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Am I Now A Ford Man?

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Hi all,

Just bought my second Ford Focus, the new one a silver 1.6 tdci econetic Titanium to replace my 1st ever Ford, another Focus but a 1.8tdci Style estate. NL58UFJ was a very reliable car which took me deep into France every year fully loaded with camping gear, if you are the new owner treat her well & you will have no problems. So good was my old Focus I bought a new one, does this now make me a dedicated Ford man?

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    Possibly... Do you have any thoughts about other marques?

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    Hi welcome :)

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    Welcome! Would be great to see some pics of your new car!

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    I think the question everyone wants to ask is. Would you buy a Vau***ll!?

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    Thanks for the welcome, would I buy a Vauxhall, funny enough my 1st car was a Vauxhall Cavalier Lx E602PUE, looked like the SR in shinny red but with performance of a wet lettuce. Other marques I have had a few 3 Volvo's 2x440 & a 240GLT a big old bus but like driving my favourite arm chair, the cost of converting to unleaded from 4 star was the nail in the coffin. After that a Renault Laguna estate 2.0 very quick car very comfortable but spares very very expensive, replaced that with a 1.9 TDI 130 se Golf estate very quick for a diesel with gr8 engine & gearbox, but never felt comfortable with it, stupid warning lights & ding ding, for every little thing, do I really need a warning light & a ding sound to tell me it's cold when I have just scraped 2 inches of snow of the car to get in? Seat very hard too. I have another car a little Citroen C2 which is gr8 fun a little go cart, plus my Yamaha Fzs 600 Fazer bike, which is a real joy to own.

    Will add some Pics of my new Focus soon.

    Thanks all for comments

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    Look forward to them!

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    ...stupid warning lights & ding ding, for every little thing, do I really need a warning light & a ding sound to tell me it's cold when I have just scraped 2 inches of snow of the car to get in?

    Lol...just wait until you get low on screenwash in the Focus... :lol:

    I must admit, I've been asking myself the same question. After 16 Peugeots, 2 VWs, 2 Vauxhalls (lol) and a Toyota I'm wondering why I never bought a Ford before as I really like the Mk 2.5 Focus! I don't think I'm stuck on one Marque though (though the Peugeot list may show otherwise) I'm always interested in different makes lol.

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