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Just introducing myself. Proud owner of a 2010 Mondeo Titanium X powershift which i only got in March this year.

Hi I've just joined, got a Ford focus titanium 2005. I've got a problem which I'm hoping to get advice on. Where's the best place to post a question on here?

Well a mate of mine is currently selling his supercharger kit and honestly. Smashing cars with 200bhp in a car they expect to have about 120bhp is the best thing ever. I would recommend an ST swap though.

Ok, so that might answer the question I posed to Peter. If yours is a UK spec car it could possibly have a different AC system from one intended for an overseas market. That's just a guess, maybe someone else could offer some insight on this. You might consider editing your profile location to Non-UK.

Without wanting to be kill joy, be careful when tinting lights and reflectors on cars. Too dark and they become illegal which can see your car issues with a prohibition notice - means you can’t drive it until they’re fixed. Add to that the fines and possible court appearances and it’s not wise to go too dark It looks good though.

Realise this thread's settling down a bit, but I started posting about my problems here a few months ago and thought I may as well finish. So my turbo pipes and degas hose were in a bit of a state - see here and here. I went to a dealer (Peoples Ford Falkirk) as soon as I realised I had a problem, described what I'd read online, and asked if it was anything they'd heard about. This was over a weekend, I hadn't had a chance to talk to talk to CRC yet, it was more just out of curiousity to see what the dealer said. The person I dealt with pretty much treated me like an idiot, scoffed "why would Ford pay for that?!", and stuck to the line that were no outstanding recalls or TSBs on the car. I still don't entirely understand why, since I hadn't gone in there aggressively - I knew that it wasn't their fault and that I'd need them on my side to take the case to Ford CRC, and I'd approached with that in mind. I also made it clear that I felt I should get it sorted regardless of whether it was me or CRC paying for it, so I'm not sure why they were so averse to the possibility of some paid work coming their way. Anyway, I later raised it with CRC, who, as expected, asked me to take it to a dealer. I booked in with the same garage as before, hoping they'd take it more seriously. They got in touch to let me know that they'd looked at it, and there was "nothing abnormal" with the parts in question. Yes, these are the same parts that I linked above. I told them I was only happy continuing to drive it if I had that in writing from them. They gave me it in writing. I told CRC that I wasn't happy with the diagnosis, and that I wanted a different dealer to look at it. I booked it into Park's Ford Stirling, and the guy I dealt with there was great. He hadn't come across the exact issue before, but realised that it could be an issue that was worth looking into, rather than being weirdly defensive about it. The first time CRC came back to him, they said they could offer me the treatment with the resin stuff and a £50 voucher off future servicing! I refused, and gave the dealer case reference and TSB numbers that I'd got from members of this forum. I pointed out the resin seemed to be prevention rather than cure, and that my car was needing more done because of the state that it was in. He agreed that he couldn't guarantee that the resin would be a proper fix, and I used that to keep asking him to request / recommended a turbo swap from CRC, due to the safety concerns of a potentially-exploding turbo. It may have gone back and forth again here, I forget, but I think I had to refuse another offer from CRC at this point. But as soon as the dealer properly asked CRC for a turbo swap, it got approved pretty much instantly! It seems that Ford are prepared to do it - they just need a very clear signal from a dealer that it is actually required, which makes sense. FWIW, none of the TSB numbers posted previously (before my last post, anyway) were relevant to the problem, but I think the case numbers of other people who'd had turbo swaps due to the same issue did possibly help. So I'm happy with the outcome overall. Only real lessons from the story are.. do get case reference numbers and be nice to your dealer, because you absolutely need them on your side. And don't go to Peoples in Falkirk.

absolutley loving my ST Line X. went over the forest the other day to do some photogrphy, and came back to a gorgeous sunset in the background of the car park, made for a cracking couple of shots.

DIY painted cover

Sadly the exhaust has changed for the worst and now sounds like a tin can. Between 2-2.5k revs it sounds horrible, part from that, I’m looking to go to EMP and get a performance back box made to sound sporty again but keep the loud pops and bangs. also went to shutter gang oxford meet. *also pinstriped my eyebrows and splitters.

Making the week even worse.. avoiding a pot hole and snapped my side valance off after hitting the curb. Going to Essex to get it fitted back on tonight.