Tilly

Right the details on the car... January 2006 registered (55 reg) 2000 miles, ST3 in orange £17660

I'm near to Preston in Lancashire but the car at the moment is at the compound in cheshire so either way, quite a distance from you :cry: lol

its not mate no. Registered to the company and been driven by the boss for a while and now selling it on

Now have an orange ST-3 physical car on a '55 reg. Registered January 2006, price and mileage to follow...

Yes I know they're not the same but I was talking in general to people who aren't up on how the various systems work because as you know there're absolutely loads of systems around with ESP (electronic stability program), TCS (traction control system), ASC (active stability control), ASC (acceleration skid control), BAS (brake assisted steering) etc etc. However, many people tend to group the systems and refer to them as forms of traction control because ultimately they all head towards one thing, driving safety and traction control was one of the earliest used systems and so the name is widel

not wrong mate... I said, "when triggered" and slipping on diesel as per your example will trigger it and I also said "IF your esp is activated etc etc" because I was using it as an example because "it will also apply brakes to the spinning wheel below a certain speed. " this is a similar principal to acceleration skid control. I don't mean to sound a c*nt mate but I wasn't wrong in what I said. ESP can be on but not active when driving and will not affect boost, thats what I was trying to say. ESP can be active like with your example, the diesel in the road and yes it will correct the ca

any form of traction control only touches engine controls when triggered. If you're ESP is activated because you're driving like a tool then yes it can slow you down but won't affect boost in general driving. I don't drive an ST but I do drive a S/C'ed merc c class which is rear wheel drive and the only thing that would possibly affect engine power (that isn't trying to save your life at the same time) is the acceleration skid control which is a totally different setup to ESP. It prevents you from wheel spinning and saves tyre wear but at the same time it cuts the engine power back so much

All cars are now sold, cheers guys

To be honest I'd just say to stick your head in the footwell and have a good look about to see if there is any ratchet mechanism on it

One more orange car has sold and one provisionally sold, will be confirmed later today. One ST-3 in orange remaining. You can email me at mark@brindleslimited.co.uk if you need any help or info

I'd have thought they'd be on some kind of ratchet to be honest...

heya, a dump valve can be fit but diesels work in a different way to petrol cars so if you just fit a DV as normal you will f*ck your engine over time however MD near me do them to fit diesels but they're more expensive because theres a few more modifications needed for them to work correctly. take a look at www.motorsport-developments.co.uk they're a good bunch of lads and kenny and stu really know their sh*t! Especially when it comes to fords :)

one blue and one orange have gone, three orange cars remaining. They're ST3 3 doors so have the good specs, so ontop of the basic ST model they have: MP3 sony headunit xenon headlights quickclear heated front screen ESP traction control Electric 10-way adjustable Recaro front seats Full leather interior Sony 6CD changer Heated front seats Rear sculptured french seats And obviously the special metallic orange paint £18494.93

as I mentioned in an earlier post, also keep an eye out for the ones on the seats, they do the same and again, just put some tape on :)

They used to have this problem when I worked at ford on the mk1's and it was on the rear seats... you press the button to drop the rear seats yes? well when you push them back up theres a mechanism on the end of either seat on the back side which latch onto little hooks, one on each side of the boot. They didn't have a TSB for it but it was f*cking so many people off so in the end we had to simply get some black insulation tape and wrap it round the small metal bar that the seat latched onto to make the rail thicker and then put a bit of grease on. Not the best repair but at that time it was