I think I need to lower down the audio volume when driving already.

I prefer a car with sporty look (ori) so Altis and Sylphy need to pass. I tried the previous Altis but I don't like the feel of it with a bit dated interior design. Elantra nice exterior but I don't like the interior and the rear seat headroom is also limited. Cerato have nice features but don't like the design that much.

So far the best car I have drove is the Golf MK7. Nice driven feel, good rear seat space, dual zone, good built quality but scare of the DSG failure and too overpriced with bad service (read from facebook).

So, have to wait again, maybe.

Noted. Reason I mentioned Sylphy and Altis is because they have the best rear legroom or space in this segment which is important to you with good comfort. The Cerato's interior is ok but the exterior, the front looks weird and the rear especially those seeping tail lights look to feminine for my taste. Most importantly, the Koreans are not known to have good drivability. Anyway, I don't dig the Koreans.

Golf Mk7 is more to a performance car and if I'm not mistaken is >RM150k which is significantly costlier than the Focus. And yes, reliability and service of VW seems to get a lot of criticism. Not many choices if you are looking in the RM110k-140k price range.

Do you try this before? When one of passenger door is not closed, we still can lock the car, no alarm warning, the side mirror is still auto fold, no indicator or signal to alert the driver. Tested few focus and all having this issue. Even SA was shocked when been informed, try on the show room car, also the same problem. The SA followed up the case with Ford and was told this is one of the safety feature from Ford!!! Would it be all ford models are having this "safety features"?

My budget is around 100-120K. The focus sport+ extra features like sunroof, HID headlamp, assist parking, rear led are not a necessary features to me. So, the normal sport version is enough but the crammed rear seat is giving me a second thought. I think need to go look the Mazda3 to decide.

when you go and try the m3, check out the front passenger and driver's legroom. based on the pics, it looks small

Uhm, didn't really know about this, but I cannot see the point or safety feature. If we lock the car and one door is not closed properly(unlocked) while the other 3 doors are locked, and the driver walks away since there is no alarm warning, other people would be able to gain access into the vehicle through that unlocked door isn't it?

Okay. If you happen to test drive both Focus Sport and Mazda3, do let me know your impressions. In the Focus high-spec + models, for me, only two features are desirable to have - the front sensors and auto cruise control. But one can live without these. I have auto cruise in my other vehicle but very rarely use it, even on the highways due to the volume of traffic these days.

M3 is definitely over your budget, and comparing the variant of s and s+, including the discount (s+ get much more discount), and the list of features, s+ is surely more value for money compared to s.

And as far as the safety concern, no other vehicle in the market in this price range come any closer to Focus in my opinion

Just tried on my car, it will only lock with passenger door open if u lock using the key sob.
It wont lock if u use the handle sensor.

Speaking of the locks, the doors can be opened when the car is moving even i locked the car.
The only way to prevent open is using child lock. Kinda scary if not used to it.

About the leg room in fofo, i think u cant try for sure with showroom car.
Find a fofo owner and take a spin.
Then only u will get the true feeling of the legroom space.

Anyway, my main concern now is not with the legroom but the seat too straight.
The new altis has rear reclinin seat. Very interesting feature.

Hi guy, looking for some advice, my newly aquired fofo unexpected got scratch real bad at the driver side tyre. So far the exterior is scratched and the paint came off.

Do I take it to service center and fix it or take it to any shop and repaint and repair the dent?

im at puchong area , any shop recommend?

Sharing some picture:

My dear dust vacuum:



Window visor DIY in progress:



Detail (Matte black + Candy Red):



Finally installed my window visor:



This post has been edited by pin86: Feb 7 2014, 08:44 PM

Maybe you can post some picture for reference?
I don't think service center do cosmetic fixes though, but I am not sure.

This is the damage, very sakit hati o

Woah!! Very sakit neh!
The dent is quite serious. The paint loss also, even the primer is gone.
I would send to garage rather than service center lor.
Maybe other sifu can comment?

Yes, I also feel ford explanation is not really make any sense. Will try other ford model to find the real answer on my next visit to ford service center in March.

Damn. Same happen to me at the same exact spot. but not as bad . Sakit hati indeed. Only 3 week already scratch

Just read on Autoworld in that the Malaysian Automotive Association had revealed the sales of vehicles in year 2013. The breakdown is by brand only as the Malaysian Competition Act disallows car manufacturers to reveal figures of specific models(which surprised some quarters).

Overall, Ford did pretty well this year as the sales of Focus and Fiesta were reported to have increased by 50% last year which is the best sales record (for Ford) so far.

Breakdown of sales by brand in year 2013 by MAA as reported on Autoworld :-
1. Perodua (196,071 units)
2. Proton (138,753 units)
3. Toyota (91,185 units)
4. Honda
5. Nissan
6. Mitsubishi (12,348 units)
7. Hyundai (12,217 units)
8. Isuzu (12,061 units)
9. Ford (10,660 units)
10. Volkswagen (9,538 units)
11. Mazda (9,197 units)

This post has been edited by SportyHandling: Feb 8 2014, 11:19 AM

Hello All,

Have had my new candy red FoFo for the last 2 weeks, happy to report that i am not facing any issues with it (touch wood) after 2k km. Been a strong supporter of Ford since the Ford TX3 model. Today i have, the Ford Fiesta (Red), Ford Focus (Red) and the Ford Kuga (Black). All three are giving me lots of pleasure to drive despite its quirks compared to the Jap makes. Most enjoyable to drive surprisingly is the Fiesta.

Cheers

Wow, you're really hardcore fan of ford, don't you?
My gf own fiesta ( chilli orange) while I own the red focus. Focus are more comfortable I terms of space and features and it's equally fun to drive both cars in my opinion.