Ford still takes care of the Fiesta

Got a letter the other day that they have an update for my '11 Fiesta . Which I don't own anymore.

That's good to know in case I eventually buy one. I kind of want a 3cyl Ecoboost sedan. Then lower it so it's autocross-legal. And hopefully get surprisingly close to the ST drivers on raw times.

But I also might be better off with a 3cyl Focus, so I don't have to lower it. Then it would fit in Street class. 

In reply to slowbird :

Drive one.  It's far, far, far from a sporty drive.

Why wouldn't they?

Why wouldn't they? 6 months prior to the focus going on sale with the same DSG, an engineer wrote internally: "We also cannot achieve a driveable calibration that will get us to production."

https://amp.freep.com/amp/1671198001

(For the record I own a FiST)

Knurled. said:

Why wouldn't they?

Because it's Ford.  Nobody abandons support for a car quicker than Ford.

In reply to alfadriver :

I disagree

In reply to Snrub :

That is what is weird .  I owned the previous '11 and then a '13 both SE's and there was no real problem.  Maybe because I understood what a DSG was.

I did take advantage of the service thing where they install the newest clutch an seal and intended to keep it., 54k mles.    Then they got this BLACK  FiST in.   I was hooked.

iceracer said:

In reply to alfadriver :

I disagree

I thought it sucked, and it's quite likely that it will be the last car I lease for my career.  The powertrain is very uninspiring.  And it's too big.

iceracer said:

In reply to Snrub :

That is what is weird .  I owned the previous '11 and then a '13 both SE's and there was no real problem.  Maybe because I understood what a DSG was.

I did take advantage of the service thing where they install the newest clutch an seal and intended to keep it., 54k mles.    Then they got this BLACK  FiST in.   I was hooked.

The DSG in my 16 Focus is horrible, and I mostly drive highway miles.  I can't believe that we put that POS into production.  Shudders really badly sometimes.  Since it's a lease car, I'm going to let the dealer deal with it when I turn it in next month.   What's wrong has nothing to do with expectations- mine were low to start with, as I fully knew what I was getting.

The crappy part is, I drove a 3 year old Acura last week (maybe two weeks ago) and didn't even realize it was a twin clutch transmission until I went to look up the kind of fluid that it took.

(The other transmission option is a 9 speed ZF trans.... ZF is kind of a four letter word)

I won't deny the dct sucks, and the ride was a bit harsh on the optional wheels. But otherwise I didn't hate it. I guess my standards are not that high.

Nothing they make now will ever be as good as a MN12 Cougar or T-Bird, so really they should just bring those back :P

I was so happy and confused for just a minute...