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2008-06 Our new car
Our new car
We drove to Santa Cruz to buy a 3 year old 2005 Ford Focus Wagon for a really good deal from the original owners. We stopped at the ice cream store that Kathy says hasn't changed one bit in 45 years!
It's the same length as our Corolla and Consumer Reports says it's reliability is above average. I saw all their records, they spent a lot of money on it's scheduled services ($1,000 for it's 30,000 miles service) and it only has 39,000 miles.
Here's what I was looking for, lots of trunk space (like an SUV) but good gas mileage. (following added later)Freeway driving at low 70s mph and with A/C on it gets 29 miles to the gallon.
Look at all that space!
When was the last time you sat in your trunk?
So 3 1/2 years ago the MSRP was $19,540 (and they paid $1,400 for a 5 year maintenance agreement that is transferable). We paid $9,200 which was Kelly blue book (American cars really depreciate the first few years). It's nice having ABS brakes and side air bags. Hope it's as reliable as Consumer Reports says they are. Thank you Jesus for this car! Looking forward to putting kayaks on top or lots of either camping or target practice stuff in the back. Now Monica & Oscar can buy our old Honda to use after their big move to Lodi, California this weekend!
Creation date: Jun 26, 2008 11:06pm Last modified date: Jul 17, 2008 5:12pm Last visit date: Jan 13, 2025 11:11pm
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Jun 27, 2008 ( 3 comments )
6/27/2008
9:56am
Julie Carr (beekielou)
Congratulations on your roomy, beautiful car! Loved the pics of a happy Kathy, charming daughter Monica model shot and the happy guy sitting / lying in the trunk!
6/27/2008
1:49pm
Jennifer Tibbittts (jemma)
THAT is a lot of trunk space!
6/27/2008
3:14pm
Christina Roper (croper)
congrats on the new car, great color!
Jun 28, 2008 ( 2 comments )
6/28/2008
8:01am
Tom Carr (bunker)
looks great.
congrats
bunker tom
6/28/2008
3:58pm
Katharine Carr (katharine)
Yay! I've heard good things about the Focus and it was one of my top choices when I was in the market for a car.
Jul 2, 2008 ( 1 comment )
7/2/2008
7:50pm
Monica Galvan (monica)
Dad, I'm so happy for you!! You deserve it after the year long hunt/wait for a car! Congrats!!!
Jul 3, 2008 ( 1 comment )
7/3/2008
4:10pm
Marie Carr (nanarie)
Yea, you really look cute in the trunk of your car---in fact, you are cute enough to be Memphis' grandfather. And the car is very pretty also.
Jul 10, 2008 ( 1 comment )
7/10/2008
6:01pm
Elizabeth Dierks (lizzy)
I haven't had a ride yet?
Mar 31, 2011 ( 1 comment )
3/31/2011
1:41pm
Philip Streeter (junk500)
Testing out the new comment feature on an old photoblog --Rich
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