sporty and family car in one (Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec 5dr)

Member Name: uxorious

Product:	Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec 5dr
Date:	31/08/03 (974 review reads)
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Advantages: performance, reliability, space

Disadvantages: quite common car now

I bought my Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec five door more than 3 years ago. And I'm still over the moon about it.

We, my wife and I that is, wanted a new car. I loved the look of the Focus. It has a really sporty sexy style. My wife also like the car too, now what are the chances of that? Little did we know she was pregnant at the time and the five door nature of the car was going to be very useful.

You all know what the exterior of the car looks like, so let's move straight into the interior. The first thing you notice is the space, lots of it in the front and back. Seats are really comfortable and everything is in the right place. The only thing I don't like is the hazard lights button as it is difficult to activate. I've often hit it only to have nothing happen. This could just bed me though.

Performance. It has pull at all revs. And if you get up to 5000 and above it can really throw you about. According to the mags it can do 0-60mph in just over 10 seconds.

The ride is very smooth. It really cruises on a motorway.

Economy, well I have kept a record of all my petrol consumption and I get 35 miles per gallon on average. Most of my journeys are to and from work in rush hour traffic.

Reliability. The car has never failed me. I have driven around 30000 miles and not one problem to report. Services have all been cheap, around 100 pounds. And I have never needed to top up any of the fluids, apart from the screen wash that is?

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