Saturday, March 04, 2006
My New Girlfriend and She Is Black !!!

She still has 15 months waranty left, no need MOT, only done 24K miles. I shall say 3rd hand la. First hand, it cost £12K. Believe it or not, I got it from Ebay. She has just been through Ford dealer check, serviced and passed.
Why did I choose Ford? Clearly, there are several other candidates like Astra, Civic, Ibiza, Golf, Rover 25 and Punto. Japanese cars and VW are out of the question, they are very expensive owing to the high cost of their spare parts. Then, Astra and Ford have a head to head fight, but according the several reviews, it seems that Ford has a better road handling overall, although its interior is a little less posh compared to Astra. Extremely reliable, however, in the unfortunate incindent of failure, spare parts are cheap, hence maintanence cost is very low. Try searching for Focus spare parts in Ebay and you will understand.
Allow me to elaborate regarding the road handling bit. The Ford Focus is expensive for a car of its class, but there is a catch for the premium price, its road handling is unsurpassed owing to its rear independent suspension. One needs to drive a Focus to fall in love with it, try cornering hard. ...... Well, even Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear agrees, he loves it so much that he uses a 1.6 Ford Focus? The story can be found here http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-1429758,00.html,
By the way, the colour black asissts in exuding its magical elements. Planning to get a set of leather seat cover to add some Vavavoom. Ummm... of course, she is still not a Jaguar. :)
Zoom, zoom, zoom

Well, she is finally here. A review of her can be found here.
http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-specifications/Ford/Focus+%281998-04%29/FO007304/



