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For the price i don't think you can beat a Focus ESP. Rival to a Astra Sri, much lower insurance. Great base for suspension upgrades, perfect for the ST airbox and manifold. Suspension is Class, surefooted at high speeds. Brakes can be upgraded cheap.

lol when i saw it was a 2ltr petrol i thought the insurance would be through the roof... saw this and it's actually in the colour of my choice - black!

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/FORD+FOCUS/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-9-13-112-4294967193-4294967194/advert.action?R=200816307959443&distance=45&postcode=ph1+2ja&channel=CARS&make=FORD&model=FOCUS&min_pr=1000&max_pr=2000&max_mileage=

not sure on a 5 door focus tho! - altho im beginning to realise with my budget i'll be lucky to have everything i want in my first car! lol

Personally, I prefer 5 doors; much better for practicality, and a lot of cars, imo, looks a bit tacky with 3 doors, like there is something missing. So don't worry about the 5 doors too much.

Just my opinion though.

i dont mind the astra in either 3 or 5, but the focus looks really long lol...

They dont look much longer in real though

the other worry is fuel consumption lol... not to mention the road tax cost - almost double that of the astra and still £200 more a yr to insure

Lol go derv mate you'll never look back!!

lol was waitin for that!"

Its good to Torque matey.

Looks like a good buy davey, check the ESP tho when you test drive it. Also make sure the car has 16inch wheels not 15's as the 2.0's came with 16's.

also seen this, bit more than 2k, http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/FORD+FOCUS/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-10-14-112-4294967193-4294967194/advert.action?R=200821310632084&distance=22&postcode=ph1+2ja&channel=CARS&make=FORD&model=FOCUS&min_pr=2000&max_pr=3000&max_mileage=

lol think this thread may need renaming soon... and well, i've seen a nice lookin motor (imo) that i could probably get for £1k cash

Y, 2001 Reg Fiesta Zetec, 1.25 (i think so no more or less than gf's which in retrospect is enough for me really to just zoom to n from work haha) - 54k, FSH, niceish wheels on it, recaro seats, only 2 miles away from my address - if it's crap i'll just sell it and will still have the remainder of my loan to help towards a new car (dont plan on spending it in a hurry)

fuel consumption on a 2.0 focus is on par with a 1.6 focus. the 1.8 has bad mpg for the size of engine.

lol tbh, i think i been lookin for too much in a first car, astra sxi is wot i'd like but if i dont find one i really want buy time i get my cash then i may well just buy a cheap fiesta (1.25, slow but cheap as chips) until i find exactly wot i want

the 1.25 fiesta's are a very good first car. 75bhp, much quicker than the mk6 ones.