Ford Focus Hatchback (2005 - 2011) 1.8 TDCi Sport 5d (2006/06) Owner Review
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Summary
What does this car say about you?
What do your friends / family / neighbours think of the car?
Most of my friends and neighbours have a Ford and many have Focuses themselves so they must like them.
Would you buy this car again and why?
No way. Ford built this car so that every major system would fail within 1 year of teh warrantee ending and I have had to spend over £2k repairing things that shouldn't have failed.
What are you likely to buy next?
Something Japanese
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Buying experience
Type of dealer you bought from?
Franchise
Did you buy this car new?
No
What price did you pay?
£10,000
When did you buy the car?
October 2006
Did you get a good deal and why?
Got an OK deal. Diesels were at teh time hard to source, and I paid £10k for a six month old car with an RRP of £16k new.
Is there any special reason why you bought this car?
Boot space Reputation It looked cool Good reviews
What was the dealer like?
Bought it from Trade-Sales and it was a low budget operation but they met all my expectations
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Driving it
What's it like to drive?
beautifully although it has an awful blind spot on the driver side
What's it like to park?
very easy
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Living with it
Have you had any problems with the car?
Alternator died just after the warranteee ended costing £400 Clutch, Flywheel and Slave Cylinder needed to be replaced at 45,000 miles Turbo Charger faield also at 45,000 miles.
What's most practical about your car?
Fuel economy Cabin space
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