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Old 07-07-2006, 08:09 PM   #1
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Some interesting reading from Evo magazine, the author Richard Porter believes the Zetec-S is better than the ST, if you read the initial review of the ST he is not overly impressed with the ST at all.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evol...fiesta_st.html

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...fiesta_st.html

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Old 07-07-2006, 08:14 PM   #2
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Some interesting reading from Evo magazine, the author Richard Porter believes the Zetec-S is better than the ST, if you read the initial review of the ST he is not overly impressed with the ST at all.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evol...fiesta_st.html

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...fiesta_st.html
Be interesting to get Jerremy Clarkeson's opinion, what a legend...
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Old 07-07-2006, 08:28 PM   #3
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Not very flattering at all. Imagine what it might be like on our crappy roads.
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Old 07-07-2006, 08:33 PM   #4
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that article seems interesting, extremely interesting. i wonder what is our equivelent to the Zetec S.???
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that article seems interesting, extremely interesting. i wonder what is our equivelent to the Zetec S.???
The "Zetec-S" in the UK is pretty much our Zetec model, they get various engine sizes available though, 1.25, 1.4 and the 1.6, we of course only get the 1.6......thank goodness!!
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Be interesting to get Jerremy Clarkeson's opinion, what a legend...
Not Jeremy Clarkson......but

http://www.topgear.com/drives/B4/A0/...sts/06/01.html
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Hahaha.. "probably okay tyre".


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Imagine what it might be like on our crappy roads.
Oh dude, ditto! I was driving along this road and all of a sudden, everything went SILENT! And you know that feeling of falling off a cliff? I thought the engine just had a heart attack and died! But after 3-4 seconds... i realized tha im travelling on a brand new road (and bloody good one, too!). From that moment I just realized how crap Australian roads are. We need Autobahns.
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We need Autobahns.
Well we have the Sturt Highway, there are parts of that with no speed limit.

A dream of mine is to cruise the Autobahn in an Aston Martin V8 Vanquish...
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Old 08-07-2006, 08:49 AM   #9
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^^^ speaking of Aston Martin. Jeremy Clarkson once tried playing Gran Turismo 4 just to compare virtual Laguna seca with the real one. When it comes to selecting cars he got up to the DB9 and said "oh that's not a race car, that's pornography"

I dunno if u remember that episode... it's on YouTube somewhere (just search for Top Gear NSX or Laguna Seca).
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Well we have the Sturt Highway, there are parts of that with no speed limit.

A dream of mine is to cruise the Autobahn in an Aston Martin V8 Vanquish...



you mean V8 Vantage...
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who loves top gear ! i do lol!
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you mean V8 Vantage...
Oops, yes, yes I do... :
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