Fiesta 1.25 Purchase Advice

[Davecl]

Had my 3 door zetec squeeze green a week now and loving it, computer is showing 40.2mpg at the min and thats 90% urban 10% motorway... much better than the 23mpg I was getting from the Focus ST.

For some reason Fords always seem thirstier than other makes.

[Ryan9684]

Had my 3 door zetec squeeze green a week now and loving it, computer is showing 40.2mpg at the min and thats 90% urban 10% motorway... much better than the 23mpg I was getting from the Focus ST.

For some reason Fords always seem thirstier than other makes.

thats a huge drop in performance though, that must hurt :o

[briggsy]

Performance is great, if you can afford to shuv 50 quid notes into your fuel tank on a daily basis! :P

[Ryan9684]

Its shocking on fuel (56 mph on a motorway returns 38mpg!! WTF?!?!?!?!)

That seems to be about the average mpg for that engine, i wouldnt say that was particularly shocking though.

As for the rest of your problems it would seem just bad luck to me.

[Ryan9684]

Performance is great, if you can afford to shuv 50 quid notes into your fuel tank on a daily basis! :P

haha i'm sure if your doing enough miles to need to put £50 a day in you would be better off buying a second car :P

i get worse mpg than that and i'm only £70 a week <_<

[Jonny s]

Hi guys just something that caught my eye have just recently ordered the fiesta metal 134ps any idea what the road tax is Per year for these thanks.

[Ryan9684]

Pretty sure it's just the same as 120 version, so 115 i think.

[Jonny s]

Ah ok thanks ryan

[Davecl]

thats a huge drop in performance though, that must hurt :o

Yes it does a bit but I was never heavy on the right foot anyway so it's not as bad as it would be for some and unfortunately needs must

[orcomma]

i pay £20 a year on my titty tdci mwuhahaha :P

[irononreverse]

With my 1.25 I get around 38mpg for urban, and 45+ for motorway, traveling behind a lorry at 56 mph gets me over 50mpg

[chrsmi]

As much as i acknowledge Hula89 has had problems with his, mine's the same age (2009) and i've owned it 3 months.

Not a single problem on mine, yes MPG isnt amazing but i thrash it and over the 2 years i plan to keep it the amount i saved on the purchase price over a diesel (£1800) i won't make up in MPG difference. I can do 350-400 miles out of £55-£60 usually.

Driving on a motorway or at speed is effortless, takes a little to get there but 90-100 is certainly no problem. Seating position so comfortable, and driving is just fun again.

Oh, and specify a spare. The puncture repair kit isn't fun :P

[hula89]

As much as i acknowledge Hula89 has had problems with his, mine's the same age (2009) and i've owned it 3 months.

Not a single problem on mine, yes MPG isnt amazing but i thrash it and over the 2 years i plan to keep it the amount i saved on the purchase price over a diesel (£1800) i won't make up in MPG difference. I can do 350-400 miles out of £55-£60 usually.

Driving on a motorway or at speed is effortless, takes a little to get there but 90-100 is certainly no problem. Seating position so comfortable, and driving is just fun again.

Oh, and specify a spare. The puncture repair kit isn't fun :P

The cars definitely a great drive but it's been ruined for me by the shocking customer service by ford turned out to be a drive shaft which they returned the car to me without fixing and thus unsafe for the roads. Ford are shocking when customer service is involved.