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The Skoda/Marmite approach....a bump for Leyton
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Would you consider splitting?
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Always wanted one and IIRC back then Ford owned Jaguar and one of the Jag estate of the time had 4WD and shared the same chassis/platform as the focus estate (or was it that of the Mondeo?).
In any case, nice car, decent price and I agree with the other comments, selling a car without MOT is a ballache.
From wiki:
In testing the suspension in 2000, Motor Trend writer Jack Keebler noted "The Focus' average speed of 62.6 mph through our slalom makes it faster around the cones than a $62,000 Jaguar XJ8L and a $300,000 Bentley Continental. The impression is of having plenty of wheel travel for gobbling the larger stuff and big-car, full-frame isolation when encountering expansion joints and smaller road imperfections
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Edited for clarity anyway. Wouldn't want to misrepresent this beauty. On the chance that malandro and seven04 are serious I'll do a pic or two ASAP. I might have to wait til Saturday as I won't be home in daylight.
In other news - that headwind we all struggled with this morning... Not an issue in the car. That baby's headwind proof. Furthermore it has 5 gears more than most of our bikes. Frikkin luxury!
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Furthermore it has 5 gears and 4 brakes more than most of our bikes. Frikkin luxury!
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Righto - here's some pics.
Alloys yo! Note the 'go faster mud' on the side. Proof positive that this car goes along and that it has recently put the miles in for a trip to the country!
Roomy!
Cockpit.
Ipod stereo.
You can get eight bikes, three kids, a marquee, a pit pony and a Fortnums hamper in this bad boy. I'll even let you keep the washer fluid!
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This is a bargain. If it had Isofix bits for kids seats I would snap your arm off - I can't believe its still here. You can drive from London to Amsterdam and back fully laden on a tankful of diesel in one of these. 140k miles is nothing either.
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For Sale: OT Old Ford Focus Estate
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@Wrongcog
Anyone at all fancy this for the LFGSS price of £350 for an easy sale?
Before I go down the hideously dull route of making an ad on Autotrader I'm checking here to see whether there might be any interest in my old banger.
2001 Ford Focus Zetec turbo Diesel
1800 cc
This is an old beast. Proper workhorse - which someone might want for a run around to chuck stuff in and basically misuse. It's got - wait for it - 140,000 fabulous miles on the clock. Here's the skinny:
Runs like a beaut. I've never had a problem starting it since I bought it 5 years ago. These old Ford Diesels will go. Still a good motorway car which is quite a laugh when you want it to be. Airbags, power steering and immobiliser.
Other than that it's shite:
Service history? Bitty.
Central locking you say? Don't be daft. You can open it with a key on the driver's side.
Air Con? Of course..... sort of. Still chills but only blows at max setting - so no gentle breeze for you.
MOT? June 23. That said I haven't been botching or ignoring and it shouldn't have any major issues. Wipers, lights and brakes are all tickety boo. I just can't be arsed with it any more as I've completely and utterly run out of money.
Bodywork? No big issues but it's tatty. Couple of dents in the roof, scratches and scuffs but I've not pranged it and nothing's falling off. Plus it's dark green! What's not to love?
Stereo? Good actually! I bunged an ipod job in there when I bought it so you can scroll through your tracks without digging the phone or ipod out and driving like a bell end. The speakers aren't bad either. If you're old skool and you want the original tape deck back. I lost it. Sorry.
It's got a clutch like a 1980s transit but it runs smooth enough and if I had any funds I'd run it til it dies, but they're going to want their insurance money off me come June and I can't renew it so it's cheerio.
Pics on here if anyone actually shows any sign of giving a fuck but it's a green focus so just wander out onto your street and look around - you'll see one. This car is big and useful. You can get loads of shit in the back with the seats down or up.
Based in Leyton for looksies.