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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Focus / October 2004I miss my Focus
My Focus is away being repaired this week (Vandals, not something gone wrong) and they have let me have a 2004 VW Golf (1.6 - 6 speed auto) to use for the week. I was quite impressed when I saw the car, looks quite nice and sporty on the outside, but when I got in Yuuuuuuuuuuuck! Square, boxey, tacky, cheap, all good words to describe the inside! I think my Dads 14 year old Fiesta looks better on the inside! I can't wait to get my nice curvy 2003 Focus Zetec back!!!!  SignatureDean / Psyonic www.aspexdesign.co.uk Free stuff and much more > My Focus is away being repaired this week (Vandals, not > something gone wrong) and they have let me have a 2004 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > on the inside! I can't wait to get my nice curvy 2003 Focus > Zetec back!!!! I drove a Mk5 Golf hire car for a day recently. It was so sluggish, I was certain it was only a 1.4. When I returned it I was amazed to be told it was a 1.6! Like you, I felt the interior was more like a 90's car than a 21st century one. It was more comparable to an Escort than a Focus. I found that the vertical part of the centre console rubbed my leg, and the scuttle line around the car was very high. This again made the design seem very dated. VW seem to have concentrated on gimmicks (the ventilation system goes to recirc when you select reverse so you don't draw in your own exhaust fumes for example) at the expense of getting the dynamics of the car right. My Focus is 5 years old now, but I would rather drive it than a brand new Golf! Chris. -- Remove prejudice to reply > > My Focus is away being repaired this week (Vandals, not > > something gone wrong) and they have let me have a 2004 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > sluggish, I was certain it was only a 1.4. When I returned > it I was amazed to be told it was a 1.6! The acceleration from starting seemed quite good, but when trying to overtake it really did seem to lack a lot of the power my focus has (both 1.6's) > Like you, I felt the interior was more like a 90's car than > a 21st century one. It was more comparable to an Escort than [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > draw in your own exhaust fumes for example) at the expense > of getting the dynamics of the car right. I agree, this one I have at the moment has a 6 speed automatic gearbox that also works as a clutchless manual, interesting idea, but if they had put the effort that creating something like must have been into the design of the interior it would have been a much nicer car to drive. > My Focus is 5 years old now, but I would rather drive it > than a brand new Golf! My Focus is 18 months old and the VW is 6 months old, but I think if somebody offered to swap, plus give me a few thousand extra I would still say no. SignatureDean / Psyonic www.aspexdesign.co.uk Free stuff and much more >> My Focus is away being repaired this week (Vandals, not >> something gone wrong) and they have let me have a 2004 [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Chris. Ford interiors tend to be quite poor, but they've been getting better and I'm happy with our Ghia trim... I really want a focus but am stuck with my poor excuse for a car, namely the pug 206... it's crap compared to the Focus... In fact, what little use I get of my dad's Focus, I enjoy more than a lifetime driving a 206 on the road... i.e. Parking the focus is more exciting than driving the 206 :/ -JB "Square, boxey, tacky, cheap" - like the interior of the new North American Focus? : ) Rob > "Square, boxey, tacky, cheap" - like the interior of the new North American > Focus? : ) Like the interior of about just every american car. I was stunned when i learned that even the grandest carbrand of America (selfproclaimed by GM, well, who's taking anything they say seriously these days), Cadillac has those cheap looking materials. It is still true that american car manufacturers confuse "better", as in luxury and quality for plain "bigger". SignatureBezit en wijsheid zijn illusies/ possession and wisdom are illusions
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