Ford ST Omnibus thread--FoST, FiST, FoRS, etc

[Yw-slayer]

Previous gen Focus ST?

[Alan P]

Way too thirsty and far too high on road tax. Nice though.

[Jason]

Looking at winter tires for my FiST and plan on going down to either 15"s or 16"s. The part that gets me is having to buy new TPMS sensors. Wish I could do without those.

Nothing stops you from driving around without them. You just have the light on your dashboard all the time.

Not sure if it impacts your inspections or not.

[speedpimp]

No inspections here at all. And it would save $150.

[TheBenior]

I didn't get TPMS sensors on my first set of winter wheels for my Mazdaspeed3 because they were new and expensive in 2008 (something like $360 for a set, IIRC).

[Random]

If you park close enough to your stock wheels each morning, and then drive less than ~20 miles, the TPMS light doesn't go on.

But yeah, it's just a light (and a ding! from the info center). Unlike some cars that go into limp mode... (!!)

[TheBenior]

But yeah, it's just a light (and a ding! from the info center). Unlike some cars that go into limp mode... (!!)

Should I just assume that the cars that would go into limp mode are German?

[Yw-slayer]

Way too thirsty and far too high on road tax. Nice though.

Focus ST TDCi? http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-rev...l-2015-review/

[Jason]

If you park close enough to your stock wheels each morning, and then drive less than ~20 miles, the TPMS light doesn't go on.

But yeah, it's just a light (and a ding! from the info center). Unlike some cars that go into limp mode... (!!)

I feel like that causes more danger than the TPMS is supposed to prevent...

[Kchrpm]

Should I just assume that the cars that would go into limp mode are German?

I have heard the stability control on the C7 includes tire pressures in its calculations, perhaps any limp modes would be related to that.