Re: The last Samurai - Ford Fiesta 1.6S Quote:
Originally Posted by revv_maniac Hey Aravind , First of all I Envy you dude !! Congratulations, of course. Lovely car and BEA-utiful colour. I could relate to all those you said about the cars right from the childhood. Maybe all petrol heads are the same. Especially I remember me being a kid, sat on an imported toy car that runs on battery and tried to drive it around when i was 3 years old ![Big Grin](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.png) .
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I read through your prologue alone thrice. great write up and it was nostalgic for me !
Have Fun Revvin' the nuts !
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Hi Aranyan, thanks for your wishes and for liking my write-up. And a big thanks to T-BHP for helping so many petrol-heads meet, greet and zip along Quote:
Originally Posted by anachronix Congrats and drive safe dude
Have you replaced the tyres or still using the ones from the factory? |
Hi Anachronix, I had to replace them, as the GoodYear Eagle NCT5 had become like plastic from standing at one place for almost 4 years.
I now have Yokohama S-drives in the OEM spec size. Quote:
Originally Posted by johy Aravind, you could not have put it better! I know where you are coming from. And I like it! ![Thumbs Up](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbs up.png) Big shout out for your dad. This would have been difficult without him.
Best picture on Team-bhp for a long long time. |
Hi Johy, yes I owe whatever I have and whatever I am today to my dad, gifted to have him as my dad
And thanks, I am a novice photographer trying to learn photography for well over a year now. Your appreciation really motivates me! Quote:
Originally Posted by johy Congrats on your car. I myself had the privilege of driving this model a few years ago. I was looking for a 2nd car. This is a true rubber burner. I still remember putting pedal to metal. And how it whizzed past everything else. I just did not have the cash to put down then :-(
And I think you won't; this will a difficult car to replace when the time comes. Kudos to you my friend. |
Yes, it indeed would be very difficult to sell the 1.6 S, and finding a fitting replacement would be next to impossible, with all manufacturers moving away from hydraulic pump steerings these days! Why did you sell your car? If you don't mind me asking... Quote:
Originally Posted by sandeepmohan Yes. The interiors had the S10 theme all over. I don't think the Fiesta's internals were any different apart from the pedals. As for mechanicals, I know for sure the exhaust system is different. You could hear the difference too. I also believe it was running a different state of tune and with much stiffer springs. The modifications are similar to the levels carried out on the Ford "S".
I did not like the idea of Ford starting to offer the "S" in different color's. Heck I saw a gold shade too. The blue is a stand out color and another color that went well with the theme was White. |
Oh that is news to me, I thought the S10 was a cosmetic limited edition until this moment! The 1.6S also gets soft touch dashboard with silver plastic highlights in the interiors ( SXi ohad faux wood ) and the seats with double stitching were unique to the 1.6 S too.
But I thought the 1.6 S was offered in - Aquarius Blue, Black, White, Sea Grey and Morello only. I never have seen a S in gold shade, maybe a regular Fiesta owner had fitted a 'S' body kit?
Last edited by aravind.anand : 8th May 2013 at 22:13.
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