quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
DT, you're ok in my book. You can work on any of my cars whenever you want to.
The little woman just suggested a SVT Focus for my little guy. How do like yours?
I hope my wife doen't find out about the little woman!
Doug, I love my SVT Focus for an everyday driver. It is comfortable, has all the bells and whistles standard, handles well for a front wheel driver, gets great milage, yet has adequate power when you rev the piss out of it, which also sounds great cause of the 7250 redline. It is reliable, and I just can't say enough good shit about it except for one thing. They haven't made it since 2003.
It would be a pretty good first car for a kid cause it has such good handling charecterstics, stops on a dime, anit-lock brakes, and has front and side curtain air bags and a good crash rateing.
Around town I get mid twenty gas milage and on highway trips I get low thirties even with the air conditioner and sound system cranked up.
Only thing is, sometimes I get the urge to hop it up. Jackson racing made a supercharger kit that fit the personality of the car really well. It still ran real smooth and all but it imporved the bottom end and developed 200 ponies. As long as one can resist the temptation to drop coinage on the car, you can drive around in comfort and safety and sportiness, for very little green backs.