ST petrol or diesel

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April 8, 2019 at 7:01 PM #117260

Geraintt
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Hi everyone.

I currently own a 2009 focus 1.6 ti vct zetec s. I am looking at upgrading and fancy a mk3 St fl.

Something like a 2016/2017 car.

I used to have a mk1 1.8 tdci 115bhp and it was great, good fuel economy and good performance. Since getting the petrol 1.6 ti vct it’s not as punchy as the tdci and nowhere near as good on fuel.

I do around 7000 miles a year.

I have seen a few mk3 St fl models about but not sure whether to go petrol or diesel.

Diesel has more appeal as its cheaper to tax and better mpg but not sure how you guys find your mk3 St for average mpg. My current car does about 31 mpg so the ST may not be much worse.

Also wondering if there are any faults that petrol and diesel are common for.

Many thanks all.

April 8, 2019 at 7:05 PM #117261

bobcat
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? Interesting are you sure you are on the right Forum……. RS owners are not usually bothered with fuel economy

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April 8, 2019 at 7:12 PM #117263

bobcat
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PS sorry forgot Welcome ?

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April 8, 2019 at 7:23 PM #117264

71-bda
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Go try a Diesel auto one.

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

April 8, 2019 at 7:25 PM #117266

Defoe18
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If it helps I had a petrol mk3 Focus ST before moving up to the RS and could get 34mpg on a run, but as said on here don’t worry about mpg, go have some fun

i would say diesel is not the way to go now with new emission rules

April 8, 2019 at 7:34 PM #117268

Geraintt
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Jeez guys I didn’t notice it was an RS site. I only noticed mk3 lol

April 8, 2019 at 7:48 PM #117271

bobcat
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No problem, a lot of guys on here progressed from ST’s I’m sure they’ll have great advice. IMO go for the petrol version once hooked you’ll be upgrading ?

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April 8, 2019 at 8:49 PM #117282

rog
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Treat yourself. Get the RS 😉

April 8, 2019 at 9:13 PM #117284

mexicoian
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St diesel auto in stealth = looks , economic, and decent performance win win ??

April 8, 2019 at 9:15 PM #117285

rs-jon
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I had a MK3 Focus ST diesel before the RS and I was averaging around 45mpg from it, over 50mpg on a motorway run…Plenty of poke in it too…

April 9, 2019 at 5:45 AM #117289

white-rs2
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I’ve had a couple of ST’s and they are very capably cars.

RS Edition.

FPM375 Rocks

The rest of the “M” maps suck

April 9, 2019 at 6:19 AM #117292

71-bda
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exactly Mexicoian ! A wave of smooth seamless torque not interrupted by gearchanges. The auto st diesel is what I nearly went for before the RS came out, its a great allrounder.

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

April 9, 2019 at 6:29 AM #117293

bobcat
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There you go Garaintt, the guys on here are really good, I’m sure there’ll be more on the way?

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April 9, 2019 at 9:39 AM #117302

Geraintt
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Thanks for all your responses. The car would only go to town and back, approx 5-6 miles there and back a day with a spin on weekends. I wasn’t sure if the diesel would like the short trips

April 9, 2019 at 9:56 AM #117303

bobcat
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True diesels are not fond of short trips, and have a tendency to soot up and would need a weekend blast.

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