Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec - Car #2
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Well, I went and picked up my second car today - a 1999 Ford Focus Zetec with just over 100,000 on the clock, but in pretty near perfect condition inside and out. I paid £1300 for it, and already love it. Such precise steering and a responsive chassis, and it doesn't shift too badly. Far better than my mum's Fiesta 1.4 that I've been tooling around in for the past few weeks. It obviously doesn't beat my MGB for raw driving pleasure though!
Anyway, here it is:
Anyway, here it is:
Fifteen months on, it probably time for an update! I went for an afternoon hoon round Mid Wales with a flatmate a few days back - we did the Elan Valley route; flip me it's stunning!
Well, ownership has been fairly pain-free, but a lot of parts have been replaced (all at mates rates so not too much money...!) - it's all in the blog if you want to take a look. We just ticked over to 120,000 miles last week, and it hasn't once let me down. Okay it might not be the most interesting car in the world, but it certainly holds its own; it will sit on the motorway all day every day, and will tear up Welsh mountain roads with surprising agility!
Well, ownership has been fairly pain-free, but a lot of parts have been replaced (all at mates rates so not too much money...!) - it's all in the blog if you want to take a look. We just ticked over to 120,000 miles last week, and it hasn't once let me down. Okay it might not be the most interesting car in the world, but it certainly holds its own; it will sit on the motorway all day every day, and will tear up Welsh mountain roads with surprising agility!
Big News said:
Fifteen months on, it probably time for an update! I went for an afternoon hoon round Mid Wales with a flatmate a few days back - we did the Elan Valley route; flip me it's stunning!
Well, ownership has been fairly pain-free, but a lot of parts have been replaced (all at mates rates so not too much money...!) - it's all in the blog if you want to take a look. We just ticked over to 120,000 miles last week, and it hasn't once let me down. Okay it might not be the most interesting car in the world, but it certainly holds its own; it will sit on the motorway all day every day, and will tear up Welsh mountain roads with surprising agility!
That's just before two more hairpins and then a LEFT which is about 1/3 of the way to Aberiswyth Well, ownership has been fairly pain-free, but a lot of parts have been replaced (all at mates rates so not too much money...!) - it's all in the blog if you want to take a look. We just ticked over to 120,000 miles last week, and it hasn't once let me down. Okay it might not be the most interesting car in the world, but it certainly holds its own; it will sit on the motorway all day every day, and will tear up Welsh mountain roads with surprising agility!
Fantastic road, been there a few times just because I could, and I'm from the midlands.
Edited by Skylinecrazy on Monday 28th November 18:12
Picked up an '04 one of these for my wife early this year for with ~40k miles on it (worried me that that was a little low at first, bought from a copper though). £2.5k was a little more than I'd have liked to spend but we only had a weekend to find and buy one! Superb value for money, spent nothing more than a few quid on consumables so far (in 20k miles). Reckon she might even get 4-5 years out of it which would be insane value compared to what I manage.
Ben Hughes said:
Well, I went and picked up my second car today - a 1999 Ford Focus Zetec with just over 100,000 on the clock, but in pretty near perfect condition inside and out. I paid £1300 for it, and already love it. Such precise steering and a responsive chassis, and it doesn't shift too badly. Far better than my mum's Fiesta 1.4 that I've been tooling around in for the past few weeks. It obviously doesn't beat my MGB for raw driving pleasure though!
Anyway, here it is:
I have been driving a 51 plate Focus Ghia 2 litre petrol manual for the last 3 years. ^0 in about 9 seconds so it's ok.Anyway, here it is:
As for handling and twisty roads it drives like a go kart. The thing that always impressed me with the mk1 focus was the steering weight nd feel-its like driving a giant go kart.
I here the new on is not nearly as good to drive, but they have just launched the new shape zetec s with 180 break and autocar reckon it drives well-shame about the way the thing looks though.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Fo...
Skylinecrazy said:
That's just before two more hairpins and then a LEFT which is about 1/3 of the way to Aberiswyth
Right you are - I'm at Aber uni so I've got this place on my doorstep!SD1992 said:
How are you finding the seats in it? I have read a lot of complaints that they are uncomfortable on long trips.
Not bad at all - never had any issues; I'm 6' on the dot. I've done 7-8 hours of driving in a day a few times, and no complaints about the seats from me!Somnophore said:
Good car but you massively over paid for it, that car even a year ago was only £800 max.
You're probably right - I'm looking to sell up soon and I'd be happy to get £750 for it (hint )kin quick said:
also gets around 35-38mpg!
You must drive like my grandmother! I'm lucky to get 32 out of it!jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj said:
I here the new on is not nearly as good to drive, but they have just launched the new shape zetec s with 180 break and autocar reckon it drives well-shame about the way the thing looks though.
Might not be a fair comparison as it's the ST225 I have, but that's a significantly better drive, cost quite a bit more though to be fair.Big News said:
You must drive like my grandmother! I'm lucky to get 32 out of it!
Believe me, I've heard that on many occasions, although there was an exception in Janurary at Silverstone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcidrFen4X8
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