"SVTyler" (svtyler)
11/19/2015 at 11:36 • Filed to: None
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"SVTyler" (svtyler)
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Here’s mine. I still argue it’s the perfect starter car for a high school car guy/girl: enough fun to drive without being totally hardcore but too slow to really get into trouble, practical with a ton of room in the back for your friends and their football gear, and since it’s a Focus some people wil give you shit about owning it and you’ll develop a much-needed thick skin (perfect for high school!).
Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
> SVTyler
11/19/2015 at 11:41 |
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The SVT does not get the love it deserves. That is one heck of an engine in there.
Master Cylinder
> SVTyler
11/19/2015 at 11:46 |
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I dunno, the SVT Focus was kinda cool back in its day. A bit pricey for high schoolers at that point, though. It makes me feel old to see them with 150K on them and selling for less than five grand now.
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SVTyler
> Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
11/19/2015 at 11:55 |
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Seriously, people dismiss it because “lol, it’s a Focus bro!” but it really is a great little car. I plan on keeping mine for as long as I can, it’s way too much fun to sell.
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SVTyler
> Master Cylinder
11/19/2015 at 11:58 |
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Well I bought mine in 2012 for $6k with 94k miles, which I don’t really think is too much for a high school kid to save up working a few years. But yeah prices have weirdly stagnated; seems like if it’s a clean-titled car with no mods everyone wants $5k or more regardless of mileage.
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Master Cylinder
> SVTyler
11/19/2015 at 13:22 |
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Yeah, $6K is doable for many high schoolers. It was new when I was in high school, though! I don’t remember exactly what they were back then but it had to have been in the $20-25K range. Some high school kids have that much for a car, I guess, but I doubt many earned it working minimum wage.
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SVTyler
> Master Cylinder
11/19/2015 at 16:06 |
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Fully optioned out the cars were a shade under 20k which isn’t an entirely unreasonable price for a well-off parent to pay for a new car (a lot of people at my high school had 25k ‘budgets’ and ended up with Civics or whatever), though I can’t imagine any kid could afford that unless they seriously busted their ass with multiple jobs or saved up for years and years.
DarrenMR
> SVTyler
11/19/2015 at 19:11 |
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I was trying to find an SVT Focus for myself as a 30 y/o adult. Everytime I would find one in good shape someone would snap it up on me. Got an 02 Mini Cooper S instead.
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SVTyler
> DarrenMR
11/19/2015 at 22:24 |
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I had the same problem with the two cars I called about before this one, market moves fast on decent examples. Not entirely without reason, of course, only 14,000 were built and it seems like a lot of them were bought by idiots who beat the shit out of them so the good ones are quite rare.
On a sidenote, how do you like your Mini? It was on my short list when I was car shopping but the ones worth buying were a bit too expensive for me, always wondered what they were like.
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DarrenMR
> SVTyler
11/20/2015 at 17:17 |
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Its good, Ive lowered it a touch, and put a 17% reduction pulley on it. So its pretty quick, and fun.