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Hi guys,

I am going to get my self Ford Focus 1.8 GHIA TD DI Saloon 4dr on V reg 2000 with 115000k on clock, as second car, due to my work. It will cost me fortune to use my IS200.

I love focus, i used to have focus before 1.6 lx, and had 3 years trouble free motoring ( but this another story)

So the car in very good condition, few little scratches, but what worries me the repair which done to car recently.

Car had about 5000 miles ago new engine (with 25000 miles), new clutch, new diesel pump, new timing belt, new discs and pads, new bushes, oil filter, engine and gear box oil, glow plugs, back break shoes, back cylinder all this cost previous owner more than £2000.

I am buying it for £1800, do you think it is good deal?

Does anyone knows how is reliable TD DI engines?

Thanks

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Yeah the TDCi engines are good. Are you buying it privately? What Car suggests £1680 for that car or £1880 from a dealer. Why the saloon rather than hatch?

Personally, I'd always ask the question 'why did the car need that amount of work?' Could you be buying something that's gonna cost a fortune? I'm not trying to put you off it, but ask the seller the question.

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I'm amazed all that work only cost £2000!

Yep I'm with Wylie that it's always a concern when a huge amount of work has been done, but I guess the original engine lasted almost 100k miles so maybe it did just die of natural causes.........

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I'd suggest buying a civic mate, they're cheap these days and are bullet proof. My 2000 V reg 1.4 5dr civic has lasted me so well and I've never had any issues with it. bought it with 24k on the clock and its now got 90k and is still running strong. Have known these cars to last easily over the 150k mark and from first hand experience, my mates one had 170k on the clock before it was written off and I seen one at the car auction once with 176k on the clock and it was running smoothly.

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Ok I didn't read the first post properly. I read it as the engine was replaced after 25000 miles. Sorry.

If it's done 100,000 miles then it could feasibly be that it was a death due to old age. Ask what kind of miles it has done. 100,000 miles up and down a motorway isn't excessive yet 100,000 miles pootling around towns in stop start traffic and running cold would make it's 'wear age' much greater than it's physical age.

Why did he spend that much money on it when the car was worth less than the cost of the repair? Could it be that the car has been very good and the owner didn't want to get rid of it?

I'd just ask the questions - have you got anyone you know who's a mechanic to look over the car before you buy it? If not, I think the AA offer that service.

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Ok I didn't read the first post properly. I read it as the engine was replaced after 25000 miles. Sorry.

If it's done 100,000 miles then it could feasibly be that it was a death due to old age. Ask what kind of miles it has done. 100,000 miles up and down a motorway isn't excessive yet 100,000 miles pootling around towns in stop start traffic and running cold would make it's 'wear age' much greater than it's physical age.

Why did he spend that much money on it when the car was worth less than the cost of the repair? Could it be that the car has been very good and the owner didn't want to get rid of it?

I'd just ask the questions - have you got anyone you know who's a mechanic to look over the car before you buy it? If not, I think the AA offer that service.

So guys,

The current owner of car got it allready with all work done to it (about 16 month ago), when car originally was on 110000 miles, since that he has done 5000 miles on all new replacment parts. I asked him reason why engine was replaced, he told me due cambelt snapped on 110000, replacement engine with 25000 was fitted, but it did not happend when he was owning car, just before he bought it. The only work he done all brakes, cylinders, mot'd 12 month.

Yes i would prefer hatch more, but it just came up, and amount of work done to it, its like another 5 years trouble free motoring. I drove car, and it could not belive it, it was so solid, it felt like brand new, to be honest , it was better drive than my IS200, felt so solid smooth, gear changes so smooth.

Being GHIA, it has got full grey leather interior ( which very rare to find in focuses), electric seats, heated front and rear windows and mirrors, full electric windows, heated electric mirrors, brand new tyres.

The only thing bit worrys me, the current owner, looks like he does not have any clue about cars. When i asked him to pop bonnet up, he did not know how to do it, he said to me for past 16 month he did 5000 miles, and if any work needed he took it to garage. Reason for sale, he became desaible, so he cant drive anymore. But having car for nearly 2 years and dont know how to open bonnet, i just cant belive it :ohmy:

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Oh i forgot to mention guys, it is not TDCI engine, its TD DI engine

I think that's the engine they used to fit in the Escort isn't it. It tided the Focus over till the TDCi came along. It's not common rail so not that smooth, but I think they go on forever.

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