I notice that everyone is comparing a DCT GB to a conventional GB or CVT GB when it comes to the characteristic of a transmission.
I admit that sometimes in a DCT situation, 1st to 2nd can be hard to predict. I am driving my car almost 14k km now, and i have adapted myself to how the car responds to my throttle input.
What i can say is, the DCT GB character is not the deal breaker. I rather enjoy the drive with the DCT GB when i am light footed. The best GB is still a CVT, but IIRC, there is more 'waste' in energy in a CVT then a DCT.

So end of the day is, what do you want and what can you live without? For me, the built quality and drive characteristic of the car is more important then the minor issue (to me) of 1st gear to 2nd gear juddering ...

Strong jerks and juddering at low speeds only occur during the first 1,000km, in my case. The gear shifts are much smoother at 2,000km. It does not have the smoothness of a CVT but it's close - only at 2,000km mileage and above.

As Lowkl has mentioned, it's not exactly a gearbox problem but a characteristic, and in my experience the characteristic is only evident at low mileage below 1,000km. At 2,000km/h mileage and above, there is very minimal juddering, and I don't see any problem or even an issue with the gearbox. Perhaps some owners who have to constantly go back to the service centre to get the "problem" fixed, those problems are something else?

Personally I don't have any issues with the gearbox of the Focus as it shifts quite smoothly now with very minimal judders at low speeds. The mileage of my vehicle is about 1900km now. I am actually more critical on the suspension of the vehicle, the noises that it produces when going over uneven or bad roads which I feel is quite loud. I was told this is a characteristic that is inherent in the Focus. I can live with it but sometimes wished the suspension is little quieter.

unfortunately my car vibrates even after reservice

close to 13500km

As a side-note, I do notice the engine vibration with the Focus during idling(vehicle at N) is getting a bit obvious. I can feel the intermittent engine vibration in the cabin when waiting at the traffic lights. During the next service I will highlight this and see if the vibration can be eliminated, completely.

Anybody managed to get this engine vibration eliminated at the service centre?

Grinding sound is getting into my nerve I have to carefully step on accelerator pad as to avoid the grinding n vibration.

I think your option 2 is the best. Windscreen mount will leave a mark! hate those
2. Mount to air-cond, but focus air-cond vent is verticle.

Saw this mat before. I guess this is the best quality we can find in m'sia =)
2. Trunk carpet

I am at my wit's end when it comes to phone mounts! I've already spent well over RM200 on but have yet to get anything that works. Anything that sticks to the windscreen is out as I don't want to damage the tint. Our aircon vent grill is vertical so all those that normally mount there don't work. Anything that sits directly on the dashboard is too high and interferes with the view, and furthermore almost nothing sticks to the curved, textured surface without effectively supergluing a hard plastic disc to act as a base. I even have a friction mount that does address this, but the height issue is still there.

Sigh!

Now considering this Mountek mount.

What think you?

I bring all these stuff, u can PM me if interested.

About the rain guard, I haven't install it, will let u know once I installed.

The phone mount, I was also considering the 1 u saw, but then I am more interest with the 1 in my reply, it can be tilted at least. The dashboard near the middle speaker got quite some flat surface for it. Only concern is whether it will block the view.

5.

I rarely use GPS but if i did have the GPS on my phone, it will be on my lap.

My last tank of Ron97 gave me 8.8 with 60/40 highway and city.

Looks like this deal is very hot, extended again and again.
Your mileage very good, I assume there's seldom jam?

Anyone else here, experience the car vibration when you start it in the morning, and also when you are stuck in the traffic jam, especially up hill, e.g. on a fly over bridge?

I find the vibration is getting obvious...