The Daily Driver, a staple in everyone’s driving diet, mine is a 2003 SVT Focus. A car that Ford brought to the US to compete with the indomitable Honda Civic the focus was loved in Europe and did well in the US. In 2002 Ford decided to let the Special Vehicle Team have a go at it. A sport tuned suspension along with a six speed Getrag manual transmission and a 170 horsepower 2.0 liter Zetec engine (40 more than the standard focus) the SVT Focus was a front runner in the “hot hatch” market for its three year run. Quicker around the track than its main competition, Honda’s Civic SI, and could out turn the more powerful Volkswagen Golf GTI, and boasting a highway mpg rating of 26mpg, more like 30 in my experience, these things combined with its sub 20,000 dollar price tag led the SVT to be highly praised in many automotive presses. Sadly the SVT was replaced in 2005 with the facelift of the Focus line.
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Welcome to my little automotive blog. Some people want the newest Iphone, or the freshest close, for me it has always been old cars.
Most of my automotive experience is based around my buying, trading, selling on several cars for myself and with various friends. I also have personally kept many for my personal use before selling them. I gained this automotive lust from my father, Dad has owned close to 50 cars throughout his life and he currently owns 7 cars (my sisters and my two are in his name, however this is just for our time at college) and at one time we had a total of twelve cars at our house. The cars in my family are nothing special to other people, but mean the world to us. Vehicles like my fathers ’69 el Camino are not high on most people desirable classics list but this truck is special to us. It was bought by my grandfather in 1979 with a caved in fender and a blown up motor for 300 dollars. Since then it has had two more motors and logged countless miles as my grandfathers and fathers workhorse, daily driver, and now play-toy.