GF got a new car last night.

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
08/18/2017 at 07:33 • Filed to: None

2017 Ford Focus SE Sedan. Has the 2.0 and an auto. Basic white on black. Has heated seats and steering wheel tho!!! Huge improvement over her twice totaled and held together with prayer ‘96 Camry, and about the same as my Cruze that she’s been using since the camry’s transmission shit the bed. She likes it. I’m glad I was able to help her get the deal. Completely changed her views on car buying, which she hated and was terrified by. Now she’s happy and even a little excited.

DISCUSSION (23)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 07:35

she should have bought a manual

Your boy, BJR > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/18/2017 at 07:39

She should have gotten a lot of things that aren’t this, but this is what she could afford.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 07:51

I know that the Fiesta has had issues with the automatic transmission, does the Focus suffer from the same problem?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 08:00

i’ll admit, certainly better than the old Camry

congrats to her.

Your boy, BJR > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
08/18/2017 at 08:13

Yeah but that’s 2012-2016 model years.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 08:26

OMG pinstripes are still a thing?

I had a similar Focus as a rental in 2013, I liked it a lot. Good for you if they fixed the transmission.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 08:27

Niiiiiiice. Yeah the focuses are just so easy to buy right now. Used ones are going for dirt too because of both the transmission issues and the new ones having so many discounts. But new ones are just so cheap right now, how can you say no? The dealership I got my FoST from was listing a new Focus S sedan for about 12.5k. That’s a lot of car for the money.

Wacko > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 08:49

are the sedans and hatches around the same price?

Your boy, BJR > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
08/18/2017 at 08:50

Yeah. Told the salesman if he charged us for that, we’d walk.

Your boy, BJR > Wacko
08/18/2017 at 08:50

Hatches are $400 more

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 08:55

I love the way focus sedans look, one of the few that I wouldn’t mind in non hatchback or wagon form. Congrats

MonkeePuzzle > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 09:10

the current Focus is just a good car.

sure, it’s not a performance/enthusiast car, but it’s just a regular ol’ good car.

Arrivederci > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 09:16

I’d have made him remove it! That’s terrible.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 09:17

It has a heated steering wheel? I’m impressed. I guess that and A/C seats are pretty much available on normal cars now.

Your boy, BJR > Arrivederci
08/18/2017 at 09:19

My gf wanted them and the edge gaurds since they were now free. I failed to one up with a valid argument for that logic.

Your boy, BJR > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/18/2017 at 09:21

My 300 doesn’t even have a heated steering wheel :-/

Cé hé sin > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 09:23

Interestingly, my local price lists show the four door (a model few buy here) at €400 more! It also shows the very few models available as an automatic at about €2,500 extra so as you might guess hardly anyone buys these.

Wacko > Cé hé sin
08/18/2017 at 09:36

in Quebec the sedan is also more rare.

Wacko > Your boy, BJR
08/18/2017 at 09:38

for 400$ i don’t understand why someone would want the sedan, when the hatch is so much better looking.

this is one case that the Hatch is way better looking than the sedan.

DasWauto > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
08/18/2017 at 10:49

Two different autos were offered on the Focus and Fiesta - a traditional torque converter six-speed and a DCT. It’s the DCT that’s problematic, the regular slushbox is fine.

CB > Wacko
08/18/2017 at 10:57

Oh shit, not this again! SEBCON-5, HIT THE DECK.

(There was an incident a few years ago where an argument around sedans and hatchbacks got really out of hand)

Wacko > CB
08/18/2017 at 11:08

but as Canadians we don’t understand why Americans like their sedans.

i just want to understand why someone would prefer a sedan to a hatch. But we all have personal tastes. that i do respect.

CB > Wacko
08/18/2017 at 11:23

I’m all for hatches, but people get what they want, as you said.