TL;DR: Bought a second ST to build into a street/track car.
In 2018 I bought a black Fiesta ST on a whim when my Focus DCT transmission failed for the third time in four years. I absolutely loved the ST and put 35k miles on it before trading it in for an F150. After a year of daily driving the truck, I just missed my ST like crazy. I went ahead and bought a low mileage 2019 in magnetic grey and I've been driving it on weekends for the last year. It's up to 13k miles and still pristine, which is how I want to keep it (forever!). Since I've still been daily driving my truck and missing the ST for normal daily duties, but I also don't want to put a lot of miles on my 2019, I did what any sane person would do. I bought a 2017 to daily/thrash/build!
I've already purchased a set of Team Dynamics 1.2s in 15x8 and a set of Yokohamas in 205/55/15 which are waiting to be installed as soon as the tires arrive at the shop (they had none in stock, shocker). I've also got a Mountune radiator and coolant hoses waiting to go on the car, as well as a Whoosh V3 intercooler and hoses. I'm going to buy some LED fog lights and shortly after, take the front apart and install all of them at the same time. Hopefully soon afterward, I'll snag an accessport, tune, RMM, short throw shifter, exhaust, etc. Eventually I'm pretty set on going with an S280 and using this car as a daily driver / track car. I've yet to find another car that combines value and fun as well as the Fiesta ST. This thing is going to be my daily for hopefully the next decade, and I'm so excited about it! I'll document the build and all the shenanigans on this thread.
I love this community and can't wait to get more involved. Thanks for reading!
In 2018 I bought a black Fiesta ST on a whim when my Focus DCT transmission failed for the third time in four years. I absolutely loved the ST and put 35k miles on it before trading it in for an F150. After a year of daily driving the truck, I just missed my ST like crazy. I went ahead and bought a low mileage 2019 in magnetic grey and I've been driving it on weekends for the last year. It's up to 13k miles and still pristine, which is how I want to keep it (forever!). Since I've still been daily driving my truck and missing the ST for normal daily duties, but I also don't want to put a lot of miles on my 2019, I did what any sane person would do. I bought a 2017 to daily/thrash/build!
I've already purchased a set of Team Dynamics 1.2s in 15x8 and a set of Yokohamas in 205/55/15 which are waiting to be installed as soon as the tires arrive at the shop (they had none in stock, shocker). I've also got a Mountune radiator and coolant hoses waiting to go on the car, as well as a Whoosh V3 intercooler and hoses. I'm going to buy some LED fog lights and shortly after, take the front apart and install all of them at the same time. Hopefully soon afterward, I'll snag an accessport, tune, RMM, short throw shifter, exhaust, etc. Eventually I'm pretty set on going with an S280 and using this car as a daily driver / track car. I've yet to find another car that combines value and fun as well as the Fiesta ST. This thing is going to be my daily for hopefully the next decade, and I'm so excited about it! I'll document the build and all the shenanigans on this thread.
I love this community and can't wait to get more involved. Thanks for reading!
although if I'm honest, it's a bit rough around the edges. Mechanically it's great and only has 49k miles, but the paint is a bit rough. Also has a couple of small dents that I'm going to see about getting pulled. It's my favorite color the FiST ever optioned with so I'd like to keep it looking nice if possible!
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