as some of you may have noticed from my previous ramblings in here we've finally saw sense and got shot of the alfa.
enter the new runabout.
tis a 2006(56) focus zetec climate.
sensible shoes were certainly on when we bought this. I drove a lot of these when i worked with ford and I cant believe i'd forgotten just how decent these are.
for those that are interested(or bored) its a 1.8TDCI with all of 113 bhp 0-60 i gave up counting the seconds and it will quite happily do 70.
Wife approves, mainly due to the fact the fuel guage hasnt moved since monday(so its more economical than an LCR anda 165 bhp petrol alfa (shock horror) and it hasnt broken down so far.
plans so far
wash it
fit an ipod connection to the aux on the stereo
and err thats about it.
All in all a very capable and quite sensible purchase for school run and supermarket trip duties.
Things that annoy me.
the bleeding heated front windscreen, my vectra doesnt have one and after playing with one again it made me realise just how good they are.
some berk has hammered weights onto one of the back alloys ruining what is otherwise an unmarked and pristine set of wheels.
theres a small dent in the rear passenger door thats annoyed me that much its now booked in for paintless dent removal(only bad mark on the car.
important bits and bobs
save the questions
4 1/2 grand with a years tax and ticket 3 year warranty thrown in from axa. 90k miles with FFSH to verify reciept for a suspension refresh in early 2011 and a new clutch in dec 2011 at a frankly ridiculous cost of £800
enter the new runabout.
tis a 2006(56) focus zetec climate.
sensible shoes were certainly on when we bought this. I drove a lot of these when i worked with ford and I cant believe i'd forgotten just how decent these are.
for those that are interested(or bored) its a 1.8TDCI with all of 113 bhp 0-60 i gave up counting the seconds and it will quite happily do 70.
Wife approves, mainly due to the fact the fuel guage hasnt moved since monday(so its more economical than an LCR anda 165 bhp petrol alfa (shock horror) and it hasnt broken down so far.
plans so far
wash it
fit an ipod connection to the aux on the stereo
and err thats about it.
All in all a very capable and quite sensible purchase for school run and supermarket trip duties.
Things that annoy me.
the bleeding heated front windscreen, my vectra doesnt have one and after playing with one again it made me realise just how good they are.
some berk has hammered weights onto one of the back alloys ruining what is otherwise an unmarked and pristine set of wheels.
theres a small dent in the rear passenger door thats annoyed me that much its now booked in for paintless dent removal(only bad mark on the car.
important bits and bobs
save the questions
4 1/2 grand with a years tax and ticket 3 year warranty thrown in from axa. 90k miles with FFSH to verify reciept for a suspension refresh in early 2011 and a new clutch in dec 2011 at a frankly ridiculous cost of £800
