Ford Focus

**zechs** · October 30th, 2005 11:53 PM

for a car that is priced near to a cool million, you would expect to get at least a full spare and not a donut type

**basti08** · October 31st, 2005 04:17 PM

yung DONUT, yung ba yung temporary/compact spare na tinatawag?

yung sa adventure namin yung spare di kasya sa harap sa likod lang.

**etvillanueva196** · November 1st, 2005 05:01 AM

Hi to all, new here. I do have a focus for 1 month now, with 1800 kms. Had my 1000, pms at 2wks of use. The focus 1.8 is a nice family car for me. It's looks are conservative, which I like. Also considered the mz3, but find it to sporty.
My gas consumption on the first 350km was a dismal 7.8km/l, the car also felt a little slugish as compared to the test car i drove, but upon reaching 600km, the car started to open up. Fuel consumption, reached 8.9km/l city and highway driving. Upon reaching 1000km, traveled to highlands tagaytay wherein consumption was noted at 11.8km/l. I traveled to alabang this week, average fuel was at 12.5km/l at 2000-2500rpm speeds at 70-80km. Accelaration was fast. But neck breaking RS lynx fast? Look elsewhere. Seats are hard but not uncomfortable, my child sleeps, when we travel in it. No sore ass noted after travelling for 2-3hours. Air con is ok, and I set it at 19'c on auto, does't feel hot or weak at midday as reported by motioncars.com. All reveiws as to drivng dynamics seems true I think, but I'm no expert. "never raced a car.", compared to the previous cars I owned, 96 corolla gli, 98 honda, 04sentr gs, it is a big leap forward. no problems encountered yet. Here in San Pablo Laguna, 4 foci were sold in month of sept, 2 of which are from my neighbors. We meet and talk about our foci, and share same sentiments about the car. It is a very nice car to own.

**parakitoJDM** · November 1st, 2005 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by etvillanueva196

I traveled to alabang this week, average fuel was at 12.5km/l at 2000-2500rpm speeds at 70-80km. Accelaration was fast. But neck breaking RS lynx fast? Look elsewhere. Seats are hard but not uncomfortable, my child sleeps, when we travel in it. It is a very nice car to own.

Nice Review 'etvillanueva196', and that is good fuel economy. it looks like Ford Europe really did their homework to make the Focus top in class even in power-train dept. At least the "HE" supposedly high efficiency naming for the duratec engine sounds really good. and IMO, the full potential of the car (in terms of Power & Fuel Economy) won't be reached till 12,000km. so things are looking up good. BTW, can u comment on the stereo? Ipod connectivity? NVH (quietness), Steering effort (i found it too light). don't use miss the manual tranny?