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Well, the dealer refused to give me a loaner while I await a new master cylinder and the recall part (fuel injector) to be replaced. I called Ford Headquarters and explained my car only has 3000miles on it, etc. They called the dealer and ok'd a 4 day loaner. Thank-goodness, but if the repair takes longer I'm outta luck. PS-2 of the 4 day loaner is covering this weekend, leaving only 2 days for the repair. By the way, bought the car Jan. 10, and got a blue watch today (my car is red). Maybe I should send the watch back and ask to trade it for a new cylinder.... |
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Hi, I'm considering buying a automatic focus hatchback, in scanning the last few posts I notice someone was posting about a recall and engine problems. I would like to know about these problems and any other advice is appreciated. If its not too nosy how much over or under invoice are people able to get the car. I want mine loaded. Thanks mimsgo in Tennessee |
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Doh! Hope you have better luck on with your 2nd appt. cahollan. Gabe |
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Thanks for the sympathy kdominczak. I'm in Des Moines, Iowa and the dealership I've gone through is Dewey Ford. {I had originally gone to Charles Gabus Ford but their sales staff is laughable. Tried to sell me everything on the lot but the ZX3! He talked me into test driving a focus sedan, it was smooth. (and it had the telescoping steering wheel, which is why I've been waiting 15 wks. for my ZX3.) I found the placement of the wheel in the ZX3 too high on the dash. For that matter, I couldn't even reach the wheel once I had my seat adjusted comfortably (I'm tall). Anyway, after the test drive ( Charles Gabus), the salesperson kept trying to push me into buying the sedan. I repeatedly told him I wanted the ZX3. His response was "you can see from here what we have on the lot". --Duh! I'm not blind. They had 3- green, black, and orange. All manual tranny. Told him I wanted an auto in silver. His response was "we should be getting another delivery in a week or two, why don't you drop by then and we'll look again." --These guys don't want my business very bad do they? I thanked him for the drive and walked. I was almost to my car and I heard him reluctantly say. "If you wanted, we could order you one..". I made an appt. about 2 wks. later, with a different salesperson at the same dealership. I was thinking maybe it was just the one bad apple, you know... Not to be, I received pretty much the same treatment from talkinghead #2. I ended up putting in my request on autobytel.com, the internet rep. from Dewey contacted me less than 24 hrs. later by email. (I requested a contact by email rather than by phone) After only a couple email correspondences, he offered to order me one for $100 over invoice. (price had never come up before this). I made an appt. to talk with him. He was a no bull type-o-guy. I ordered it. Funny thing is, I went on a wk. vacation to Vail,CO in Jan. to ski. When I came back I called Dewey Ford to say hi to my rep. and I was told that he no longer worked there. I'm curious what happened to him. Just for kicks I'll tell you his name, (he was a cool guy). Name was Steve Blake (from Detroit he said). Anybody else recognize the name? I didn't at the time, but have since run across it while browsing the web. (I wonder if he could be the same Steve Blake, former owner of fordnews.com who has reviews posted at blueovalnews.com)? Now I've got a new rep. (kinda wishy-washy).Hi mimsgo, I'm getting my ZX3 automatic loaded. Final $ will be $100 over invoice, should be somewhere in the vicinity of $15000. p.s.--last night I dreamt that I flew down to Hermosillo, Mexico and hijacked my finished car from the plant. <just kidding>!--well mostly kidding. Gabe silver ZX3-auto,loaded |
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| To Silver_Bullet and anyone else interested.....I installed the ZTS dome lamp (Ford pn 'YS4Z-13776-AB') which includes two individual map lights this afternoon in my ZX3. It's really a nice quality piece - made by Hella. It was a little scary prying and pulling out the original dome lamp - it's a tight fit. I recommend using a piece of cloth around a flat blade screwdriver so you don't damage the plastic housing. Anyway - once you have the original unit out, pull off the connectors, reattach them to the new unit, pop it back in place, and you're done - probably 5 minutes total. The new dome/maplight combo costs approx $24 and even includes the 3 bulbs - I thought it was a great deal. I tried out the map lights on the way home from church tonight - very bright. The map lights are also easier to turn on while you are driving - just a push on the switch, rather than sliding the dome light switch over. I also just like the way the new unit looks - I like the added buttons - maybe that's just a guy thing! | |
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If you haven't seen it yet - check it out! Great story about the Focus R - supposedly due 3rd qtr 2001 for $19,000. Supposedly 35 guys working on their laptops sorting out the handling. 220 turbo hp, still fwd. A brief mention was made of a potential Cosworth spinoff - 300hp, AWD!!! |
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| It finally arrived!! I wonder if talking to the sales manager helped?! I came home from a weekend camping trip to find my yellow watch box! My watch is lifesaver red with grey-like my car-but it is a regular g-shock-I was hoping for a baby g. This thing is huge!!!Watch out for jealous vandals!! I decided to cruise over to the bowling alley across town to watch my dad bowl in state tournaments-was only in there for about an hour-came out to find a nice long key scratch along the driver side back panel!! I almost vomited at the site!! guess it's my turn to hit the shop! UUUGGGHHH!! | |
| I just realized that my registration has the wrong mileage the dealer put the trip mileage instead of the actual milage. I'm wondering if it's too late to do anything about. It still should have the original miles on it since I didn't have it long enough to rack up too many extra miles. | |
| I gotta tell ya, those platinum 4 point plugs are a big waste of dough, just like splitfires. It's never going to spark to all four points, it's just going to spark to the one that has the least amount of resistance between the two points, which could theoretically reduce power. Just stick with a regular high quality platinum plug. | |
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Hi sk8ingnunt, Wanted to ask you a question about your ZX3. Have you received the car yet or still waiting? And when did you place your order?(Reason I ask is that mine has the same options w/ the addition of the auto tranny.) thanks, Gabe |
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