The car is really good at communicating to you how its doing. The low center of gravity compliments it very well. Comparing it to the Fiesta ST the FWD in it feels like your cheating on a test. You can push it into a corner just a bit over how fast you should and it feels like your suddenly RWD. Honestly most car enthusiasts have good Facebook groups available but for the FiST the only one is very UK/Euro heavy and they are 3 door with different ECU and tuning options so I found that forum to be a great resource instead.
I have a Stratified stage 1 tune on my car and it's great, but I've heard good things about Dizzy too. The one mechanical change you might want to make is one step colder spark plugs, but if you drive in a lot of traffic or low-load driving then you could very easily foul colder plugs, so think about whether doing that is compatible with your

I don't know about typical used car prices in the U.S., but $7300 for a Ford Fiesta with that mileage seems quite steep to me. In terms of reliability, Fiesta from that generation are reliable if and only if they have the manual transmission. The PowerShift automatic is garbage, don't buy it. The manual is perfectly fine.

The weatherstripping came loose. just lots of little stuff that reminds me that the 2011 Fiesta was the least reliable year for the least reliable version of the least reliable car Ford made. Mind you, I still have the car, and it has a lot to recommend it (good phone integration for the time, great mileage, nice handling, comfortable front
ADDED - (by iNath) - Can get some for £40-£45 for the Ford ones. Wind Deflectors - Got my set off ebay, £35 delivered from Slovakia, they are good for so many things; They look really smart, The give a completely different feel when your driving, they don't get any wind pass, and it saves fuel! (In theory :S). Worth getting some though.
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