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My First Car!

shaks.f
shaks.f
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Hey guys,

Name is Shakil but most people call me Shaks, passed my test a few months ago but insurance was way too high, my mums Astra 2.0 CDTI cost me 8K to insure! Anyhow we thought we would wait a bit till we bought my first car.

Last week my uncle bought me a 2006 Focus MK2 Ghia 1.6 Auto since my birthday is tomorrow (going to be 19!) and my insurance policy starts tomorrow at midnight so I'm quite excited. Been reading through forums like crazy but I can't seem to find much out about Ghia's, are they good Focus's to have when it comes to stuff like trim and whatnot.

The car is parked outside my drive but I'm not allowed the keys till tonight and I haven't even been inside the car yet! So I had a few questions..

- Does this model come with an AUX port?

- Are the seats comfy and is the ride good? I have the 15" alloys with high profile tires

- What's the standard speaker quality like? I know the car has never been modified, it had one previous lady owner who never changed a thing (only has 60k mileage too). I quite like my bass so would be nice to know if its got decent standard speakers..

- What's the fuel economy on a car like this? It's the 1.6 petrol auto

Would really appreciate any help with the above and good morning to you all

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    Hi welcome :)
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    Welcome to the site, nice 1st car! Head over to the focus forum for any info you need.:)

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    Welcome! Nice first car, I can't wait to get mine next year.

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