The Challenge!

**Kai Robinson** · 05-18-2008, 03:49 PM

Audi A3 = No, thanks to reliability and expensive parts
BMW Touring = Too large plus not as fuel efficient
Skoda = With my back? Hell no, i *like* whats left of my spinal column! :p
Focus's....well, one was a Mk1, so thats a no-no, as for the essex one, that looks good, but still £500 over budget and would have to negotiate down, the other london one has 80k on the clock in 3 years - thats ASTRONOMICAL mileage! *look of shock* Thats...er, more than 25,000 a year, isn't the average about 12,000?

As for the toll bridge, its not the fare so much, its the fact that i dont like large bits of water, i get queasy just walking over the millennium bridge

Did you check out the links i posted?

**Zytek_Fan** · 05-18-2008, 04:47 PM

Get this Focus
http://www.bristoltradecentre.co.uk/...back_28160.htm

Low miles and it looks spotless.

**Kai Robinson** · 05-18-2008, 05:01 PM

Thats the one in the link i posted

Are you digging those MPG figures yet?

**Zytek_Fan** · 05-18-2008, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Thats the one in the link i posted

Are you digging those MPG figures yet?

It's a tragedy the US can't get the Focus diesel

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-18-2008, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan

It's a tragedy the US can't get the Focus diesel

Its a tragedy that Ford US mutilated the Focus platform...

**Zytek_Fan** · 05-18-2008, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by [cTx] Raptor22

Its a tragedy that Ford US mutilated the Focus platform...

That too.
It's just so awful looking

**onewingedangel** · 05-19-2008, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Audi A3 = No, thanks to reliability and expensive parts
BMW Touring = Too large plus not as fuel efficient
Skoda = With my back? Hell no, i *like* whats left of my spinal column! :p
Focus's....well, one was a Mk1, so thats a no-no, as for the essex one, that looks good, but still £500 over budget and would have to negotiate down, the other london one has 80k on the clock in 3 years - thats ASTRONOMICAL mileage! *look of shock* Thats...er, more than 25,000 a year, isn't the average about 12,000?

As for the toll bridge, its not the fare so much, its the fact that i dont like large bits of water, i get queasy just walking over the millennium bridge

Did you check out the links i posted?

80k motorway miles could leave the car in better shape than 20k 'in town' miles, as long as its been properly looked after and its fine mechanically you shouldn't really let the high milage put you off too much. Its certainly a reason to ask them to cut the price quite a bit

you should be able to wrangle them down to 6k-ish, and have the highest spec trim, and engine excluding the ST.

**[XC] Lead Head** · 05-19-2008, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Audi A3 = No, thanks to reliability and expensive parts
BMW Touring = Too large plus not as fuel efficient
Skoda = With my back? Hell no, i *like* whats left of my spinal column! :p
Focus's....well, one was a Mk1, so thats a no-no, as for the essex one, that looks good, but still £500 over budget and would have to negotiate down, the other london one has 80k on the clock in 3 years - thats ASTRONOMICAL mileage! *look of shock* Thats...er, more than 25,000 a year, isn't the average about 12,000?

As for the toll bridge, its not the fare so much, its the fact that i dont like large bits of water, i get queasy just walking over the millennium bridge

Did you check out the links i posted?

80k in 3 years means it was probably mostly highway driving, which is great for cars. I'd rather take a car that was driving 80k on the highway, vs. a car with 20k that was only driven for short 3 minute trips.

My dad has put about 24k a year on his car, and some 1998 van here made news because it has 1,000,000 miles, and it is on the stock engine and tranny.

**Kai Robinson** · 05-19-2008, 04:06 AM

Most i've ever put on in terms of mileage, is about 5500 a year max.

And yes, why the hell did Ford US make the Focus look so UGLY?

**zakelwe** · 05-19-2008, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Most i've ever put on in terms of mileage, is about 5500 a year max.

And yes, why the hell did Ford US make the Focus look so UGLY?

Soon Europe built US cars will be flooding the US which is good for them, if they can build them down to a the price that matters.

It's weird that the best US cars are built in Europe and not then available to the US. Go figure.....

Regards

Andy

**Kai Robinson** · 05-20-2008, 09:57 AM

In the immortal words of Hiro Nakamura....

"I DID IT!"

I am now the proud owner of this:

http://www.bristoltradecentre.co.uk/...back_29878.htm

1.6 Ford DLD-416 engine (110hp, not the 90), Zetec Climate Spec too!

Cost? £7000 OTR, negotiated £990 off the price, and got them to throw in the tax (£66) and 'service' fee (£149) for free

I waved CASH at them to make them see the light, and the bonus is, i'm getting it DELIVERED TO MY DOOR on Friday morning, freshly valeted, waxed and polished!

Can i deal, or what?

**Kai Robinson** · 05-20-2008, 04:15 PM

Oh, word of advice, some of the cars that were advertised, were advertised at the FINANCE price, and not the cash price....years ago, Cash price used to be CHEAPER, now they charge you an extra £1000 for the privilege? How does that work?!

Oh, and always go in with a stupidly low offer, and work ALL the angles. Mine would have been £8295 or so had i not browbeaten the salesman, who looked like he was about to get fired....eh, i ended up with what i wanted, for only marginally more than i wanted, at far less than it was profitable for them

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-20-2008, 04:57 PM

Nice move Kai! That car looks great (love the color) and you got a great deal. When we bought our 2004 Jeep GC we moved the price from $42500 to $34750 "out-the-door" (all surcharges, taxes and fees taken care of) it only took 4 hours of pressure, leaving the dealer for 2 hours, coming back and offering them the low blow price. Needless to say, we got the Jeep.

**Kai Robinson** · 05-20-2008, 05:18 PM

True, i had to spend about 3 hours haggling, but it as worth it i reckon. Since this is second hand, theres not a lot of profit in it....i think they ended up making a LOSS on it

And the colour? Thats Royal Air Force Blue!

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 12:28 AM

Here we go, pics as promised!

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-27-2008, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Here we go, pics as promised!

That looks really good Kai, good buy.

Awful weather today though?

EDIT: Why do you need a key to open the hood? In the US there is usually just a switch or a button under the dash?

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 07:10 AM

Well i took the pictures yesterday, and it's parked under a very creaky tree...so the storm weather we had yesterday didnt help

And as for the bonnet....well, its a security measure - its the first car i've seen that you have to do that with, but it doesn't bother me!

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-27-2008, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

Well i took the pictures yesterday, and it's parked under a very creaky tree...so the storm weather we had yesterday didnt help

And as for the bonnet....well, its a security measure - its the first car i've seen that you have to do that with, but it doesn't bother me!

Lol, I just noticed the little bitty tires.

Gotta do something about that kai.

I love the colour, btw.

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 04:10 PM

LOL - they're 15" alloys with 195/65/15's on....V rated, too

They're big enough, its not my pimping wagon, thats the Supra, once i get it re-shelled....*grumbles*

As for the colour, well, its not too bad i guess! Do you not get that in the states?

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-27-2008, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

LOL - they're 15" alloys with 195/65/15's on....V rated, too

They're big enough, its not my pimping wagon, thats the Supra, once i get it re-shelled....*grumbles*

As for the colour, well, its not too bad i guess! Do you not get that in the states?

Yeah, I heard about the supra... thats pretty bad news.

Nope, we dont even get that model Focus in the states. We have this ugly hodgepodge that runs on a MK1 chassis.

We get this colour instead: http://thumbs.automart.com/imgs/ag/a...1530011000.jpg

"Vista blue clearcoat metallic" :

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 04:22 PM

Yeah i know the US Focus is a butchered Mk1....what was wrong with the Mk2? Then again, we had the Focus in 1998, you took at least 3 years longer to get even that one, and then you buggered around with that by adding stupid lights to it

And my GOD that colour is ugly! *look of horror*

Wow...i just specced up the same Focus on ford.co.uk - the 5-door 1.6 TDCi 110PS with the same paint, same interior and same options comes to.....£17,425!!!

So i saved £10,425 or $20,606 just by getting a model that was 2 1/2 years old

**RAW-Raptor22** · 05-27-2008, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Kai Robinson

So i saved £10,425 or $20,606 just by getting a model that was 2 1/2 years old

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 04:54 PM

I'm feeling pretty smug at that....with the 'spare change' i could go out and buy one of these:

Or another one of these...

No....NO! MUST.......RESIST! O.o

**Zytek_Fan** · 05-27-2008, 05:12 PM

Get an Escort Cosworth!

Or a Sierra Cosworth

or if you can track one down, a Mercedes 190E Cosworth

**Kai Robinson** · 05-27-2008, 05:24 PM

Had the Sierra RS500 once....the scariest car in the world when you put your foot down.....

No, i must stick with the Supra (still a 3.0 I6 Turbo) and the Diesel Focus :p

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