the sales department about what he thinks about it. Then he brought up that he was thinking of selling his ST... 170! My eyes went wide. I was working for an year already and I remembered an Imperial Blue five door ST170 infront of the office. He didn't drove it often since he had two more almost brand new Fords.
That very same ST170 is the one on the picture and it's mine for a few years now.
Congratulations on your purchase! Greeting from Bulgaria!
Enjoy it man. There’s definitely something about an older hot hatch. The fact u can drive it at 99% if it’s abilities on the road make u feel great. I currently have a 320bhp st225 and even that is too quick for the roads. I have an mg zr 160 as well and love driving that! Long live the moderately powered hot hatch!
Hit the nail on the head! I don’t understand 500hp remaps on front wheel drive hot hatches, really takes away from the drivability of them which is a huge shame..
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Great article.
Original Focus, even in poverty spec, is an amazing car.
Cheers!! 😎
Hi, Thomas! That's a nice article you wrote up and your story resembles mine. I used to own a regular pre-facelift Aquamarine frost 1.6 petrol Focus as my first car some years ago. I was kinda sceptical about going into Fords, I was mainly in the market for an Astra G, A3 or Golf IV but I just reminded why I loved WRC as a kid so much and accidentally got a Focus. The car served me for a few years (more than I was planning to use it) and didn't got me into major troubles. Very reliable. It was an Ambiente trim, I think that is the equivalent of the LX for the UK market.
One day, I decided I wanted another car. I was just in University and was working as a boy-doing-everything at a local Ford Dealership so my budget was not quite high but I wanted that next car so bad. And I started searching. I was also checking ST170 ads but nothing caught up my attention. One day, after almost an year of searching I was looking at a Mk4 Mondeo hatch 2.0 petrol Titanium at my then employer's second hand car lot. The car had original 120k miles and lots of service history. Some bodywork had to be done and then I went to talk with a senior colleague from the sales department about what he thinks about it. Then he brought up that he was thinking of selling his ST... 170! My eyes went wide. I was working for an year already and I remembered an Imperial Blue five door ST170 infront of the office. He didn't drove it often since he had two more almost brand new Fords.
That very same ST170 is the one on the picture and it's mine for a few years now.
Congratulations on your purchase! Greeting from Bulgaria!
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Cheers for the in-depth response Constantine! Really cool story on your 170, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Enjoy it man. There’s definitely something about an older hot hatch. The fact u can drive it at 99% if it’s abilities on the road make u feel great. I currently have a 320bhp st225 and even that is too quick for the roads. I have an mg zr 160 as well and love driving that! Long live the moderately powered hot hatch!
Hit the nail on the head! I don’t understand 500hp remaps on front wheel drive hot hatches, really takes away from the drivability of them which is a huge shame..
Great write, if they stay cheap I’ll probably do the MK1 1.4-ST170 Jump too!
Cheers bud! You’ll definitely enjoy it!