Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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Going to look at, and test drive a 56 plate Fiesta ST soon. 50,000 miles, looks in good condition etc but i'll find out more when i look at it in person
What are all the service intervals? Big services etc in case i need some sort of bartering points 
Any common problems to look out for as well?
Thanks! 
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DERV-POWER
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Registered: 13th Sep 09
Location: Greenfield, Flintshire
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common problems
rear wheel bearings
electric folding mirrors dont fold in
cd changer wont eject cd's
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Dav
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Registered: 23rd Jul 02
Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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I've got a 56 plate Fiesta ST. Not had any problems with it yet (touch wood) and that's 4 years ownership now. Seems pretty indestructable! And I've tried..
Although I don't have the folding mirrors on my car, and I changed the CD changer to the Sony model from the Focus ST3.
[Edited on 28-04-2011 by Dav]
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corsarooney
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Registered: 21st Nov 09
Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire
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One of my mates has a 56 plate ST. Its not been too bad,
Been in to ford twice because of the aircon buggering up,
And admitttedly he has had to do the rear wheel bearings.
Corsa 1.6 sport - 1
1.7 puma engined fiesta - 0
Keeping corsa's on the redline since 2008
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Loads of these have been smashed up before. Hpi them!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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Been to look and test drive it and it's a bit of a minter really. Drives really well, was an ex-demo and had one other owner since new, full service history, had all it's air con re-gassed etc. Could be possibly buying it tomorrow 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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it's a modern ford, doesn't really have any reliability problems or things to worry about other than usual car stuff.
just check it has the centre caps on the alloys as they tend to fall off if not put on correct and the headlights haven't been de-tangoed as they mist up in winter quite badly.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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They don't tend to have many issues to be fair, we do loads of these, most common issue we see is exhaust mounts snap and centre caps fly off. Gearboxes also fail on them, not hugely common but if you plan to tune it I'd look into changing the diff, thaw the weak point
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Jed D
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Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
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text the reg to 83600.
always be friendly but ask shit-loads of questions
good luck
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Dav
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Registered: 23rd Jul 02
Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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Did you buy it?
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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I had a go n my mates one at the weekend and there pretty good cars, not that quick but they handle VERY well.
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danny_dub
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Registered: 12th Dec 09
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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The STs are ok but not as quick as everyone thinks. My mates have had quite a few and got bored of them quite quickly!
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