New Ford Focus
27 September 2005, 01:17 AM
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New Ford Focus
I have hired one of these for the weekend (TDCI hopefully) what are these like for munching the miles? and what sort of mpg can i expect, i've heard they're quite frugal.
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27 September 2005, 08:05 PM
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I test drove one. Incredibly good ride / handling compromise. Ford are very good at this kind of stuff.
Interior is solid as a rock but still lacks that quality feel of the German stuff.
No idea about fuel economy I'm afraid.
Interior is solid as a rock but still lacks that quality feel of the German stuff.
No idea about fuel economy I'm afraid.
27 September 2005, 10:29 PM
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I drove one last week for 60 odd miles. Not a great deal of grunt but beautifully balanced through the corners with little body roll.The following day I had a petrol Astra which really made the focus shine. The Focus was better in every department...performance, gearbox,seats, brakes interior.
In 60 miles the fuel gauge in the Focus barely moved
In 60 miles the fuel gauge in the Focus barely moved
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I have hired one of these for the weekend (TDCI hopefully) what are these like for munching the miles? and what sort of mpg can i expect, i've heard they're quite frugal.
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27 September 2005, 11:10 PM
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I saw one at Avis and it was either a Vectra (which was more expensive)
but i noticed all the Focus's, they had were the new model
£75 for a weekend!!!!
but i noticed all the Focus's, they had were the new model
£75 for a weekend!!!!
28 September 2005, 06:40 PM
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I test drove the 2.0 TDCi Titanium "Top of the range" Focus, tbh I wasn't as impressed as I hoped I would be so instead I bought a Fabia vRS and bearing in mind I can get Ford employee discount thats not a good review of how I found the car to drive. It cornered well as Foci do, but I didn't feel as much oooomph as I do in the Fabia and so I went for that. May be I was a little hasty in my decision making but it came down to the fact the Fabia made me smile more whilst driving it.
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