The Ford Focus is the most capable off-roader of this or any other generation

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
08/06/2019 at 08:44 • Filed to: Interesting cars at work

I often encounter this Focus at work because it often parks near the semi-protected space I like to park in that’s almost always open when I arrive. The Focus has not been washed in ages. Either that, or it has been washed, and keeps getting dirtied back up every weekend.

DISCUSSION (16)

Thomas Donohue > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:53

Probably a lawyer that represents farmers.

Textured Soy Protein > Thomas Donohue
08/06/2019 at 08:57

All I know is it has PA plates and that dealer tag frame is from a dealership in rural PA that’s 90 minutes from my office in the DC burbs. My company has a lot of people who commute from the more exurban & rural parts of Maryland, and folks from the southern parts of PA do commute into Maryland sometimes. S o it’s possible this could be someone who lives in a rural area and does outdoorsy things but commutes here.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:58

lives on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere perhaps?

Thomas Donohue > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:58

Immoral Minority’s new branch office!

jimz > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:59

probably lives on (or at least drives on) dirt roads.

Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:59

Probably one of the more liberal Amish sects.

“OK, we can have cars, but they have to be a Ford Focus (or worse) and dirty AF all the time.”

Arrivederci > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 08:59

Pretty sure that’s the Wilkes-Barre Rallycross champion’s car.

412GTI > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 09:17

I have a friend with a car like this. A Dodge Dart to be exact, that he uses to go camping/fishing most weekends. It’s always filthy and I laugh because of all the people to need a car with more ground clearance , it’s him.

Textured Soy Protein > 412GTI
08/06/2019 at 09:17

I have definitely observed some fishing gear in the back seat and on the rear deck of this car.

Yourjelly > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 14:57

Generator?

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 15:07

Ford used to run Focuses in WRC for years until the rule change some years back.

Drive em in the dirt if ya want . W hat are they gonna do, depreciate?

setnev > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 16:34

Someone actually using the car for it’s intended purpose, an appliance. It’s an SE with steel wheels, so most likely a step above the base S. Possibly manual transmission, cloth interior. The S had power front windows and rear crank windows , so this will have 4 door power windows. Other than that, nothing special. Carry on toaster driver.

DoomsdayMelody > Textured Soy Protein
08/06/2019 at 17:27

Or, assuming it’s a powershift unit, the owner just doesn’t drive it because it has problems?

Textured Soy Protein > DoomsdayMelody
08/06/2019 at 18:57

I know it's being driven because it's not always in this space, or even in the garage at all.

coqui70 > Ash78, voting early and often
08/06/2019 at 22:14

With that Powershit you know it bucks just like a pony.

Huntermitch > Textured Soy Protein
08/08/2019 at 00:39

I work in Savannah, Georgia and commute 90 miles a day into the rural parts of south east GA. I’ve considered trying to find a set of mild all terrain tires that grip in the dirt better to be honest. I own a 4x4 F150 but running two-three tanks a week out of the focus hurts enough!