I noticed quite a large blind spot in the Fords I used to get a hire cars for work. The worst has the Mondeo, and it also had a horrible distortion effect at the corners of the windscreen which meant your field of view was missing at the very edge. I discovered this one day when stopped at a pedestrian crossing and I couldn't actually see the people crossing the road unless I moved my head back and looked out of the drivers door window. That was a bad design flaw.

Ford have always been pretty good at creating sporty versions of their normal models. I used to love driving the Mondeo ST24 I often got from the hire company. That had some good acceleration. But I wasn't impressed by the interior. Very plasticy and it sometimes rattled and vibrated as you mention your Focus does. I've always been left with the impression that in the past few years Ford have made a big improvement in the actual build quality of their cars externally, but they are still not so great on the inside. One thing I really hate is the Focus dashboard. It looks so ugly with pointless wasted space such as that big space to the left of the main dials that end in a triangle. Such a shame as the exterior and engines are pretty good these days.
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Mine's a '96 Citroën Xantia 1.9TD estate. It's a pure workhorse, me needing the space for the tools I need to have with me. And needing the diesel's good ability to pull heavy loads, as I pull hangers quite frequently. And that diesels are usually more economic than petrol engines, as I drive pretty long distances for work and so have high fuel expenses.

It performs well in all those regards, and is a very comfortable drive so I'm pretty happy with it.
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Well mines a mitsubushi Space Wagon, 15 years old, mint condition and 45k on the clock. Had to get something as I have a wife and 2 kids, . Awesome car.
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I like bigger cars too - if I had a farm or lived somewhere that could get snowed in I'd like a Hylux diesel 2.5 turbo, perfect for shipping my gf and kid about while dragging trees off the driveway. Living in a city I cant possibly justify such a purchase for the mo tho. That and the govs current war on petrol puts it off limit - I'm all for green issues but the real offenders are big businesses and the construction industry. Its ok putting a massive tax on polluting vehicles if you live in London cos it has a perfectly good infrastructure to allow people to get to work on time, as for the rest of the uk its a different story. They are trying to discourage cars from my city centre by putting parking meters everywhere - all it has done is driven the cars to the residential districts, blocking up drives and private car parks. Every day when I leave for work there is a new car parked behind mine, but as I walk it dosent bother me too much - its only when they scratch my car that I want blood! Rant over
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At present I have a 94 mk 5/6 escort with a blow gearbox sat out the front, gathering parking tickets.

Which leaves me riding the bike. Which at present is a 2000 Yamaha R1

When I get paid at the end of the month I will be getting a Merc c200e so I be driving a Mercedes.

That means my brother in law (1) as a c190 Merc, and the other one drives a Jag.

posh gits eh?

lol I wish!
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Nice bike!
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Yea gets me around!:

Edit: Harrision this quoting things gets me confused!
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In what way?
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Keep pressing submit, instead of quote as it as the little quoting symbols!
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We could end up with a lot of Poster of the Month nominations then.

Which reminds me! I've still not done the POTM for July! Or set the August category. Oops! Will do that now before I forget again. Sorry everyone.
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