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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Q..10kms west of Rocky...
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If you are interested in a Focus Ghia. Ford have the Ghia at $29990 drive away, until Dec 30. This is in Queensland, don't know if applies Aus wide.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Wollongong
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only problem is the ghia doesn't come in manual :(
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brisbane North
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That sounds good, except you can pretty much walk in off the street and get one driveaway any time at that price... If you said $27k driveaway, it would certainly open some eyes....
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 22,904
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Good luck getting one, theres probarly only 4 - 5 in brisbane!
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Whipple Induced
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: WWW
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IMO the 5 speeder and clutch is pretty average anyway. If I had my time again I would have bought my wife the auto.It's way more responsive in normal traffic conditions. Now if your taking the XR5, that a completely different ball game altogether. Much nicer box and clutch to boot.
The bigger issue IMO is the ghia only comes as a sedan, but they do look good with the 17" Zetec wheels. Whats the normal RRP plus on roads for one csv8?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Not a fan, after losing 10 k on our Focus in 12 months and ****ing it off coz it was a lemon Ford will never see us buying one of thier south african pieces of ****... |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Victoria
Posts: 268
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![]() The auto really saps a lot of power, it only feels good in first gear and I'd argue that's due to cheeky throttle mapping. Feels alright in second gear, however the manual feels quite reasonable in the first three gears. Good positive shift, not sloppy, perhaps a tad notchy, but the shift gates are well defined. Auto has too high a stall converter, revs flare a lot, torque converter rarely locks up unless cruising. I'm used to good modern autos that lock up the torque converter quite easily to give better fuel economy and more control (i.e. more like a manual). |
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Noobie
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 525
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There's some pretty good pricing about at the moment. I got the following DRIVEAWAY prices from Denmac Ford in Darra...
06 Zetec Auto - $27.5k 06 Zetec Man - $26.5k 06 LX Auto - $25.5k 06 LX Man - $24.5k I went with the Zetec manual in Black Sapphire. I really wanted a sedan, but wife will drive it more than me and she loves hatches.... so be it... The Zetec looks pretty decent on 17's with the body kit. Should have it next week. |
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