Advantages: Reliable and cheap to run Disadvantages: Air conditioning and lack of style
...great technical review of the Ford Focus Estate. Words such as brake horse power just result in my eyes glazing over and I only watch Top Gear because it is very funny.
Couple of reasons I decided to buy this car, the first was that it was my last company car therefore I knew it's service history and the fact that just before I bought it I managed to get new tyres and break pads fitted on the company account and secondly my hobby of scuba diving ... ...boot space. The car is a 03 number plate and I paid £5,850 for it and it had done 58,000 miles at the time of purchase, from what I can gather this seemed a reasonable price to pay.
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The Focus is certainly not going to win a beauty pageant but I would not describe it as ugly as it does manage to avoid the van like look of the Astra. There is a curved appearance to the roof with black rails running across the top. I opted for the dark ...
atticusuk 26.06.2006
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Advantages: Frugal, spacious, built well, handles brilliantly, looks pretty good... Disadvantages: Not the quietest of diesels.
...review on: A 1999 (V) Ford Focus 1.8TDdi [AC] LX Estate. It cost me £1,600. Got 104K miles (106K now) and had had a full service history til 79K, with a cambelt change at the last service. And to be so blunt, I'm chuffed to bits with it. Anyway, so lets get down to business. - The engine. On the Focus timeline there are two types of diesel engine. The TDdi and the TDci. The latter came along later to be the diesel engine now used in new Fords, it's ... ...out and it says that Ford were taking a risk to stand out. And they've done so brilliantly in my opinion. Material wise, the interior could do with a bit more quality, but it's far better than the quality of a French interior. Having said that the interior is well put together, and you can feel that. Apart from me breaking the handle on the glove box, although that is probably down to me being heavy handed. And the space in this is great, I've sat ...
Ant309 27.04.2009
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Advantages: Reliable,fairly economical Disadvantages: Poor Radio, Unsupportive Seats, Generally "bland"
...turns itself on every time air is directed toward the windscreen.
Not happy with the space saver spare tyre, but most manufacturers seem to use these now.
All in all, a car thats worth the money and huge improvement from the last Ford I owned (1994 escort !) ...
gdhaydock 11.12.2005
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