What tyre did you all get from the car? I think new batch all get Michelin. I think they are okay.

Yes, too many traffic lights in Melaka. Anyway, there are not many straight leveled roads to test the acceleration of the Focus anyway. Apart from the curve road, if the road is slightly uphill(not exactly leveled), that may affect the acceleration time too I think, other than the method of measurement. Anyway, the acceleration and power of the Focus are certainly stellar. Not only 0 to 100km/h but 100km/h to near top speed.

Yes, can't do much about the tyres. The current tyres won't wear out so soon. Similarly I am eyeing the Yokohama Advan DBV551 but with the current escalating cost of living next year, will need to practice some moderation. Will try another RON97 topup before I switch back to RON95.

Yes, I have accepted the grinding sound as it is. If driving uphill especially with speed bumps along the road(you have to drive slowly approaching speed bump and that is when the grinding sound will come up), then the grinding sound will be quite loud.

I believe the Titanium and Sports do not have the same tyres. If your tyres are Michelin then I guess you have the Focus Sports. Mine is the sedan and it comes with Goodyear Assurance FuelMax tyres. It is a budget to mid-level tyres more toward fuel economy and not really the quiet type of tyres.

I think the Michelin tyres on the Sports may be quieter than the Goodyear tyres on the Titanium.

You may want to try RON97 (2 tanks) and try again before the government decides to raise the price of petrol again next year which will further contribute to the spiralling in cost of living(next year is looking gloomy). I haven't really compared in detail, but with RON97 the acceleration feels effortless. It reaches 200km/h without breaking much sweat and the needle still keeps going up on the speedometer when you floor it.

Anyone install "car brake lock system", where door will lock once we hit the brake? Or any others way then manually press the lock button? We all knew how safe is Malaysia...

about the noise... the rubber seal with 3m stickers.... eventually at first i felt it made some difference but as the mileage increase i find it the noise got worse..... so i;ve taken them out...
i believe it can make difference if we find the right place to use it...
one more caution.... stick it at wrong place it makes the sound even worse aand potentially it even can make your door to lari from the door alignment as it may push the door if too much pressure due to the gap being filled with extra rubbers. i do made the mistake and i can feel that the door has a slightly bigger gap in between the back door and the front door.
i don't think its worthy to use that rubber seal la. im getting used to it already. the great audio setup helps... :-)

Planning to get a Focus S+
Anybody know the current best offer? from JB

No. that is not how it works. Here is probably how it works. they run the car on a dyno ( where air resistance and environmental resistance is almost to NONE) hence they get whatever value

On Paper anyone can be a hero

To achieve the 8.2 second, they turn off the Traction Control, tune to S level gear shift, start with optimized RPM and had a drag race track. Had different tyres and it was the hatchback version.

It was a optimized condition to achieve that. Still, if you peddle to metal, I think it can achieve around sub 10 seconds?



You can see it by fast foward to 4:17

This post has been edited by grayfoxmy: Dec 30 2013, 09:59 PM

The video below is showing the sedan is using Michelin Primacy LC tyres, any Titanium (plus & non-plus) owners can confirm this?

"Start with optimised RPM". That is quite punishing to the brakes and will wear it off quickly since we need to press on the brakes AND the accelerator at the same time I guess, before we release the brakes as the car leaps forward at the touchline. Guess that is how a faster 0-100km/h time is obtained, instead of launching it from zero RPM.

Funny if the sedan is getting Primacy LC tyres since my impression is all sedans from Thailand get the Goodyear. Perhaps the dealer at that particular Ford branch has swapped out the Goodyear for the Michelin Primacy LC?

Pin86, hv u received ur touch-up paint? i need it as well for my candy red. Intentionally scratched by someone i guess . Can you advise where & how you bought them? Thanks

I found them on tao bao. But I have a problem with the import custom now. The seller is telling me that the package might be rejected by custom since it is liquid. Not sure why, maybe to prevent dangerous chemical to enter the country or bio-hazard? It can be shipped but with risk of being reject by the custom.

But there's still hope to it, the shipping company says the custom normally checks on large parcel (10kg above, which also make sense). Will be shipping them in the next delivery probably a couple more weeks from now

If u are in urgent need, u can try to get it through taobao agent, they have lobang 1...

Anyway, I think DIY only applies to scratches on bumper or side skirt.
If DIY on the main body (hood, trunk, doors) will be quite risky if the scratch mark is larger than a old 50cent coin, the new paint will be too obvious to notice. Fine line can still be patched though.

LOL... and also where is Civic? ...oh yeah "The Civic, meanwhile, is forecast to finish at No. 11, with sales of about 665,000 units." ...

I read somewhere that measurement for 0-100kmh have to start from 2k rpm

Guys, where do you place your GPS or handphone while driving? Any recommendations where to get some mounts for Focus?

Also I wonder if anyone managed to get something like this for the boot:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160686725166?ru=...1860996&afsrc=1

For sport and sport+, we got Michelin, okay in term of performance or quietness or comfort? Performance and comfort quite okay, but not the quietness, I wish I could change to a quieter tyres when you're on speed above 100km/h

Just counter the grinding sounds with our great sound system.

Not quite, the Michelin is nosier compared to Continental CC5 on my Vios >.<"

I also feel the acceleration are effortless from 100-160km/h with Ron95, how do you measure?

Just make it a habit to lock the car before start your engine

Thanks for sharing, almost bought it

Yes, about 10.5 seconds, not so impressive, perhaps turbo car can do much better.

Sounds like initial D, brake and accelerate at the same time.

Still figuring out where to put the GPS, a couple option i considered:

1. Mount to windscreen, use normal phone mount

2. Mount to air-cond, but focus air-cond vent is verticle.



3. Mount to dashboard, this is the current option I am considering.
But worry is the mount will block the vision. The dashboard itself is already quite high.



I have bought a couple stuff which I think are essential to the car :

1. Trunk protector


2. Trunk carpet


3. Handle sticker


4. Window rain guard


5. Door side pocket kick sticker
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