HoneyBee Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi all Having only owned an Ecoboost for a year, I've just landed a new job that's going to potentially entail quite a bit of motorway driving. I'm wondering whether my small engine Focus will get killed with the slog of it? I'm aware they are made for economical round town journeys so wanted your opinions... Thanks in advance. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 What gearbox you got, 5 or 6 speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBee Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Hi Alex999 It's 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Should be good then, might just have to drop it down from a cog on the hills. You should get 45-50 mpg I reckon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBee Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 But regular motorway driving won't burn out that little engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, HoneyBee said: But regular motorway driving won't burn out that little engine? Nah, it will be quite happy doing that. Motorways miles are the least strenuous on a car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 9 hours ago, HoneyBee said: But regular motorway driving won't burn out that little engine? Lol, it doesn't quite work like that with a modern engine. As long as it's getting services when it should and not booted until warmed up you should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyBee Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Thank you for your advice. Yes she's serviced yearly by Ford and she's never booted 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorg Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I own a 1 litre 125bhp 6 speed ecoboost and drive it on the motorway to work and back every day. It’s totally fine. I drive 70mph here in the UK (when there’s no traffic) and the car does it with ease. In fact, if I didn’t know you could tell me it’s 2 litre engine and I’d believe you. They did a 100.000 km stress test on a ford 3 cylinder in Germany. They took the engine apart after the 100.000 km and fully inspected it and couldn’t find any unusual wear or faults. You can watch it on YouTube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Regularly do M25/ M40/M11. I (ahem) do 70/80/90 quite often if road safe and car laps it up, only issue is overtaking or acceleration but then my last car was 300 bhp so needs getting used to. I also have a gps/ updatable camera warning device but only really useful for static known cameras. 55 mpg if you feather throttle and use cruise control at about 68mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboy1985 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Had a couple Focus models with the 1.0 125ps and its never skipped a beat, no matter what road your on! Sounds quite nice at high revs. Getting about 44 mpg combined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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