Today's thing rarely seen

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/23/2019 at 12:56 • Filed to: Ford Focus, USDM

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This thing. A Focus estate from a couple of generations ago. But not just any old Focus. LHD, sticky out bumpers with extra lights stuck into them, odd looking headlights, different badging....

It’s a US market Focus. You don’t see them every day here, or indeed every year. Either a returned emigrant or an immigrant, in case you were wondering. Worth absolutely nothing so the owner might as well run it until it stops.

Bonus Cactus.

dogisbadob > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:05

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Just as rare over here, too :p

But yeah, that fu cking pisses me off what they did to the Mk1. They just cheapened it a little more and kept selling it. We never got the Mk2 at all :(

punkgoose17 > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:13

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I tried to find one last time I was looking to buy a car. I could not find one. I think a compact station wagon would be the ideal practical car.

Cé hé sin > punkgoose17 05/23/2019 at 13:16

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Course you can’t find one. The las t of them ended up over here!

DutchieDC2R > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:22

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It sort of looks like it has the headlights of a Mondeo..

and 100 more > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:24

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facw > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:24

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The couple in the apartment next to mine in Houston had a first-gen Focus wagon (in red). Seemed to be doing well despite its age.

punkgoose17 > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 13:28

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In surprisingly good condition too.

Cé hé sin > DutchieDC2R 05/23/2019 at 13:29

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It’s got two sepa r ate lights under the cover on each side.

FSI > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 14:24

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Any US military facilities in Ireland? That's how many weird US market cars ended up in Germany. 

Svend > dogisbadob 05/23/2019 at 15:40

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A colleague’s dad sold his early Mk3 late on last year.

Cé hé sin > FSI 05/23/2019 at 16:20

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No, because neutrality.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 17:47

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Not rare to me... I owned two of them:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/focus-wagon-post-mortem-thoughts-and-the-vehicle-candid-1829090194

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/oppocrash-was-at-a-restaurant-last-night-and-this-is-1752004116

wafflesnfalafel > Cé hé sin 05/23/2019 at 22:55

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P ersonal story about that particular model - my wife’s company had those as company cars and while driving to a meeting she got hit by a big cheater bar off a flat bed semi truck in front of her. It  bounced off the pavement and came through the left A pillar and windshield showering her with glass. The bar lodged in the A pillar coming to rest about a foot from her face. There was so much damage to the structure of the car they ended up totaling it but she was fine.   I appreciate that little Focus.