So I traded my 2006 S2000 for a 2015 Fiesta ST.
I live in San Diego, so my nearest tarmac track is Riverside. My track friends are laughing at me for the trade, but I'm thinking they might stop laughing once they drive it....maybe.
This thread is devoted to cars that other people think aren't great, but you enjoy.
Let's see em, gents.
Guilty. Not trading my AW11 for one, though.
That'd be stupid.
>>13818760
>traded a ap2 s2000 for a fiesta ST
My closest friend drives a 2002 very similar to this, He swears by it, but when I'm behind the wheel it feels like more of a commodity collector vehicle than performance, regardless of the upgrades. He loves it though, and I love that he loves it.
>>13818760
>traded an S2000 for a Fiesta
>>13818760
I've only tested the 1.0 ecoboost 125bhp, but it was fun to drive, a good chassie. I bet the ST is a blast, and there's a lot of aftermarket fun as well. No problems hitting +300bhp or installing a diff.
>>13818777
The s2 had about 140k miles on it and was starting to show its age. I'm actually more a fan of hot hatches than anything else, but I must admit the change from RWD to FWD had been a little......interesting.
Its okay guys, OP has a kid on the way. That's the only excuse he has.
>>13818810
Hahaha, I don't actually. Not yet anyway. The Focus RS is for when there's a kid incoming.
S2000:
>240 BHP stock
>near 50/50 weight destribution
>FR Layout
>2 litre, VTEC engine
>Honda Reliability
>0-60 in 6 seconds
>iconic sports car
Ford Fiesta ST
>200 BHP stock
>Understeers like a mother fucker
>FF Layout
>Poor Handling (compared to the S2K)
>four door salon
>0-60 in 6.7 seconds
>made by ford
i think i know why your friends are laughing.
>>13818760
>buyer's remorse: the thread
>>13818851
>Honda Reliability
Nice meme.
yea, this is the car you buy when you decide it's time to stop going racing and just want a fun DD now.
OP is a fucking faggot
>>13818760
I own an '07 S2000 and a '14 Fiesta ST.
The S2K fucking blows as a daily. I'd keep the Fiesta if I could only have one of them. I think you did the right thing, OP.
>>13818890
>calling everything a meme
you are a meme.
>>13818890
sry to disapoint
>honda: 5th
>ford: 7th to last
>>13818896
Kind of what I'm thinking. With a mortgage and bills to add to it all, the maintenance for the S2000 was starting to get up there. With 140k miles on it, I was starting to play the catch up game, one thing would fail, I would fix it, then it was on to the next.
The Fiesta has been a lot of fun, and while they both handle FANTASTICALLY on the track, I would rather opt for the newer at this point that isn't going to be a money sink.
Honestly, I think it's down to the track I'm driving it on. The one in Riverside is pretty good for both cars and a lot of fun either way.
I had the S2k as a DD for the last 8 years, it was time to let it go.
>>13818915
For all intents and purposes, that's not too big of a difference. When it comes to the point of upgrading/fixing things just to make it last a little longer, the newer car is the better choice
We've gotten a little off track though. I know there's PLENTY of hate for ford and the Fiesta, but what else is there out there that you guys guiltily love? Remember, it's just the internet, no one here is your friend enough to the point of you caring what they think about what you like.
I used to like these a lot as a kid, probably because they reminded me of hotwheels
>>13818760
>mfw OP traded a honda roadster for an FWDshit ford
>>13819024
I take it the track in Riverside is Adams?
The FiST on sticky tires is probably faster on that little course too. Streets of Willow or anything bigger would be a different story though.
>>13818915
This is the one that included no cup holders as a valid car problem
Somebody post the other one
>>13819068
That's exactly it, Adams is pretty fun in the fiesta st. It was really fun in the S2k also with the oversteer. I miss oversteer a lot but I'm still having fun.
Opinions on the Focus ST?
My friend just bought one and let me rip it through a parking garage. I'm hooked. I've never driven a hot hatch type deal before, only FR sports cars and full size sedans. What do?
>>13819450
The Focus ST is really nice if you don't mind torque steer and the weird feeling of "wanna=be" luxury. It's quick, handles very well, and has plenty of low end torque for such a tiny 2.0
I got the Fiesta ST because it felt a lot sportier and didn't have an armrest constantly molesting my elbow while shifting.
The Focus RS will be an absolute monster, but purchasing one this year is a bad idea unless you just HAVE to have one and don't care about way overspending on an upsell.
>>13819055
Hey, the S2K was and is very nice, but after 140k miles of hard driving, it was time for something new. If Honda would make a new fucking S2 I would buy it in a heartbeat, but as it is purchasing an S2K right now you're lucky to find one under 60k miles
> trading an AP2 for a furd fista
Oh Shit nigger etc.
>>13819818
I love the armrest :) Fits me exactly. And The focus looks seriously nice on the inside.
But, DESU, if the fiesta had a little more oomph (fiesta RS pls!), then I´d have gone for one as well
Should have got the focus m8 the fiesta blows.
>>13819972
>But, DESU, if the fiesta had
I love this wordfilter.
>>13819123
[Citation needed]
>>13818760
>My track friends are laughing at me
They're not the only ones.
>>13819972
ST BUDDY
>I traded my 2006 S2000 for a 2015 Fiesta ST.
kek what a faggot
>>13819985
:D
>>13818760
Shill. Fake. Lies.
>>13819050
I've always liked the Baja.
yeah i said it faggots fite me irl
>Traded 2006 S2000 for a 2015 Fiesta ST.
wtf WHY
my 4runner is the most fun i've ever had in a daily driver, and i want to mod it a lil.
3.4l v6 and only 183hp thanks toyota
>Fiesta ST engine made in brazil
huehuehue
The Fiesta ST is fuckin' killer m8.
Disregard these bitches' opinions and enjoy it.
drove a fiesta st at a ford drive event and went balls to the walls with it. i've never had so much fun in a car
It looks like your average fabia, it does not turn heads. Its got 5 doors and a big boot. Its automatic with useable flappy paddles. You can get good mpg from the 7 speed dsg. Mines got a bluefin chip, 225bhp from a 1.4 turbocharged supercharged unit. You dont look like a boy racer driving it. Its a real wolf in sheeps clothing, and thats what i like.
And the back
>mfw all the people talking shit never actually drove a Fiesta ST and likely never drove a S2000 either
good thread, op.
Fiesta ST da bes
>>13822008
Has the DSG destroyed itself yet? How about oil consumption of the engine?
>>13822008
That car is ugly as hell and has even uglier wheels. Looks like a mini cooper and only weird ass old men drive those shits.
my car
everyone thinks that it's shit because it only has 148hp but it's more of a handling car
imagine taking the miata, making it a fwd 4 door sedan
though the nd miata is a bit better....but that's a 2016 and my car started it's generation 12 years before
>>13822543
2011 Mx5 owner here, you're having a giggle if you think they are related in any way aside from the shit 2.0 we share.
I would say my car is worthy of this thread. You have to have thick skin if you own a miata as a 24 year old male.
>>13818851
>understeers
You haven't driven a FWD with an LSD, have you?
>poor handling
Nope, it's called different handling. Life off oversteer is fun as fuck in a FWD
>four door salon
nigger what the fuck
>0-60 times as if you can't buy a $40 boost controller for one of the cars
uleh
>>13822217
i've driven both a fiesta st like 5 times and an s2000 ap2 once
fiesta st is basically a rocket attached to a cardboard box (at least without the recaros and you have to be thin af for them)
s2000 to me feels more like a complete car...tho the legroom is shit for me (i'm 6'3")
>>13822567
have you driven a mazda3? if so, which ones with what transmissions?
You drive an upside-down bathtub. You need thick skin no matter the age or gender.
>>13821793
TRD blower and URD 7th injector when
I think the Fiesta is a great car.
Personally I would have kept the S2000 and just gotten the Fiesta as a daily.
>>13822575
Shiiit, S2k is my dream car, I'm 6'1.
You think it's gonna be a problem?
You just fucking blew it
s2000 for a fucking shitty ford, enjoy your bus rides once it fucking shits the bed which it will
>140 k shows its age
what the fuck am i reading
Also, you just traded a car which is featured in initial d for a fucking shitstain which will be forgotten in next 3 years.
>>13824595
>s2000 for a fucking shitty ford
I owned a 2005 S2000 that I purchased brand new in March of that year, plus an old 2004 SVT Focus for bad weather and general daily driver duties. I sold the S2000 in 2013 and kept the Focus. No regrets.
>>13819024
Fuckin domesticated, prepare your life to be next level boring
>>13824595
>featured in initial d
What are you, some kind of weeaboo ricer?
>>13824721
So you're saying you didn't want both balls chopped off
My Punto.
Some of my friends make fun of me for buying one instead of a bimmer or whatever for the price (paid 14k for it, service car).
I like the car honestly. It's a simple hatch with a rather punchy engine. Serves me well for everyday commutes.
>>13824760
Not exactly. I bought a house last year.
Plus I recently ordered a GT350, so I hope my balls are still mostly intact. Who knows though.
>>13818760
NO! NO! NO! YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A BMW !!! / / / M POWER RULE THE WORLD ! ! !
>>13824802
Sweet cruise control.
>>13824756
>weeaboo shaming
>on south-korean mechanized goji-berry picking board
>>13818760
>So I traded my 2006 S2000 for a 2015 Fiesta ST.
I moved from a Honda to Ford. Maybe you should too? Ford offers excellent finance options like a low 1.9% APR for 48 months OAC. I am a real person and not affiliated with Ford Motor Company or any of it's agents.
>>13824951
I too am also a regular person. Please allow me to tell you a story about how I traded in one of Hondas most iconic cars for a NAFTA-made Ford. My brand new Fiesta is faster, quieter and gets better MPG than my old Honda. May this story suggest to you, casual reader, that Ford is really on par with Honda and even exceeds Honda performance. Ford truly is not your grandpas car company any more, Ford is advanced and best selling and competes with the big Japanese names and even exceeds their quality, technology and performance. The japanese dont have Ford's award winning, cutting edge technology like MyFord touch, SYNC and Ecoboost technology suites. I am a regular anon, not affiliated with Ford motor company.
>>13824595
>i-it's featured in a weaboo show that nobody knows about, the car must be better than ford!
also bet you have never driven either car
>>13822575
>at least without the recaros and you have to be thin af for them
I don't get this meme. I'm a 5'9" 190lb fatso and the ST Recaros fit me great.
>>13818760
>Hey Frank, I traded my S2000 for a Ford Fiesta
you're a fucking kek
I am 6'3" and im thinking of buying a fiesta st. how would the comfort be?
>>13826467
*kek
>>13826877
dafuq?
My Fiesta is the only good fiesta
>>13818775
What car thet one
>>13826658
That's the thing, I'm 6'4 and fit amazingly, my dad is also 6'4, but he can't fit in one at all.
It's all about your proportions at our height. I fit in a lot of cars my dad can't.
>>13827079
im 6'3" but mostly leg... I think I wouldnt be able to fit really nicely then :/
>>13827037
it's a camry coupe aka a solara
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujr0UAbyPS4
>>13818760
Bread on hood u troll
>>13824992
>>13824951
OP plz...
>>13826883
This guy :)
Riverside is a kart track.
I wish SD had a real track.
Fuck we don't even good roads outside of like.. a couple canyons in north county and palomar south and east grade. And south grade needs to be repaved and they need to get rid of those fucking cow grates. I'm mad.
>>13822574
>fwd is fun to drive meme
Can we stop this. Easy to drive? yeah. Fun or fast? no.
every car lift off oversteers. it's just physics.
>>13822574
What the fiesta has a LSD?
I thought I was brake vectoring
Which is much different and also shit as it kills your brakes and I imagine would really be shit in a "race" situation as brake fade would probably be off the charts
If I'm wrong pardon my ignorance
>>13824992
This. Everyone bitching about the Fiesta ITT hasn't driven one or read any review of one. The performance, driving dynamics, ergonomics, luxury (for its class) and features are all shockingly good.
If you expect a modern-day Caliber SRT-4, you're way off.
>>13818851
Quick, everyone point and laugh at the guy that hasn't driven the fieST.
>>13828309
quick everyone point and laugh at this tripfag shill trying to establish shit terminology like 'Fiest'
I would love to own a Subaru brat, but they don't exist in Minnesota anymore
>>13818760
peugeot 206gti
fuck you richard hammond
peugeot 205gti a shit
>09-14 Audi TT RS
It's often overlooked because TTs are viewed as chick cars, buy this monster is strong as fuck and APR has a turbo upgrade kit that pushes it to 560whp
>>13828418
Not sure where you've been, but FiST and FoST are common abbreviations.
>>13828743
>monster
Fuck offff
It's big and bulky but weirdly fun...
>>13828599
ure a shit desu
baka senpai
>>13828752
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
101 buddy
>>13828743
Yeah, and they are still 50k+. You can have 2-3 Fiesta STs for that.
Love me some 5 cylinder but thats not even comparable.
ITT: /o/ displays yet again that it cannot comprehend the value of newer, fresher, reliable cars over old, beaten, unreliable cars.
>>13828902
>Valuable cars are bad because they're valuable
You can buy 1,000 Geo Metros for the price of a Porsche 918 but that doesn't make the Metro better than the 918.
>>13818760
nobody understands me and my saturn but there isn't any car i'd rather have at that price point
>>13828275
For fucks sake Matt Farah compares it to the Integra Type R.
Nostalgia goggles aside that should tell you something. I think the only thing stopping it from being the perfect FWD car made is a real factory LSD (Aftermarket Quaife LSDs supposedly end up working in concert with TVC as a compliment to them) and a 3 door version (which IIRC weighs 100lbs less).
I wish Honda just made a comparable car with the Fit. The Fit has awesome driving dynamics and it wouldn't take them much effort to put a K24Z7/6spd LSD from the Si.
Autocrossed a FWD hot hatch this weekend, just found some guy posting a pic of me up on three wheels, feeling the back end dance around was fun.
10/10 would roast tires again.
>>13829437
I dream of a Fit Si as well. A K24 would be woefully front-heavy; a 1.8-liter K-series variant with DOHC, VTEC and direct injection should net around 180+ and should weigh a bit less.
>>13828874
>someone recommended a car. They must be a corporate PR guy
How disillusioned do you have to be to believe this?
>>13828902
>>13828977
Not that guy, but I believe the TTRS was related to the thread's original topic of unpopular cars that we love anyway
>>13824595
>featured in initial D
Anon pls, you're making the rest of us importfags look bad
>>13828759
how is it not? in stock form it puts out 350 hp and no one suspects shit because they sneer at the fact it's a TT
>>13821807
It's actually made in Wales.
>>13818895
>>13831089
so they're objectively shit then?
