Oh I agree, but there are a lot of people out there that panic and worry about everything. You only have to go to the supermarket a few days before Christmas and it's utter chaos, the shops are shut for one day and people act like the world is ending. Same when ther was a fuel shortage years ago and people were panic buying petrol. If people had carried on as normal there would no have been a problem, but you ended up with people who used £20 a month brimming their cars and filling jerry cans.
= lots of idiots about unfortunately.
I'll answer my own question from what I've noticed or read:
If you hate it that much, just bore off!! If you dont like the new ST then dont buy one.
🤔If you hate it that much, just bore off!! If you dont like the new ST then dont buy one.
Better yet, go buy a new Civic Type R andoff from this forum. Youre neither constructive nor witty.
So what your saying is the you won't "Waste" your money buying the cheaper car? This is why we see articles in the sun about people who say they were "conned" into buying their car when actually they are just rubbish at simple maths, For a start, unless you're doing like 24000 miles a year, the quoted residual for the Focus is incorrect,Residual value on a Focus ST Estate based on 9k per year is a less scratty £16842 but we will stick with your scratty figures as they make the below calculations even funnier!!
Yep that was back in 2016 on a car designed 10 years ago
I'd prefer a type r. Probably better, based on not very much at all. But no estate.If you hate it that much, just bore off!! If you dont like the new ST then dont buy one.
Better yet, go buy a new Civic Type R and
As I said in post they are about the same price within a couple of hundred. And I also said the Civic was double the interest rate, about 6% apr so on finace the Civic will cost more. The point was the final value of only 12600 from ford which pushes the monthly payment right up. Thats usually what matters to most with finance. Plus if thats all Ford are valuing them at thats another concern, £20k depreciation in 3 years + interest. I find 12600 hard to believe so going to query it, doesnt seem right. Ford main dealer.
I like the tech in the new car but lets not get carried away, its value is not huge and common in many cars. Adaptive cruise Is about £500 extra in VAG cars. Not sure that much else is uncommon these days?
As pointed out above......I don't know how you are looking at this but based on those figures the Civic is the much better deal because it is worth almost £4k more after the same amount of time, plus the monthly payments are £55 less.
The Type R has a big boot, big enough just about for me, the Focus boot just isnt big enough, I tried using mine for work but ended up with kit on the back seat too often. Would have to be an ST Estate. Apart from residual worries I would like to know what the suspension set up is. If its the same as the normal mode with adaptive dampers I'm happy with that. Same with the hatch, if the standard suspension = normal mode I wouldnt be bothered about the adaptive option.
For what it's worth, piston heads found the passive damper setup to be stiffer than the CCD car.
