Just picked up my TY Ecoboost -- review forthcoming

UPDATE -- Full review on page three of this thread!

Hi guys and girls.

New TY Ecoboost owner! Premium, 50th Anniversary, manual trans. Just got it home a few hours ago. Traded in my Focus ST ( in the background in the first pic )

Initial impressions:

Pictures do the color no justice. Never owned a yellow car before, and this thing just pops. I had three people pull up beside me on the highway on the drive home to get a good view of the car.

The seats are fantastic -- fit like a glove and are probably the most comfortable seats of any car I've owned. The seat bottoms are adjustable on the front and the rear. Thanks Ford!

I hit a few on/off ramps at speed, and was impressed -- will give more info after more seat time.

I haven't really got on it yet, wanna break it in the right way. It doesn't initially pull as hard as the ST did, but it's deceiving -- before you know what happened your going 80.

The side mirrors are pretty small. Who cares.

The car is quiet. In fact, it's even quiet ( to my ears ) under acceleration. If there's a "piped-in fake engine sound" coming through the speakers, I didn't hear/notice it. I could hear the transmission in the lower gears over the engine noise. Again, when I get more than 40 miles under my belt, this impression may change.

The pony puddle lights are bigger than I thought they'd be, and definitely noticeable.

I'll post more once I get more seat time. Here's some pics:

Congrats! :clap2:

Can we get some pics and vids?

- Pics and videos please (outside EB idle and outside acceleration please)!
- MPG #s when you have a chance

Also would love to see you push it and see how the MPG holds up. Seeing some reviews that are saying the EB is getting worst then GT and I find that very hard to believe.

Of course! I won't be able to give much more info for a couple days ( work stuff ), but I have a GoPro, and I'll see what I can capture then.

I didn't really push it on the ride home, but I reset the MPG gauge before the trip home from the dealership, and I got 30.4 mpg -- 33 miles highway ( 65-70 mph ), 6 miles city. I bet with prudent driving ( yeah, right! ) you could easily get 30+ mpg highway. I'll report on various driving scenarios as soon as I can.

Nice, can't wait to see your reviews .

Congratulations :clap2:

giggity! congrats thats a hot car, more pics and video por favor

odd question.

but what tires are on it. hankooks?

beers

Congrats, like to hear or read your driving impressions.

Please, please let me get my Triple Yellow GT + PP + 50th today!! Congrats on yours, man!

Very cool looking car. :clap2:

Kind of disappointed that it doesn't pull hard if you were to gun it.

congrats
your car Looks fantastic
btw: interesting remark about the mirrors. Looks like we (on the other side of the Pond) are gonna get those dumbo ear mirrors for some reason

Congrats on your new ride.

I sat in a 2015 a few days ago (I'll be test driving it tomorrow) and one of the first things I noticed was how small the side mirrors were. They are smaller than my FR-S mirrors. It looks really nice, but it might hinder some visibility.

Looking forward to some comparisons to the ST. I'm in the same boat as you