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This is a question Ive been meaning to ask for a while now
Anyway a few years back I had a coach load of Americans and one sat behind me said to me he was quite surprised to see the amount of Ford Focus cars on Englands roads...
So how common are they in America?
Oh and he was less than complimentary about the Smart car - had to agree with him there
They're a very common small car in Australia, in the urban areas so, must be trying for 21st century model T status . None of these small cars are built for the rough and tumble of our less groomed back roads, which is why the smaller SUVs are more popular, such as the Nissan X trail; Toyota Rav 4; et. al.
It will not always be summer: build barns---Hesiod
Sarongman wrote:They're a very common small car in Australia, in the urban areas so, must be trying for 21st century model T status . None of these small cars are built for the rough and tumble of our less groomed back roads, which is why the smaller SUVs are more popular, such as the Nissan X trail; Toyota Rav 4; et. al.
At least you have a genuine need for 4x4s, in England they never go off road and are driven by women who seem to drive them on the school run and to the supermarket
That said, Ive always wanted a Landrover Defender, preferably in matt green and, alright then an ex Army one
However worthy the Ford Focus is, it seems to be perennially eclipsed by the latest genre of VW Golf. I would have little use for a 'Chelsea Tractor' myself, as I don't find myself pulling laden horse trailers out of muddy fields.
My MM drives a VW T4 Camper, which is the embodiment of taking the kitchen sink around with you. Hers is handy enough, being the short WB version, but that makes it just too cramped in the sleeping department for Yours Truly, who prefers B&B.
When my aged Merc. E-waggon eventually expires I would only want to replace it with 'The same again, please', which in its latest incarnation has almost come full circle and looks remarkably like my own...almost handsome.
Kirbstone wrote:
My MM drives a VW T4 Camper, which is the embodiment of taking the kitchen sink around with you. Hers is
No no no, if you're to a have a VW camper van it has to be a T2 bay window
Ive driven a 2012 VW Transporter van and it was the most uncomfortable van Ive ever driven...!!
I hit one of them while I was reversing and it folded up like tissue paper did £1500 of damage, to my car nothing I have a tow bar. I felt quite sorry for her as the car was only 2 weeks old.
Kirbstone wrote:However worthy the Ford Focus is, it seems to be perennially eclipsed by the latest genre of VW Golf. I would have little use for a 'Chelsea Tractor' myself, as I don't find myself pulling laden horse trailers out of muddy fields.
My MM drives a VW T4 Camper, which is the embodiment of taking the kitchen sink around with you. Hers is handy enough, being the short WB version, but that makes it just too cramped in the sleeping department for Yours Truly, who prefers B&B.
When my aged Merc. E-waggon eventually expires I would only want to replace it with 'The same again, please', which in its latest incarnation has almost come full circle and looks remarkably like my own...almost handsome.
T.
Cheers T. That's the nicest thing anybodies said about me for weeks!
P.S. Just back from a very cold, rather wet and very windy sail, it reminded me of something, oh yes, Scottish weather! The Macabi was flying well!
I am the God of Hellfire! and I bring you truffles!
Hi B&B,
Glad to hear you've got yer wee boat on the waather again. I'm sure the weather will cheer up, given time. I think at 6'3" and 579lbs 4 oz you'd make a bulbous bedfellow, so I'll rephrase that sentence about my MM's Camper....I'd prefer A B&B. .
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Tackleberry,
We had a left hooker '87 T3 for half a Century which had a flat 1600 turbo under the rear shelf. It struggled with German autobahns and see-sawed along indifferent by-roads, but served us well for a long time and was more roomy than our present steed, as the front seats were forward of the wheels.
The '03 T4 is a better charger, with 2.7 litres up front, but I find the legroom in front very tight for my 6'1". They've changed them again a couple of times since. Its comfort cannot be compared to an E- Mercwaggon, though.
Well here in America the Focus is a very popular car. I'm not sure if its the same car as what you have but its Fords smallest north American built car. they have been building them here since 2002. a replacement for the Escort.
RichardA wrote:I hit one of them while I was reversing and it folded up like tissue paper did £1500 of damage, to my car nothing I have a tow bar. I felt quite sorry for her as the car was only 2 weeks old.
Modern cars are designed to crumple and absorb the energy of an impact. More repair expense, but fewer injuries and deaths.
I have that to thank for both my parents still being alive.
They were travelling in a 12month Fiesta that they had bought less than a week previously.
They were hit twice and spun on the M6 near Birmingham by a truck at some 60mph.
Car written off, my parents only had some whiplash.
The Fiesta had replaced their Mk1 Focus and they replaced the written off car with a Mk2 Focus, both very nice cars to drive, if uninspiring.
straightfairy wrote:Modern cars are designed to crumple and absorb the energy of an impact.
How true that is. About 6 years ago I was at the Land Rover engineering specialist on the Sunshine Coast and was looking through their wrecks. I distinctly remember a nearly new Freelander which was totally crumpled right up to the "passenger capsule" The windscreen had cracked right out, the air bags were hanging limply with the talcum powder that surrounds the bags coating the cabin. The owners of the establishment told me that all occupants were able to open the doors and walk out, (Though hospitalised as a precaution)
It will not always be summer: build barns---Hesiod
. None of these small cars are built for the rough and tumble of our less groomed back roads, which is why the smaller SUVs are more popular, such as the Nissan X trail; Toyota Rav 4; et. al.
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