The VRS goes tomorrow after 7 years and 60k miles. I'll be sad to see it go but it is time to move on, it was my first ever brand new car and have loved every moment with it, have been all around the UK, Ireland, France (Col de Turini was fun), Belgium, Holland and Italy over the years and the only thing that ever went wrong was the fuel filler lid release cable came unclipped the first time I filled it up, and it has a bit of an appetite for rear discs and pads, currently on the third set.

I  didn't fancy a mk2 VRS, never really liked the look of them compared to the mk1 and the design is now getting on for 7 years old and have heard a few stories about oil thirst with those, didn't really fancy a modern diesel with all the associated DPF issues and can't afford a GT3 so tomorrow I'm picking up a fiesta ST with all the toys fitted and mountune 215 kit. Hopefully it will be as reliable as the VRS has been.

 

Fiesta ST and a Mountune kit. Are you BossFox :think:  Hope you're happy with it

Good choice with the ST!

You have chosen a nice motor. Enjoy it

If your on Instagram follow my mate benst2 may get a few ideas of what to do with it

Good choice with the ST!

Hopefully, didn't feel much faster on the test drive initially, then remembered it was petrol and you have to rev them a bit more, at which point I was convinced I needed it. Ride is a bit harsh at low speed but they go round corners like they are on rails.

The VRS goes tomorrow after 7 years and 60k miles. I'll be sad to see it go but it is time to move on, it was my first ever brand new car and have loved every moment with it, have been all around the UK, Ireland, France (Col de Turini was fun), Belgium, Holland and Italy over the years and the only thing that ever went wrong was the fuel filler lid release cable came unclipped the first time I filled it up, and it has a bit of an appetite for rear discs and pads, currently on the third set.

I  didn't fancy a mk2 VRS, never really liked the look of them compared to the mk1 and the design is now getting on for 7 years old and have heard a few stories about oil thirst with those, didn't really fancy a modern diesel with all the associated DPF issues and can't afford a GT3 so tomorrow I'm picking up a fiesta ST with all the toys fitted and mountune 215 kit. Hopefully it will be as reliable as the VRS has been.

 

Snap, 7 years & 63k in Nov 2012 came to the same conclusion, really sad to see my Red one go. Memories of wonderful 4 hour summer blasts up and down the heart of England with the sun setting and a pile of tunes on the ICE. Likewise the mk2 Fabia vRS never really appealed and the widespread bad press about 1.4 twin chargers and DSG's didn't help.

 

I'd had diesels for 18 years but decided as you did re the modern emissions tech, so made the jump to the Octy (you can't take the cash with you as they say).

 

So far so good, smooth as silk, great to drive and plenty of grunt. Yes the timing chain tensioner comes to mind occasionally but there's usually something of concern about any car even if its only how dull it is, that's certainly not the case with the 2.0 TSI.