well we have already had out fair share of problems with it... all i can say is that its actually a good thing that she was talked in to the extended warranty, as it's paid for itself already with leaking seals, broken sway bars, broken ignition etc, etc... but the miles are starting to rack up and such things do become unavoidable. i'd just rather not replace the rear main seal at 60k miles
LOL.
i actuallly almost bought a focus ZX3 myself several times, but i could never manage to work out a good enough deal for the right model, etc. this isnt our first ford either, i was the proud owner of a '93 Ranger XLT, 96 Contour SE (actually a really great car, other than the crap auto trans) and an Escort ZX2 which was also great... the only reason i sold it was the mileage was catching up to it.
here's a teaser of my other girlfirend, the '03 Tiburon. im going to wash the focus and take a nice pic of it soon too
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...8_edited-3.jpg