BMW's both superb, neither has needed so much as a top up of oil/water or any tools under the bonnet but 2.5 months ago I got made redundant then last week started a new role paying nearly twice as much as before and have to choose a company car in the new role with very strict criteria, so the idea was to sell both beemers and buy the missus summat decent with the cash. Looked at Honda Civic Type-R's but she would just never get the use out of one, and with all the car jacking shit going on with them, only the Focus ST170 seemed to make any sense! Smart car, well proven, practical, and when looking hard like we did, you can find the ones with the optional extra's such as full leather heated recaro's and ford upgraded sound system including flush fit boot bass speaker and amp carpeted! What can I see, the thing growls below 5k and fucking howls above it! Impressed is an understatement and the missus loves it! full leather, heated seats, aircon, 6 gears, electronic stability control, 6 disc changer, oil temp and pressure guages as standard, 0-60 in 7.7 seconds! its got me thinking though and currently looking at taking the 150bhp Mondeo ST TDCi saloon or estate as me company motor so will be completely back to Ford again from BMW lol

pics of the Focus here:

http://www.aqvr74.dsl.pipex.com/st170

and some pics of the new tdci mondeo repmobile!





although not as much fun, there is life within Ford other than RS's