"Stuart Krivis" <jd@mongo.krivis.com> wrote in message
news:37oue2hm6j5966n9ao49anfbak0hst1bkn@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:16:52 GMT, Scott in Florida
> <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:50:37 -0500, [email]XYZoo@webtv.net[/email] (X Y) wrote:
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>>>Despite its problems, the Focus has consistently made "best of" lists in
>>>its class ... but I can remember reading that it is also the most
>>>recalled vehicle in its class. Still, the Focus compares favorably to
>>>the Toyota Corolla, which is not exactly outstanding in ANY respect.
>>>IMHO The new Honda Civic easily trumps both. XY[/color]
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>>My '92 Corolla Wagon is outstanding in everything it does!
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>>It is still in 'like new' condition.
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>>When you beloved FORD Focus gets to 200,000 miles and looks and drives
>>as good as my Corolla, get back to me...[/color]
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> Up here in Ohio they salt the roads, so Toyotas rust before they die
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That's the problem in the nation's snowbelts - the road salt eats the body
well before the car dies a natural death.
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> The Ford Focus is a little shitbox. I don't know how they can sell
> them, unless they're really inexpensive or something.[/color]
I know nothing about them, so checked an old ('05) new car (that sounds like
an oxymoron, although it isn't!) review mag I still had hanging around; it
gave generally good marks for the Focus; as compared w/ the Corolla it was
littler & the gas mileage wasn't as good as the Corolla's. In other aspects
they appeared to be about equal, customer satisfaction-wise. Price-wise, the
Focus ranged a little less, not that much.
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> The Corolla is far better than the Focus. The only Ford product I
> would even consider is a pickup truck, and I'm not sure they'll even
> have that market for long.
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> Hondas are nice, but I'm not so sure they "trump" Toyotas. I think
> they're pretty close in terms of quality.[/color]
I really think with the Hondas & Toyotas that it's a toss-up re: quality &
reliability - that it just comes down to personal preferences.
Cathy
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