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Greeners new 5 Cylinder (non VAG) ride........

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Greeners:
Well the dust hadn't really cleared from the Eddy disappearing and I was already scouring PH and Autotrader night and day for something to help fill the void!

As usual went through most makes and models, realising I really wanted another MK5 .:R (and couldn't quite stretch to one just yet). I continued my search until my eureka moment whilst looking at cheap Focus ST170's and happened upon the ST225. Now I for one had kind of forgotten about this little brute so was quite excited when I started reliving the demo cars I had back at launch and how much I'd enjoyed the popping and farting from the standard exhaust system. So the search was on!! I initially was looking for a red one but after seeing a facelift model in white at a main dealer I decided silver was the colour for me. Now I love the bright Orange version as they look stunning in the sun when clean, but decided I couldn't really be seen driving one so was happy to go for a more stealthy colour for my new ASBO!  :laugh:

So this was a few days after collection once I'd spent a more than an hour or two getting her up to scratch!  :rolleye:

She's an ST-3 (so all the toys) with 39k on the clock.




So to get her more to my liking I took her to Pumabuild in Brum for a full TB exhaust with De-cat (combination of Mongoose DP and Piper rear section as I preferred the RS looking tailpipes) and stage 2 remap!  :evilgrin: Well the difference was noticeable to say the least!  :driver: The noise this thing makes is pure evil!!  :evilgrin:

Next up was a set of Eibach spring and the obligatory wheel refurb including 4 x new Continental Sport Contact 3's!  :happy2:















Got to say I'm very impressed with the car so far as it goes and handles far better than I hoped it would, and is very comfortable and surprisingly economical! Yes power wise she's lagging way behind the ED30 (around 290bhp) but for everyday use I feel that is more than enough.

A few little cosmetic jobs left to do but looking forward to bringing her along to a few meets and definitely the next Ring trip next year!  :driver:

Thanks for looking!  :drinking:

Hedge:
 :smiley:

john_o:
you an eye for perfection  Mr Green  :happy2:
love the silver balls  :laugh:

(really fancy the Kuga with the ST engine, but the yearly tax and fuel consumption scare stories put me off!)

Eccie:
Ban him  :evilgrin:

QD MBE:
Blimey!  :surprised:

Looking good Nath. Went out in a mates ASBO orange ST a few weekends ago. Interior was lovely! Sounded great too.   Lot of car for the money.

Edit due to having big fingers and piephone keyboard!

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