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06/21/2016 at 17:10 • Filed to: None
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I’ve been looking into potential replacements for my current DD. I’ve been seeing a lot of new-ish Focii available on the used market, for some shockingly reasonable prices.
What gives?
I know there have been transmission issues with the “automatics” (which are not traditional automatics), but otherwise, why the rapid falloff in resale?
Would any of you recommend one as a DD? Experience with cost-of-ownership? I’m planning to put down 70-80 miles per day of highway; are they comfortable in the long-term? I’ve been in a rental before, I remember feeling like i hated the dash, but that it was a solid car otherwise... for a week, at least.
Penny for your thoughts, Oppo.
The Dummy Gummy
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06/21/2016 at 18:02 |
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I wonder if they’re coming from fleet sales. I love those cars. I was between that and Subaru. Subaru won only due to awd.
They (focus) are great cars that get great mileage and should hold up well over time.
Laurence
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06/21/2016 at 18:03 |
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It’s not a car I have enough experience with to give any solid advice, but my guess on the prices is that the older ones are coming out of of warranty/leases, and because ford offers so many incentives when the cars are new that they’re cheap enough that this ripples down to resale values. Just a guess, though
wagon guy now drives a boostang
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06/21/2016 at 21:14 |
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My DD is a ‘14 Focus SE with the manual transmission. There are issues with the dual clutch automatics so I’d recommend staying away from them. As a matter of fact I have the exact car in your photo...
The base SE has rear drum brakes, but the “sport” or “sport appearance” add in the rear discs. I have has no trouble with my car since getting it new, though I’m disappointed in the depreciation on them...
Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
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06/21/2016 at 23:33 |
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They’re good cars, they’re just cheap now because they were cheap (in price) to start with and there’s a million of them. Should be no problem finding one that has everything you want in it for cheap.
Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
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06/22/2016 at 00:29 |
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I've been driving one for the last week, with the dual clutch auto. Having only driven it a week, I can't speak to long term reliability, but you can definitely do a lot worse that a Focus. On the used market, it's a lot of car for not much cash, comparatively speaking.
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06/22/2016 at 09:50 |
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though I’m disappointed in the depreciation on them...
I can certainly see why.
The main one i was looking at had a manual, so (hopefully) I’d avoid the tranny issues. Seems there’s a bunch of people with troublesome autos.