Nothing, no squeeks, rattles, bangs, engine is still clean
A cracking car, quite nippy if a little petrol thirsty. brakes and steering are excellent, gear shift is nice apart from a bit of resistance, holds itself well on the road.
Also very good on safety, trust me if you want to keep safe, buy this car.
The car handles very well around corners and doesn't really loose grip, the 15 inch finesse alloys look extremely nice and the body styling is excellent. the interior is well built, arm rest in the back, CD player, good speakers, air conditioning, ford built the last escorts with everything in them and it really shows.
Visibility is extremely good, mirrors well placed, instruments easily reachable.
I found this quite the opposite.
Between First and Second there is a humming noise when the clutch is down. I looked into it and found no faults, but did find that when stationary with the clutch pedal down that it makes the same noise at 1800rpm.
While driving around at speed I found that the grip is quite bad. The word 'Under-steer' wouldn't come close.
Various cabin rattles. Suspension creaks when going over speed bumps and fuel economy not a strong point.
On the other hand on the motorway it cruises as well and as quietly as a VW.
I'd still go for a Focus though.
1.8tdi Great little car very easy to run and maintain. One drawback that I would have is that it would be the fastest car up through the gears.
I have found my W reg 1.6 Escort Finesse to be excellent, it is silver and has a nice sporty look.
I have had it for 5-6 years now and not had a problem with it, until recently it has started making a quiet ticking noise from the engine or the exhaust.
But it is due to go in for service so I am hoping that will solve it. Other than that I have been very happy with it.
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