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"M-Powwerr Drives a Ford" (straight6fun) 08/09/2015 at 17:06 • Filed to: None

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I bought the Focus. Runs/Drives good. Body is in very good shape for a 10 year old midwestern car. Everything works. (antenna mount is broken, I have the antenna) I finally am getting good driving manual!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:36

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The SVT Focus suspension bolts right up to that car. It’s also super inexpensive.

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/09/2015 at 17:42

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Is the SVT engine super inexpensive too???

1111111111111111111111 > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:46

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Mt wife had one. It ran perfect till we sold it.

Bytemite > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:46

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Why a base Focus? It isn’t even the SVT. Just curious why you settled on these cars when you can have so much better for the money.

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Bytemite 08/09/2015 at 17:47

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$2550, no body rot, CHEAP insurance

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > 1111111111111111111111 08/09/2015 at 17:47

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I hope mine runs perfect until I sell it too!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:50

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No. And you honestly don’t want one. If you have the 2.3L Duratec, it responds to mods way better than the SVT Zetec does.

And the SVT uses a bunch of different components, so you cannot easily swap one in. If you really wanted an SVT, you should have bought one as it’s very much a bespoke car rather than a trim package.

Bytemite > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:51

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You got a good deal. I don’t know about the Illinois used car market but in SF where everything is price gouged, that car would sell for $5,000.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Bytemite 08/09/2015 at 17:53

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He’s better off without the SVT. The insurance would be higher, it’s less economical, needs premium, and isn’t fond of neglect.

I have one, number 85 off the line. I adore it, but one has to know what they’re getting into when buying an SVT.

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Bytemite 08/09/2015 at 17:56

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Who the hell would pay $5000 for that????

For $5000 I probally would have bought a Mustang or BMW

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/09/2015 at 17:57

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I just want a car with a stick that will last (hopefully) until I graduate from college and can afford a new car (then I’ll buy somthing fast)

Bytemite > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 17:59

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SF...where you need to pay $2k a month for a studio apartment. It’s also easy to make money, so that’s why all the other prices are high. I paid almost 4k for my Miata, but that is just the going rate around here for clean examples.

Leon711 > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 18:09

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I never done seen the US face. here we have these

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 18:12

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You could have found far worse. Ad the SVT suspension, seats if you can find them, keep it running and you’ll have a great car to see you along toward your future.

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Bytemite 08/09/2015 at 18:15

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$2K would buy up to a $500,000 house here depending how long you want your mortgage to last

what year is your Miata?

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Leon711 08/09/2015 at 18:22

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This was the US facelift, they were already out of production for Europe (2005). The earlier ones looked closer to the European counterpart.

Then we got the halfassed 2008 ‘redesign’ before we got the world Focus again in 2011

Bytemite > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 18:37

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1990

MultiplaOrgasms > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 18:44

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Which means you only buy the Gen 1 for 13 years.

MuchWagon > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 20:32

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What year?

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Bytemite 08/09/2015 at 22:21

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My mom has a 1990 Mariner Blue “B Package”

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > MuchWagon 08/09/2015 at 22:21

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2005

Bytemite > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/09/2015 at 23:17

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Ah mine is an A package. So no cruise control or power windows. But that is the one I wanted anyways. I never use cruise and I love wind up windows haha.

MuchWagon > M-Powwerr Drives a Ford 08/10/2015 at 06:53

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Same as my zxW

M-Powwerr Drives a Ford > Bytemite 08/10/2015 at 10:29

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After 25 years, we replaced the passenger window mechanism, and the driver side is slowing down. If you press the buttons at the same time, the passenger window is down in half the time it takes the driver window.