My first memory of loving Fords was when I used to walk to middle school in the mornings (I must've been about 10 / 11) one of the Mums used to drop her kids off in an metallic blue mk4 Escort Eclipse - that was it, I always told myself I wanted an Escort.

A few years after that my Dad got G plate Saph 2.0i Ghia, this was luxuary compared to his battered old brown Y reg Cav.

My first car was a mk3 1.1 Escort, and i've only ever owned Fords ever since (altho had a couple of leased Smart Cars in between )

I honestly couldn't see me owning anything other than Ford now.