![]() 08/05/2017 at 08:36 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Like almost everyone here, I’m constantly flirting with the idea of a new car. Well yesterday work loaned me a top spec Fiesta Ecoboost 100hp for the day. I loved it other than the brakes being shot (4 years of abuse as a company vehicle will do that). But the engine was incredibly smooth for a 1l turbo and handling was great (although not as communicative as the Twingo).
This has made the 140hp ecoboost Zetec S very tempting to me. Before you all say “ just buy an ST” I cant afford the running costs on one. Insurance especially is sky high. Plus the 1l is a gem and I’d love to own a car with one. I’ve criticised them before for shittier fuel economy than promised, but the character makes up for that.
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It probably costs you more to insure a Fiesta ST than it does for me to insure my M3.
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I pay £500 a year with an £800 excess to insure my 60hp Twingo. I have three years of completely clean driving and have off street parking. Insurance here is a joke.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 08:53 |
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What does an excess mean?
![]() 08/05/2017 at 08:55 |
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What you have to pay if you need to make a claim. So basically if my car was stolen I’d have to pay £800 on top of the £500 I already pay them to get the £2k the car is worth. I’d only make £700 back to replace it essentially. Basically it’s a complete scam.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 08:56 |
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Ah, we call that a deductible.
I pay $300 a month for full coverage on both cars. It used to be about 150 a month, but then I put my M3 into my garage wall and made a claim.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 08:58 |
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That really is an utter scam. I am curious why it’s so bad in the UK though. Surely the free market should solve that issue? Or are UK drivers rather accident prone or are car thefts rather rampant?
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:01 |
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I dont think it would even be possible for me to insure an M3 here. At my age (23) they’ll flat refuse to insure some stuff, or the price will be a total joke.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:03 |
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I have no idea, it’s widely known the industry as a whole is corrupt. I think because it’s a legal requirement they collude to jack up prices. It’s only getting worse for young drivers. My younger brother is learning to drive now that he’s 17. To even insure a little micra could cost him well over a thousand pounds and he’d need a black box installed.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:03 |
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I got it when I was 24, it was barely more to insure than my 1997 Explorer.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:06 |
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Crazy.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:24 |
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I mean if all goes well you could rally car
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:25 |
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I like that idea, although my lack of talent could become an issue haha.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:27 |
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I can’t say I would downgrade now that I have a FiST, but if we had have gotten the Zetec S over here in the states, I would have strongly considered one. IIRC, Pumaspeed sells several parts for it.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:29 |
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Well you’re only paying $63 more a month for both of your cars, and I have a clean record. Come on 25, we’re getting close.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:32 |
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There are definitely a lot of tuning options for them. I don’t think I’d really want to squeeze more than 140hp out of a 1 litre but a slightly louder exhaust and handling mods would be on the cards.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:36 |
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A proven stage 1 flash by somebody works wonders on an Ecoboost. I didn’t understand until I just rode in a flashed car. A month later my car was tuned. The extra power is nice, but the massively improved throttle response, along with removing rev hang is fantastic.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 09:57 |
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I’d be more concerned about long term reliability, it would be my only car and I do up to 20k miles a year.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 10:34 |
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It actually didn’t go down at all for me when I turned 25.
![]() 08/05/2017 at 10:37 |
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Awwwwwww :(