never thought I'd write this... the latest Mondeo and the 2002 Focus are both absolutely brilliant. In Ghia spec these have absolutely everything you will ever need.
How much of a discount would be reasonable?
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Trip computer, cruise control, headlamp washers, automatic transmission on most powerful engine. These are all items that you can't order together on a Ford Mondeo or a Ford Focus. You can on a Vauxhall Astra, I've had one for two years, got 8% discount as well.
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RogerL wrote:
"Trip computer, cruise control, headlamp washers, automatic transmission on most powerful engine. These are all items that you can't order together on a Ford Mondeo or a Ford Focus. You can on a Vauxhall Astra, I've had one for two years, got 8% discount as well"
2002 Focus Ghia,
Comes in all engine sizes, including 2.0 automatic, trip computer is standard cruise control, headlamp washers with Xeon headlamps only.
2002 Mondeo
Available with 2.0L 4 speed auto or 5 speed auto on 2.5L (from march on Zetec S and Ghia).
Trip computer standard on Ghia, Cruise control on Ghia X.
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I got 10% off Ford- Recommended List Price *and* 0% Finance over 36 months on a Focus LX.
Stevieboy
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I haven't tried out these cars for myself but I have been told that the ride quality in each is not too good. With the roads being littered with pot-holes, ride quality is important to me.
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Why I won't buy an Astra - it is plug ugly and the local dealers are obnoxious.
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The Astra is perhaps not as 'stylistic' as a Focus, but it's styling is on the conservative side. Personal prefence of course, but it is certainly not ugly! I was looking at buying either a nearly new Focus Tddi, Astra DI or a Vectra DI early last year. The Ford looked ok, but I hated the interior....far too much hard, tacky plastics used on the dash etc. The Focus did drive quite nicely, although it was a bit unsettled on bumpy roads, a bit fidgity. I went for the Vectra however, and have not looked back! My mate has a W reg Fiesta Zetec 1.4, and the interior is all nasty cheap, hard plastics....that is one thing that puts me off Ford cars!
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So, the 2002 Focus option availability has caught up the the Astra 1998 launch availability and the 2002 Mondeo, in March, will catch up with the early 90's Cavalier and make automatic transmission available on the 2.5 V6
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Vauxhall at present have no 5 speed auto, the Vectra/Omega only have 4 speeds.
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Who needs the frippery? The Mondeo LX has just about everything you need...
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"The Focus did drive quite nicely, although it was a bit unsettled on bumpy roads, a bit fidgity. I went for the Vectra however, and have not looked back!"
Having difficulty getting my brain round this one!
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Well, what I meant to say was that the Focus took bends better, whilst the Vectra is better as a cruising machine. The Vectra is less unsettled at higher speeds than the Focus. Having driven many Mondeos too, I find them a bit 'fidgity' on bumpy roads...i.e. I felt I had to make more steering corrections etc.
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Richard P,
But how can you find the Focus/Mondeo as more fidgety or unsettled ride worse than a Vectra? Its my biggest bug bear with the car, the ride is so damned uncomfortable! Unless you are only referring to steering correction and nothing else.
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PBWLR* now has a Focus Ghia instead of the Mondeo for buisiness use and is finding it quite choppy/uncomfortable.
*That should be PBWLR&FF really.
David
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