Door rattle/creaks

Hi,

My Fez is about 6 weeks old now and has developed rattles/creaks on both doors. I'm sure I've read somewhere on here that a few people have suffered with this, and was wondering if anyone has managed to sort it, without having to crank up the stereo ;-) It's more noticeable at slower speeds (less than 20mph), and when just setting off.

Cheers, Toby

Does your air-con go in cycles?

I've noticed that my air-con goes round in cycles, it blows ice cold then cool, then ice cold, then cool etc etc. Subtle but deffo changes, does anyone else's do this?

P.S. I have it set so that the air cycles round the car rather than having it come in from the outside (the button opposite the A/C one), this way it's more powerful

Metal bar/plate under the accelerator pedal, what is it?

Pretty much as the title says really, I'm afraid I'm not very technical Noticed it from day one but never thought anything of it till yesterday. Had an automatic fez as a courtesy car yesterday and it had something similar, which stopped the accelerator from being pressed to the floor, but if you pressed hard with the old right boot it moved that bit further. I guess this is the overdrive? But in the ST it doesn't move. In my car the bar/plate is blue, but that might be becasue my car is perf blue. Is it just to stop the acclerator pedal reaching the floor? If so if I cut it out could I press the accelerator further and make my car go faster?

ST side stripes

Hi,

I just noticed at the weekend that the ST lettering on the side stripes of my car is towards the front of the car on the drivers side, but towards the rear of the car on the passenger side (only took me 5 weeks or so to notice this ). I've checked photos of other members cars on here and they all seem to be the same. Does anyone know why it's been done like this rather than it being at the front on both sides or at the rear on both sides?
Cheers, Toby

Saw a ST500 'in the flesh' today

Took my car in for the stereo to be replaced today and they had a ST500 in the showroom so had a bit of a nosy. Looks very nice indeed, the black wheels really set it off. Not too keen on the bonnet sticker/stripe though, and the way the side stripes say Ford rather than ST. But this is just my opinion, and the car still looks the business anyway. Interior looks very nice. Think if you have a black ST you have to have the full leather, which this does :-) Also, love all the little carbon effect decals, like the ones around the stereo and air vents. Not OTT or tacky in the slightest. Would like to get em for my car, but I'm guessing it'd cost a few hundred quid :-/ Looks so much better with the leather gaiter for the gear stick. Why oh why the standard ST has that horrible rubber thing I've no idea. For the sake of £10 I've no idea why Ford decided to choose the rubber one.

All in all the ST500 is a very smart car. Is it worth the the extra cash over a standard ST, 15k compared to £12k for a standard ST with full leather (this is what I was offered last month)? Depends how much the exclusivity means to you. For me it's not worth it, you could buy a new ST with full leather, have the stripes put on, plus the carbon decals, plus have the wheels painted if you wanted and still walk away with a couple of grand in your pocket. It just wouldn't say ST500 on it.