My 2025 ST, my fourth Ford in Rapid Red

[jeffreybehr]

I purchased it on Oct. 14, trading in my '21 Porsche Cayenne Turbo purchased this summer.. Due to Arizona's salestax rules which require salestax on only the net-of-trade-in price, I paid NO salestax on it!

Here 'tis with the old Savini BM14 21" wheels and 315/40/21 Pirelli A-S tires that were on my '23 ST.. I have five Savini BM14s in 22x10.5 ordered; they'll wear, at least initially, the five slightly used Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 4 tires in 295/40x22 that also were on the '23 ST for a short while.. IF I don't love the Michelins, I'll choose the Sumitomo HTR Enhance CX2 at about half the price of new Michelins.

I have a new set of Eibach lowering springs to be installed, and I STILL have that 4-wheel, huge-rotor* 4-wheel brake system I bought for my '22 (? '23?) ST and never installed; those calipers are bright blue.

This vehicle is equipped with not only nanny-state adaptive cruise control but also a nanny-state, make-it-difficult-to-change-lanes-even-while-using-the-turnsignal lane-'monitoring' system.. I've managed to turn off the adaptiveness of the NS cruise control**, and, so far, the NS steering-jerk-inducing-lane-change-prohibition system.

The 14-speaker 'B&O' musicsystem in this sounds significantly better than I remember the '23's 10-speaker B&O system sounding, with relatively good tonality (but still very little bottom-octave bass***) and with drivers mounted at chest level so that the orchestra actually sounds as if it's in FRONT of me.. Also, the 10-speed autotrans seems much better at actually shifting and not merely thinking about shifting than the '23's did.

There are very few engine and other gages available, especially compared with the '24 Mustang GT Premium I had for a half-year of so.

Still, I'm quite pleased with it, and I hope I drive it for years.


* 16" fronts and 15" rears with 6- and 4-piston calipers.
** I LOVE cruise controls, but NOT the 'adaptive' versions.
*** which is difficult to do in cars without using large bass drivers, much power, and bass contouring.

 

[Nascarbilly]

I purchased it on Oct. 14, trading in my '21 Porsche Cayenne Turbo purchased this summer.. Due to Arizona's salestax rules which require salestax on only the net-of-trade-in price, I paid NO salestax on it!
View attachment 32075
Here 'tis with the old Savini BM14 21" wheels and 315/40/21 Pirelli A-S tires that were on my '23 ST.. I have five Savini BM14s in 22x10.5 ordered; they'll wear, at least initially, the five slightly used Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 4 tires in 295/40x22 that also were on the '23 ST for a short while.. IF I don't love the Michelins, I'll choose the Sumitomo HTR Enhance CX2 at about half the price of new Michelins.

I have a new set of Eibach lowering springs to be installed, and I STILL have that 4-wheel, huge-rotor* 4-wheel brake system I bought for my '22 (? '23?) ST and never installed; those calipers are bright blue.

This vehicle is equipped with not only nanny-state adaptive cruise control but also a nanny-state, make-it-difficult-to-change-lanes-even-while-using-the-turnsignal lane-'monitoring' system.. I've managed to turn off the adaptiveness of the NS cruise control**, and, so far, the NS steering-jerk-inducing-lane-change-prohibition system.

The 14-speaker 'B&O' musicsystem in this sounds significantly better than I remember the '23's 10-speaker B&O system sounding, with relatively good tonality (but still very little bottom-octave bass***) and with drivers mounted at chest level so that the orchestra actually sounds as if it's in FRONT of me.. Also, the 10-speed autotrans seems much better at actually shifting and not merely thinking about shifting than the '23's did.

There are very few engine and other gages available, especially compared with the '24 Mustang GT Premium I had for a half-year of so.

Still, I'm quite pleased with it, and I hope I drive it for years.


* 16" fronts and 15" rears with 6- and 4-piston calipers.
** I LOVE cruise controls, but NOT the 'adaptive' versions.
** which is difficult to do in cars without using large bass drivers, much power, and bass contouring.

@jeffreybehr: I see you like red cars; I know your pain, (4) four of my Ford vehicles have been red.

 

[SugarMouth]

I purchased it on Oct. 14, trading in my '21 Porsche Cayenne Turbo purchased this summer.. Due to Arizona's salestax rules which require salestax on only the net-of-trade-in price, I paid NO salestax on it!
View attachment 32075
Here 'tis with the old Savini BM14 21" wheels and 315/40/21 Pirelli A-S tires that were on my '23 ST.. I have five Savini BM14s in 22x10.5 ordered;

Do they offer those BM14s with a 70.5 hub bore?

 

[jeffreybehr]

I imagine they could bore them any diameter U want as long as the diameter U want is the same as or larger than what they start with. What bolt circle do you need? What's the vehicle?