I have begun searching for a car. The thing is though, I'm buying USED. On my salary, I don't think I can afford new, especially if it's going to take 5 years to pay off
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I owned a Ford Focus for four years- a 2003 to be exact.
It had it's quirks. Like if I tried to accelerate too fast, the engine would stutter. But otherwise it drove well. I did have to have the trunk lock replaced twice, and it broke a third time and I just ignored it XP
My fiancee' had one (a 2000- horrible car, so much wrong with it!), and my best friend STILL drives one. It's not even 100,000 miles yet, and it's having problems every other month.
But here is my warning- In my experience, Ford Focuses are good little cars if you treat them right and baby them from the start. Mine was nearly new- only 8,000 miles when I bought it (and I babied that thing until it died due to car accident). But if you get them after one or two people have driven them, and they didn't take good care of the car... You will suffer for it
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I drive a 2004 Ford Focus. It's okay. We got it because it was $10k (this was in 2005) and had low mileage, and also I think my dad and I were tired of searching. It has wind noise from the windshield when you accelerate/are going fast which has always bugged me but I've just learned to deal with it. Otherwise it's served me well, no major problems ever really. I don't like how it looks though (I like cute looking cars like Civics and Corollas) and it's never been my ideal car so whenever I can afford it I'll be buying my own different car.
The trouble is that all the cheaper Corollas have higher mileage. Sure, my dad had one for 10 years so I know how reliable they can be, but even the '06s can be over $10k.
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It had it's quirks. Like if I tried to accelerate too fast, the engine would stutter. But otherwise it drove well. I did have to have the trunk lock replaced twice, and it broke a third time and I just ignored it XP
My fiancee' had one (a 2000- horrible car, so much wrong with it!), and my best friend STILL drives one. It's not even 100,000 miles yet, and it's having problems every other month.
But here is my warning- In my experience, Ford Focuses are good little cars if you treat them right and baby them from the start. Mine was nearly new- only 8,000 miles when I bought it (and I babied that thing until it died due to car accident). But if you get them after one or two people have driven them, and they didn't take good care of the car... You will suffer for it ( ... )
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As for a Honda I'll haven't tried one out yet.
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