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Time for a change

JW1982
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After 17 Years of driving a Focus it was time for a change.

In 2005 I bought my first Focus. It was a 1999 focus MK1 Ghia Hatchback. In 2008 the MK1 was replaced by a 2005 Focus MK2 First Edition. 6 Years later in 2014 the MK2 was replaced by a 2013 Focus MK3 Champions Edition. After driving the MK3 for almost 8 Years I still enjoy every mile. It is a low mileage, mint condition, good looking car with exceptionally good handling.  However the car is almost 9 Years old. In the current market the car has great value so I decided to search for a suitable replacement.

The logical replacement would be a Focus MK4 but to be honest I do not really like the design of the MK4. After an extensive search I decided that I wanted a well equipped MK2.5 Kuga. Despite being particularly rare I specifically searched for a White Platinum Vignale. Last week I found one at a nearby Ford dealer.

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The Kuga will be delivered next week. In the meantime I still enjoy my Focus MK3.

I guess that I will stick arround on this forum. There is a lot more activity on the Focus forum than there is on the Kuga forum.

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    It's good to know you'll still be around. Your expertise is very highly valued on this forum.

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    What engine have you gone for? 

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    The kuga has the 150 HP 1.5 ECOboost with manual transmission.

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    12 hours ago, JW1982 said:

    After 17 Years of driving a Focus it was time for a change.

    In 2005 I bought my first Focus. It was a 1999 focus MK1 Ghia Hatchback. In 2008 the MK1 was replaced by a 2005 Focus MK2 First Edition. 6 Years later in 2014 the MK2 was replaced by a 2013 Focus MK3 Champions Edition. After driving the MK3 for almost 8 Years I still enjoy every mile. It is a low mileage, mint condition, good looking car with exceptionally good handling.  However the car is almost 9 Years old. In the current market the car has great value so I decided to search for a suitable replacement.

    The logical replacement would be a Focus MK4 but to be honest I do not really like the design of the MK4. After an extensive search I decided that I wanted a well equipped MK2.5 Kuga. Despite being particularly rare I specifically searched for a White Platinum Vignale. Last week I found one at a nearby Ford dealer.

    THYprfZ.jpg


    The Kuga will be delivered next week. In the meantime I still enjoy my Focus MK3.

    I guess that I will stick arround on this forum. There is a lot more activity on the Focus forum than there is on the Kuga forum.

    It is very nice I hope you enjoy it 😀

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