[Verodrive]

The ST in standard form is a great long distance cruiser

+1

I'd relish a 1000m trip...your ST will love it also...chance for everything to get nicely hot. Just remember to take regular breaks yourself...motorways are mind numbingly boring - so best to mix up the roads a bit.

 

[Dan G]

Just done 2 reasonably long trips in my ST over last week or so

Thoroughly enjoyable car to drive whatever speed you're doing and not one problem at all with it

 

[GregFridge]

No chance mate, your

. These ford focus's just cant handle mileage, they are not a mass produced family car, these are throughbread transportation artworks. anything more then a

lap of town and you run the risk of the car physically explodeing and killing a cage full of kittens while melting the fast lane of the M6 and runing everyones day while the Highway agency do a

job or repairing it.

Good luck

 

[Rigsby]

My advice would be....

Fill her up...

Put on your favorite cd LOUD

Find a B road alternative and make it 600 miles

Meet up with your bird

Hold on and grin

 

[Safely Insured]

A long journey will probably do it some good. All the turbo cars I've driven feel better after a long motorway trip.

Cheers

Ollie

 

[_JMills]

Have you hit your head recently? Your going to turn down some of the best back roads in the UK because you feel the ST cannot cope.... I hope your joking, if anything the ST will actually love it, and do it some good!

You will have nothing to worry about, I drove too Milton Keynes , Silverstone , Had some full throttle fun around the track, and took my family comfortably back to Essex with nothing the matter at all, and that still left me with a 1/4 of a tank by the time I got back. The only side effect you might get is more pops from the exhaust but that aside enjoy the journey

 

[AlanK]

Plug in Sat Nav - Tell it to avoid Motorways.. enjoy!

At least thats what I do - Motorways suck and have too many camera vans on them....

 

[davidgovier]

Hey,

I want to go down to Cornwall for a 3 day weekend and it seems logical to drive as trains and flights are £200 plus per return and also have horrible times.

My worry is that my ST just isn't suited to a 1000 mile round trip. It is standard but not sure I want to put that sort of stress on her

500 miles in one go. Just feel like some thing is likely to go wrong!

Any one done any particular long trips and could give me some advice/reassurance? I'm trying to sort out taking a more economical car but I'm under 25 so ill need to pay for temporary insurance.

Wow... take it and enjoy it.

All id be worried is some

opening a door on it in a car park.

Perfect car for a long extended run.

 

[palethorpe]

Blimey, do it! Once you do it there wont be any long drives you dont wana do in your ST lol I volunteer to drive everywhere!

 

[t5_monkey]

Hey,

I want to go down to Cornwall for a 3 day weekend and it seems logical to drive as trains and flights are £200 plus per return and also have horrible times.

My worry is that my ST just isn't suited to a 1000 mile round trip. It is standard but not sure I want to put that sort of stress on her

500 miles in one go. Just feel like some thing is likely to go wrong!

Any one done any particular long trips and could give me some advice/reassurance? I'm trying to sort out taking a more economical car but I'm under 25 so ill need to pay for temporary insurance.

When I go on a really long trip....

I just set the cruise control for 60, sit on the inside lane and listen to some good tunes - not tiring at all, get over 40mpg.... s'all good!

 

[ulysees321]

I live in cornwall and when I went to ford fair last year by the time I went to Silverstone and then up to Collins the day after then down to my sisters in Salisbury I ended up doing a 1000 miles trip in the weekend
you really shouldn't worry about it the ST is a 2.5ltr engine its made for long cruising esp with a 6 speed box 70mph 6th gear is not even 3000rpm so the engine isn't even doing any hard work unlike someone with their 1.0 in the other lane screaming the absolute

of it just to keep to 70 the only downside is fuel hahaahah

PS cornwall's full theres no room at the inn

 

[Bigdave1981]

No chance mate, your

. These ford focus's just cant handle mileage, they are not a mass produced family car, these are throughbread transportation artworks. anything more then a

lap of town and you run the risk of the car physically explodeing and killing a cage full of kittens while melting the fast lane of the M6 and runing everyones day while the Highway agency do a

job or repairing it.

Good luck

you been smoking some stuff??? lol lol

 

[davidgovier]

The weekend before last me and 6 other ST drivers were cutting our way through Wales to the Gower Peninsular and back, not sure on ow many miles we did but it was 2 days with a good number of hours behind the wheel doing far harder driving than you will be doing on a motorway and there were no breakdowns from any of us. The journey you are making is easy.

Your brakes where squeaking like

though....

 

[cookie st]

I just did 1400 miles a couple of weeks ago, decided to see a bit of the uk instead of going abroad, loved it and didnt really feel that tired. Stage 3+ made it a lot more enjoyable as well, car never missed a beat and managed 40mpg one day

 

[davidgovier]

I just did 1400 miles a couple of weeks ago, decided to see a bit of the uk instead of going abroad, loved it and didnt really feel that tired. Stage 3+ made it a lot more enjoyable as well, car never missed a beat and managed 40mpg one day

Where you driving it like a girl that day Mark?

 

[Jamescst3]

Your brakes where squeaking like

though....

It does that to let me know they work, and to let others know I'm braking, its a safer feature!

 

[DanDan ST2]

Just remember check all fluids and take 1ltr of oil and some anti freeze just incase !

My rule is rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it !!!

I did a 600 mile round trip with an oil leak just kept an eye on her all the way

 

[cookie st]

Where you driving it like a girl that day Mark?

yep, glad to say it only lasted a day though

 

[Frampo]

Haha there has been some interesting replies in this one. Thanks guys

I drove down to ford fair this year, 230 mile trip there. Only problem I had was a very stiff clutch pedal due to the heat and motorway driving!

 

[Andy and Kirsty]

Ours used to get driven the 400 miles to the Nurburgring, thrashed round there and driven home again! Only broke once and even then managed to limp home on a busted driveshaft lol!