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Used 2008 Ford Focus Sedan Consumer Reviews

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5 out of 5 stars

Love It

L.E. Mauget, 10/19/2008
2008 Ford Focus SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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I bought this gas sipper in response to the current gas price baseline. I was surprised that it was fun to drive. It is more responsive than either my Ford Sport Trak or Ford Five Hundred. If I get in a tight spot, it goes! With that said, I still get about 31 mpg in city driving. It get 35 mpg on the Interstate. It is comfortable-- in the front seats, that is. Its appearance is fairly attractive, inside and out.

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4.5 out of 5 stars

love it but nervous

stacey, 05/05/2010
2008 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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I bought the car with 34,000 miles on it. It looks amazing but lately I've been noticing it drives funny. Like its stuck halfway between n and d. But it's not. Kinda chugs sometimes when accelerating and after reading some other bad reviews I'm a bit nervous. I had the problem with the door not opening from the outside. It was covered under warranty thankfully. And I'm praying my tires don't go as fast as some others I've read about. I just bought 4 new tires. Very expensive. But overall aside from my nervousness of what lies ahead for it. I am very happy with it at the time. I'd recommend the 2008 Focus.

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4.38 out of 5 stars

Love my Focus

chris, 10/19/2008
2008 Ford Focus SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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I have taken my Focus on a trip already this year and put 3000 kms on it (1500 hundred miles) and I found it to be very comfortable with no problems to speak of yet. I got about 32 mpg which im very happy with and can honestly say I enjoy my car very much and the compliments are not to hard to listen to either. The car has just about every option you can get on it and I would recommend this car to anybody. Even my friends who aren't huge Ford fans have nothing but good to say about it.

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5 out of 5 stars

2 Years and counting!

sparkman7x7, 05/24/2010
2008 Ford Focus SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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Had my 2008 Focus for just about 2 years; just put my second set of tires (not counting original) got Michelin this time expect a little better mileage out of them; did not need alignment (super); lost the Sirius radio this year to much repeats; love the car overall average town and country still 34.4 MPG; interior holding up well; another trip to Texas and back this spring;

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5 out of 5 stars

Great American Made Car

Craig , 05/25/2010
2008 Ford Focus SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
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I read a lot of negatives in the reviews, but I don't see any, this car it's comfortable, fast and fun. Corners with the best of them, great seats, good looking. The tires, they are in fashion, that was the intent. I'll replace them when they ware out with longer lasting touring tires, the performance tires it came with are not my 1st choice. I'm so sick of the import bias, I had a Honda and a Toyota and they both had major problems. the bias comes from the fact that they are new cars, keep your Toyota for 8-12 yrs and it will fall apart too. I had a escort se and I old it @ 170,000 miles with no major problems.

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