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Ford focus

  • 05-06-2011 4:36pm
    #1
    Crann na Beatha
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  • #2
    Plug
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    Very reliable, the coil packs can give bother in these though.
    But don't buy a 1.4, bloody slow. Get a 1.6 instead its also that bit easier on petrol;)


  • #3
    Wats_in_a_name
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    I have a 00 model. Slightly underpowered but reliable and cheap to run.


  • #4
    LittleBlondie
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    Im looking at a 2009 1.4 Zetec hatchback. Any idea if they are reliable?


  • #5
    shawnee
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    Focus are very comfortable and also reliable, great seating position and good vision. Many say that the 1.4 is underpowered, however if you are keeping within the speed limits , they are perfectly adequate. It is no coincidence that you see so many of them on Irish roads, they may not be everyone's choice but a hell of a lot of motorists like them :p;)


  • #6
    bazz26
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    shawnee wrote: »
    Focus are very comfortable and also reliable, great seating position and good vision. Many say that the 1.4 is underpowered, however if you are keeping within the speed limits , they are perfectly adequate. It is no coincidence that you see so many of them on Irish roads, they may not be everyone's choice but a hell of a lot of motorists like them :p;)

    The 1.4 litre was popular here because it was the cheapest one to tax under the old tax system, not because it was the best engine in the range. From 2008 onwards demand for the 1.4 dried so much that Ford stopped selling it here in early 2009 altogether.

    Also 1.4 is sluggish especially in the heavier body of the MkII Focus, it's not about top speed or keeping within speed limits. Its about acceleration especially for overtaking, the 1.4 just takes forever to get going. BTW a 2009 Focus 1.4 costs the same to tax as a 2009 1.6, I know which one I would opt for given the choice between the two.


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  • #7
    SQ2
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    Mother has the 09 Focus 1.4, it's her pride and joy. On a trip to a wedding in Killarney we were all invited to a while back she let me drive it down. That was a bloody long drive, not because of her stories, but because of the engine :p
    Sluggish is a good word for it. Sister has a '06 1.4 Golf and feels a lot more lively. The Focus is a comfortable bus though, wouldn't mind a go of a 1.6 or something closer to 2.0 :pac:


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