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Best thing to do to it was let it burn while filming it :D
 
Owning the regular kind I always wondered what the ST was like to drive.


Seems a little too firey for me though.
 
Martyn... said:
The worst thing to do was open the bonnet and let more oxygen in ;)
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Oh I don't know... bigger flames and all...
Maybe opening the bonnet was a result of thinking things through after all...
 
Syx said:
Owning the regular kind I always wondered what the ST was like to drive.


Seems a little too firey for me though.
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they're great fun.... not particularly economical though... Considering a change on mine.

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I had one of those try to race me down a dual carriage way once. I'm not the competetive type usually, but I put my foot down for a laugh, left it standing.

I was driving an 11 year old Volvo estate :lol: :lol:
 
The Good - one less chavmobile on the roads

The Bad - he'll probably steal another one now.
 
Borats Baby said:
I had one of those try to race me down a dual carriage way once. I'm not the competetive type usually, but I put my foot down for a laugh, left it standing.

I was driving an 11 year old Volvo estate :lol: :lol:
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Wouldn't have the letters T5 on the back would it?

Occasionally I let the horses out of my motor when someone races me in one of these 'factory fit naf stripemobile' motors. Often they are left somewhat suprised what my 10 year old heap can do. :lol:
 
They always seem to fall over when I watch 'World's Cr*ppiest Police Chases'...
 
Most T5's can out do most Ferrari's from 50 to 70, hence why used so much by the Traffic cops.

Those St Fiesta must be major fun, my brother has a tdci one and feels like a go kart, would love to test it on a track.
 
Quite a few new ST Fezzers here on Camp after we got back from Iraq, along with Astra VRXs and Focus STs...a few guys have ordered the new Focus RS, which I'm waiting to see and have a play in, as well as a few more Mustangs...gotta love tax-free car sales...
BMW are suffering here with the recession...only two new M3s...lol
 
whitewash said:
you'd struggle to keep up with it through the corners....
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Your so pathetic, here's your dummy......................................

I like the ST, It's the only Ford car i could say i like the look of.

Tony
 
Arkady said:
Quite a few new ST Fezzers here on Camp after we got back from Iraq, along with Astra VRXs and Focus STs...a few guys have ordered the new Focus RS, which I'm waiting to see and have a play in, as well as a few more Mustangs...gotta love tax-free car sales...
BMW are suffering here with the recession...only two new M3s...lol
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And I thought the armed forces were supposed to be poorly paid :shrug:
 
Is that what they call a 'Hot Hatch' :D

f1charlie said:
And I thought the armed forces were supposed to be poorly paid :shrug:
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Most army lads are single young men and as usual spend their money on what most single young men spend it on. You have a problem with that :shake:

Steve
 
steve_v said:
Most army lads are single young men and as usual spend their money on what most single young men spend it on. You have a problem with that :shake:
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No just jealous because I'm not at that stage of life any more ;)
 
f1charlie said:
And I thought the armed forces were supposed to be poorly paid :shrug:
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The basic is poor when you think of the hours they work, the conditions etc. But there are other bennifits, plus if your single then theres pretty much nothing to waste your money one while away on a 6 month tour.

Tax free on cars which is a huge discount (or atleast it was)

Slightly different if you have a wife and kids to support while out on tour.
 
f1charlie said:
No just jealous because I'm not at that stage of life any more ;)
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Sorry bit touchy here, my son is in the army and about to be posted to Afganistan, sorry if I was a bit harsh.

Steve
 
Sorry, didn't mean to cause offence, they deserve everything they get paid - you wouldn't get me doing it!
 
We're the best-paid Army in Europe currently - in fact only the Canadian Armed Forces are paid more than us...
Where we are let down is in the 'benefits' department - for example, a US Army Sergeant doing the exact same job as I am is paid almost half of what I am...however, they do not pay tax when overseas, do not pay food and accommodation charges, they get a supplementary uniform allowance to enable them to purchase all the 'Gucci' extras that soldiers love to expand their military wardrobes with, and most importantly can apply for free college tuition after leaving the Armed Forces...there are other benefits that vary from State to State, such as Veterans (in US parlance a Veteran is anyone who has served a Combat Tour - so anyone currently sitting in an air-conditioned office in Baghdad will be a 'veteran' when their tour ends, as will troops on the front line in Afghanistan) getting preferential discounts on new housing, tax-benefits, and best of all, anyone with a Purple heart, never pays Road Tax in Texas...ever...not sure I'd want to get shot to qualify for that last one, but we seldom get the choice...lol

We still pay tax on Operations, despite the new Operational Bonus introduced 2 years ago, which doesn't quite make up the loss, and we can get learning credits which amounts to about £2,000 towards tuition fees, which isn't quite the same as 'free' tuition...

There are a lot of hidden benefits available, but they are not widely promulgated and difficult to claim for if you don't know about them...

Aside from the obvious dangers, the current Operations in Iraq and Afghan are the best reasons to join the military right now: who joins the Army to sit in an office? The kind of people who seek out this lifestyle relish going on Ops...as do I: I too have volunteered for another Op Tour in Afghanistan (Oct '09 - April '10) as last year's Iraq tour was so dull it was untrue...

Oh and the change in the exchange rate just about wiped out the difference in car prices for most of us stationed in Germany: in relative terms, I'm about £500 a month worse off now, compared to this time last year...we get a preferential exchange-rate and a Living-Overseas allowance, but it's never quite as much as you seem to lose...
 
Things must have improved then. I'm sure at one point the armed forces were not paid very well at all.

And I still wouldn't do it!
 
Ahhh...but we do get to shoot back! And that makes up for all the rest of it...lol
 
Arkady said:
We're the best-paid Army in Europe currently - in fact only the Canadian Armed Forces are paid more than us...
Where we are let down is in the 'benefits' department - for example, a US Army Sergeant doing the exact same job as I am is paid almost half of what I am...however, they do not pay tax when overseas, do not pay food and accommodation charges, they get a supplementary uniform allowance to enable them to purchase all the 'Gucci' extras that soldiers love to expand their military wardrobes with, and most importantly can apply for free college tuition after leaving the Armed Forces...there are other benefits that vary from State to State, such as Veterans (in US parlance a Veteran is anyone who has served a Combat Tour - so anyone currently sitting in an air-conditioned office in Baghdad will be a 'veteran' when their tour ends, as will troops on the front line in Afghanistan) getting preferential discounts on new housing, tax-benefits, and best of all, anyone with a Purple heart, never pays Road Tax in Texas...ever...not sure I'd want to get shot to qualify for that last one, but we seldom get the choice...lol

We still pay tax on Operations, despite the new Operational Bonus introduced 2 years ago, which doesn't quite make up the loss, and we can get learning credits which amounts to about £2,000 towards tuition fees, which isn't quite the same as 'free' tuition...

There are a lot of hidden benefits available, but they are not widely promulgated and difficult to claim for if you don't know about them...

Aside from the obvious dangers, the current Operations in Iraq and Afghan are the best reasons to join the military right now: who joins the Army to sit in an office? The kind of people who seek out this lifestyle relish going on Ops...as do I: I too have volunteered for another Op Tour in Afghanistan (Oct '09 - April '10) as last year's Iraq tour was so dull it was untrue...

Oh and the change in the exchange rate just about wiped out the difference in car prices for most of us stationed in Germany: in relative terms, I'm about £500 a month worse off now, compared to this time last year...we get a preferential exchange-rate and a Living-Overseas allowance, but it's never quite as much as you seem to lose...
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I'd like to come with you with my camera. In fact, you could strap me to your back, back-to-back and I'll just shoot, like that dude in the last Aliens movie.
 
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