I m about a month and seven hundred and four to twenty miles in my 24 months rent my 2015 Ford Fiesta ST. I do not want TTAC my own personal blog of my car (I mean, who does not have a blog these days?), But I will keep y'all updated on what it's like own or rent one of the hottest cars on the landscape of enthusiastic today.
tranche today focuses on what it is to have the Fiesta ST as a family car. For the sake of this discussion, we will do as there is no hiding behind the white Ford Flex garage door in the image above, and I have to use the Fiesta for my daily driver for my family four people. I did my best to simulate those conditions in my first month of leasership, but it happened:
For the first couple of weeks, the Fiesta ST (or as I like to call it, Zippy) spent a lot of time in my driveway, in the car cover big brother boss. In retrospect, I think see the boss in the garage and the Fiesta under the hood of the car may have inspired the SuBaruth (RIP) to commit suicide. Since I still have to buy snow tires or steel wheels for Zippy he was sitting like this about two weeks. Next winter, since I no longer have the Lego car, I'll be able to give you a little better perspective on how the Fiesta rate in the snow.
But for now, let's focus on what it was like for all the powder melted in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky. Well, let me put it to you this way, the picture above is the only time the boss has left the garage since I acquired the Fiesta. I have no need or desire to drive, because the ST is just good.
However, we will save driving dynamics for another time. More importantly, how he also managed a family truckster?
Well, the suspension is set steep. Potholes that have appeared on the roads because of the winter are downright deadly for the Fiesta. Children feel every bump when seated in the rear. Ms. Bark noted that it was remarkably similar to my old horse in RX-8 when it was prepared for SCCA Autocross B Stock on Koni Yellows revalved.
Despite the bumpy ride, kids love riding in it. As you can see, there is plenty of room for a period of seven years in a booster seat. Although she has not the pure volume of Coyote roar power of the Boss 302, the whistle of the turbo that is pumped into the cabin by symposer her laugh and Dad order to go faster. Kevin still prefer that I take it to school in the Mustang, but it is a fan of Zippy, as well.
How about for everyday tasks such as grocery shopping for a family of four? As you can see above, $ 170 grocery fits very well in the cargo area, provided you move the soil to its lowest position (yes, we go through a lot of toilet paper ). Other elements that the Fiesta has swallowed quite comfortably under the hatch understand my "suitcase 27 (although the report must go on in the back seat there is no additional space), Kevin posterboard the three parts of his science project and the large amount of materials needed when adopting a cat.
the complaints from the perspective of the family of carrier? the lens WINDSCREENS back is small. Like, super small. When two kiddos have their heads high in their car seats, it becomes very difficult to see on the back.
the dimension of the side impact safety for the rear seats is two stars, in other words, it is lamentable. it causes Ford to have to put an asterisk on the Monroney sticker, indicating an "area of concern." I do not mind putting the children there for 25 MPH trips to school and the grocery store, but I would feel a little anxious to have them there at highway speeds for any length of time.
in the same sense, I'm just not used to being in such a small car on the highway. Sometimes I found myself unexpectedly make an emergency avoidance maneuver simply because an SUV or semi greater do not see me.
The stereo is not so great. While MyFordTouch has worked flawlessly so far, the tinny sound speakers for listening to the "Frozen" Soundtrack even more annoying than usual.
Could you live with a Fiesta ST as your only car with a young family of four? You could, but I would probably not recommend it, if only because of security concerns. It's the kind of thing that the child would not even bark thought there about ten years, but especially after the accident that Jack had last year, in which his son and nephew (this this clarifies things a bit?) Was miraculously unharmed, I can not ignore it.
next week, we'll do a little comparison with another car segment B from a US automaker with a young woman that we have not heard for some time ... be ready, faithful CAPD.
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