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20th February 2017, 06:51 PM
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A car for the wife
After your thoughts.
Wife has set her heart on a newer Ford Focus ST so found one close by at Availablecars.com near Leeds. Went to have a look on Saturday and took it for a test drive and worked perfectly and felt nice and secure and rattle free. They had just serviced it and changed the plugs etc. Put a £100 deposit on it and left happy, being told it would be ready for pick up on Tuesday. It is 18 month old with 35K on the clock and in good nick. Well, today they rang to say that the warranty may be an issue with Ford due to the gap between the first and second service, not in time, but miles and if there is an engine issue, they may not honour the warranty (electrics etc would still be covered). The company offer a 3 month warranty of their own but will not offer me a anything further.... So - would you buy it? Cheers for your feedback.
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20th February 2017, 07:20 PM
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I voted no - not unless they reduce the price by enough to risk it or sort it out with Ford UK.
Third party warranties would probably also be able to wriggle out as their T&Cs will stipulate it has to be serviced to the manufacturer's regime.
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20th February 2017, 07:23 PM
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Same here. There will be another one along soon with the right history.
You have a simple problem really as you actually know what you want. 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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20th February 2017, 07:27 PM
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Thanks for the votes so far.
My gut was saying bail out also so will ring them tomorrow and say no thanks.
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Andy. Current cars: BMW i4 M-Sport Peugeot 207 (the sons) Triumph Daytona 675 (2017 reg) =========================== Gone but not forgotten Ford Focus ST-2 Mk3 (the wifes) (stolen Oct 2023) 1972 T2 Bay Window Camper (Slow) Audi TT Mk1 225 - now with coil-overs and a 7inch touchscreen infotainment centre 2003 A8 Sport 4.2 (with ACC & LPG) (Feed up with all the issues so passed it on to a forum member) 2000 A8 FL QS 4.2 (with RNS-E - Nice ) (Engine poorly so sold on to be brought back by someone who has the time)
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20th February 2017, 07:42 PM
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20th February 2017, 07:52 PM
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Avoid - there's plenty of others around and most will be lower miles too at that age.
What spec were you looking at? We were tempted by a facelift ST-3 but found the ride a bit too bone jarring on 19s on fhe one we drove and front seats had very tight side bolsters even for a not terribly fat bloke like me! Liked how it drove and Sync2 isn't as horrific as some make out. New Sync3 with carplay etc won't be on the used market yet. Bought a Golf GTI PP with DCC instead, but each to their own
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#7
20th February 2017, 07:56 PM
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Saw a low mileage one at a major Ford player and booked to see it on Saturday morning. Just about to set off and they rang to say a "punter" had walked in and asked for a test drive, so would I be OK coming later. Being the gentleman I am I said OK - they never rang that day! They rang today to say that if I was still interested it is still for sale as the bloke had put a deposit down, but his wife decided it was to big and they ended up with a Fiesta ST..... I told him that as I had booked I thought I should have first refusal and that they have lost as sale as I have bought one...............turns out I haven't. It's £600 more but half the mileage so may go and have a look tomorrow!
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Andy. Current cars: BMW i4 M-Sport Peugeot 207 (the sons) Triumph Daytona 675 (2017 reg) =========================== Gone but not forgotten Ford Focus ST-2 Mk3 (the wifes) (stolen Oct 2023) 1972 T2 Bay Window Camper (Slow) Audi TT Mk1 225 - now with coil-overs and a 7inch touchscreen infotainment centre 2003 A8 Sport 4.2 (with ACC & LPG) (Feed up with all the issues so passed it on to a forum member) 2000 A8 FL QS 4.2 (with RNS-E - Nice ) (Engine poorly so sold on to be brought back by someone who has the time)
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20th February 2017, 08:37 PM
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If it was a specialist car (say S8) that was hard to find, I might have considered it.
As it's a Ford, well there are more of them on AT than and other manufacturer. P.S. I thought it said POLL: The car or the wife I thought this one is too easy
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20th February 2017, 08:53 PM
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Looks like you have made your mind up, but for what it's worth I agree with the others, and looks like you have another lined up to go see anyhow
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20th February 2017, 10:12 PM
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Like Andrew (HP) said. "You've done the hard bit, you know what you want." Hold out for the right one, and good luck
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