Living with a Fiesta ST

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Күн бұрын

Having a quick chat with my friend Tyler about his Ford Fiesta ST.
00:00 Why a Fiesta?
03:42 Size as a daily driver
05:05 Least favorite things
08:36 What mods would you do?
09:48 Right car, wrong place
10:41 As your first fun car

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@smallturismo7944 Жыл бұрын

Proud owner of a Fiesta ST. It’s so nice to drive this car in Umbria’s roads (Italy)

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

Bet that's the perfect car for those roads. Sounds like a blast.

@scratch1200s Жыл бұрын

For sale? Oooh, I’m interested.

@Carl_JohnsonOGF 18 күн бұрын

I’ve had my fiesta st since new for over 5 years now. All stock except for wheels/tires and it still puts a smile on my face every time I drive it.

@DanDiMaggio 11 ай бұрын

I had a fiesta for about a year that I modified pretty heavily from a handling and braking aspect. Minor tuning tweaks but stuck with the stock turbo. It was by far the best raw driving cars (within a reasonable normal person's budget). That's over many other cars I've owned, ND2 RF Miata, GTI, Focus ST, many mustangs and other stuff. I loved it. Kind of still do but in time the glaringly bad and cheap interior quality and space played a tole on me so I went back to the only car I've ever owned that had close to the same drivers charm as the Fiesta but also blended a quality, comfortable and actually pretty luxurious interior. A F56 Mini Cooper S. My first one was a 2017 with the old 6 speed auto and now a 2021 with the phenomenally good 7 speed dual clutch. If I had the budget I would keep both but used as a daily driver and fun car the Mini checked more boxes. While they are priced slightly higher than a Fiesta ST, a F56 Cooper S is one of the best hot hatch bargains available right now. The old ones have a bad reputation but the 2015 + with the 2.0 turbo engines are bullet proof.

@jacoblittle3209 Жыл бұрын

Im a woodworker that drives a fiesta st and I use mind to pick up lumber multiple times a week. I love pulling in the parking lot amongst all the big work trucks and loading up my lumber. I agree with the pedal position flaw. With size 13 shoes I do accidentally press both pedals at the same time

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, I have an old BMW wagon and love using it like that too.

@nightmaster6381 10 ай бұрын

I deliver construction supplies (with a truck, lol). One day I was sitting outside a construction site I just delivered to at the end of the day. I had to wait for a long line of pick up trucks to leave this off road construction site. Then, in the middle of the line of trucks is a FiST. It was so cool because most people that work construction dont actually need a truck to carry their tools, they just have to fit in.

@brandoncontrerashernandez7888 9 ай бұрын

Size 13 shoe here. Is it that big a deal for you? Ort does it just take some time to get used too?

@jacoblittle3209 9 ай бұрын

@@brandoncontrerashernandez7888 I too am a 13 shoe and the clutch never seems to be an issue but every once in a while when hitting the gas my foot will brush against the brake pedal as well. But I've gotten used to making sure my foot is all the way right up against the carpet when pushing the gas

@brandoncontrerashernandez7888 9 ай бұрын

@@jacoblittle3209 thanks for the reply!

@nolangray7383 Жыл бұрын

Plus side - super fun, actually quite fast under like 60 mph where you spend most of your time accelerating, holds a lot of gear and a good car for bashing around -super stiff ride, after time the rough ride means things do creak rattle and highway noise is loud

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

I was really surprised by how fast it felt around town, great torque too.

@bongodave13 Жыл бұрын

Mine is a '17. They revised the suspension. Softer springs, stiffer roll bars. It still doesn't ride like a Cadillac, but it's tolerable, and I've driven it from inner cities to 4000 mile highway trips. The key to a good ride is to go fast.

@sethmoyer 10 ай бұрын

I'm 5'11" and I fit fine in the back seats of my Fiesta ST just fine with the front seats in the position where I would sit while driving. But his car has the base interior and mine has the Recaros, so maybe the knee holes in the back of the Recaros are deeper.

@guilandry1448 Жыл бұрын

Mine Tuned at 235whp 290 lbs ft lbs so fun to drive and was always driving honda vtec before b16 k24 lol 😂

@Tomoslb1 Ай бұрын

I've also wanted to own my dream car which was a Evo 7 GSR, I got that wish back in 2016 purchased one for 22,000aud only to find rust holes in the bottom of the floor pan. Sold the car took my loses and purchased a brand new 17'' 3 door ST, it's now on a stage 2 tune 230hp such a great little car not as quick as the EVO but very similar driving experience.

@T_c312 4 ай бұрын

I bought me a 2016 fiesta st march 1st I absolutely love every second I’m in it. The only complaint I have thus far is the door/roof jam column by the mirror creates a helluva blind spot especially if you have rain guards. Other than that love love love

@nolangray7383 Жыл бұрын

Size with the seats down it’s big, just know as far as people, consider it a 2 door coupe haha (5 people fit, but it’s tight)

@LYates1983 3 ай бұрын

Bought a 2015 with 88k on it for a work commuter. Only had it a week but dont know if I have ever drove a more fun car. Smiles to and from work now🎉

@jacktomis1743 2 ай бұрын

are u worried about long term reliability?

@lthudgins Жыл бұрын

FiST SQUAD!!!! Plan on blue plating it. See you in 25 years lol. Edit to the owner- sell it, you dont have love for it lol

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

He at least beat my average (I barely make it past two years with most cars 😂)

@lthudgins Жыл бұрын

@@BuzzytheBlue I'm 4 years in on my 18 lol

@bongodave13 Жыл бұрын

@@BuzzytheBlue Bought my '17 new, and I'll never sell it. The only thing I changed was the tires, maintenance-wise. I'm making 210/276 at the wheels, with an intercooler and intake, and it's a boss at freeway speeds. It can hang with a surprising number of cars.

@ryeguy88 10 ай бұрын

Stella? C'mon guys, step up the beer game!

@BuzzytheBlue 10 ай бұрын

I’ll pick up some Sip of Sunshine or something next time, the questions and answers could get a little out there by the end though 😂

@bryankile9805 Жыл бұрын

I drive my Fiesta for DoorDash and put around 300 miles a day on it…the only thing I dislike about the car is the driver’s seat! I’m 6’2’’ and the seat is extremely uncomfortable for someone my size. On the other side, I’m a lifetime racer and OH BOY IS IT FUN TRO DRIVE! Insane cornering and super fun acceleration!

@guenthersteiner8163 10 ай бұрын

Stock seats or recaro’s?

@bryankile9805 10 ай бұрын

@@guenthersteiner8163 stupid stock! I wish they were recaro

@guenthersteiner8163 10 ай бұрын

@@bryankile9805 I got lucky, I bought my FiST in Canada and they all have Recaro seats as standard (I guess the stock seats don’t have seat warmers?). My only issue with the seating position is that the center console is way too short/low for shorter people, I wish it had an adjustable center console like the Mk7 GTI

@hectorsaves 27 күн бұрын

It’s more of a roll than heal toe to rev match. Super easy once you get used to it.

@BuzzytheBlue 26 күн бұрын

Yeah if I’d spent more time in it I’m sure I’d have gotten used to the pedal placement.

@Carl_JohnsonOGF 18 күн бұрын

When I first got mine I hated the pedal setup and the first thing I wanted to get for it was a pedal spacer but I eventually got used to it and I can heel toe perfectly now.

@wg8290 Жыл бұрын

When I had my MS3, I thought about the Fiesta because it’s small. Instead of getting another turbo car, I sold my MS and purchased a new base Mustang GT.

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

Solid move, I had a base 2011 GT for a couple years and it was a ton of fun. I used mine as a daily driver, worked out great.

@wg8290 Жыл бұрын

@@BuzzytheBlue I watched your video about the drive review and then the other about your bad service experience, which resulted in you moving on from it. I love your channel. 👍

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

@@wg8290 Thanks for watching! Really glad you're enjoying the videos 😀

@bobbieluij 8 ай бұрын

A stage 1 tune really gets this car alive

@BuzzytheBlue 8 ай бұрын

Ratchet and Clank 🫡🙏🏼

@freeaolcd 10 ай бұрын

Get the S280 kit.

@shiz7459 Жыл бұрын

Im in the market for a fiesta st im just on the fence on reliability factor as it will be my daily as my srt4 neon gets put away for the winter every review ive seen hasn't touched on reliability

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

Assuming kept stock I’ve heard pretty good things. In Tyler’s case he’s had zero issues during his couple years ownership to around 50-60k miles.

@shiz7459 Жыл бұрын

@@BuzzytheBlue the car has 50 000 kilometers by chance do you know the problems hes had with his fiesta after the 50-60k range?

@BuzzytheBlue Жыл бұрын

@@shiz7459 I'm sorry, I worded that poorly. His car currently has that mileage (about 55,000 miles). He's had no issues up to this point.

@akotoada Жыл бұрын

@@shiz7459 I have a 2016. Bought in 2019 with 30k. Has been my daily since. Now at 130k miles. No real serious issues. My car is tuned on 93 octane. 2016 and up addressed most of the issues with the 1.6.

@mynam3isnathan Жыл бұрын

Fantastic option for overall reliability and cost of ownership.