Ford Focus Hatchback (1998 - 2004) 1.8 TDi CL 5d (98) (2001/Y) Owner Review
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Summary
What does this car say about you?
Naive - young new driver who knows nothing about a good car!!
What do your friends / family / neighbours think of the car?
They all liked it and 'thought' i'd got a good deal for my first car
Would you buy this car again and why?
I would but only a newer model - the new shape is much more attractive and i would avoid diesel like the plague!
What are you likely to buy next?
I traded this in for a ford fusion which was wonderful until someone went up the back of me at traffic lights - i now have a fiat grande punto
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Buying experience
Type of dealer you bought from?
Didn't buy from a dealer
Did you buy this car new?
No
What price did you pay?
£1,600
When did you buy the car?
July 2008
Did you get a good deal and why?
I thought i had at the time - turns out i paid £1600 for a pile of junk!
Is there any special reason why you bought this car?
I had just passed my driving test and I needed a cheap little runabout that was also big enough for my 2 children - seemed like a good deal at the time
What was the dealer like?
I bought privately - seemed like a genuinely nice bloke who wasn;t there to rip me off - naive!
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Driving it
What's it like to drive?
lovely until the problems it had!
What's it like to park?
Easy - good steering - maybe the back window could've done with being a big bigger
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Living with it
Have you had any problems with the car?
Where to start... firstly the battery fell to pieces and i had to be towed to a garage and paid over £100 to get it replaced. Then a few weeks later the car started kicking out masses of black smoke, it would struggle to get over 40mph and would kangaroo hop down the road! I took it to a garage and they said the turbo had gone and it was going to cost me hundreds to replace it! Needless to say i part exchanged it the next day for a better car!
What's most practical about your car?
It was a nice size and was lovely to drive until the fore-mentioned problems!
Favourite gadget, option or accessory?
None - old car with hardly any gadgets!
