had mine 5 years, driven daily, effortless drive, fits all the baby stuff in, great at winding up 911 drivers, done 115k now, just needs normal servicing like a standard focus

get in with a good garage (SCC st albans) and you cant go wrong. not saying they are unreliable, far from it, but when you want to mod or service it you need somewhere that you can trust

as for prices....£5-6k for a rough, high mileage, many owner
£8-9k for a decent 60k one, £10k for a low mileage minter