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Old 08-02-2013, 12:45 AM   #14 (permalink)
spacemanspif
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The New Focus - '07 Ford Focus ZX5
90 day: 32.44 mpg (US)
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Jason: Want another one? lol. I've thought about doing performance mods that might help eco but when it comes down to it, I don't want to spend money on the car due to its age. I keep an eye out for steals on ported TBs and factory headers but never seem to find them in my area, the adjustable FPR sounds interesting tho. If it keeps running for another 200K, I'll drive it that long but I'm not willing to rebuild it. Car has paid for itself multiple times over and been noting but good to me. When the time comes it will be sorely missed, definitely has a very special place in my heart. I burn about 4 quarts between oil changes, but I think it has gone down after the trans swap (lower RPM saves some oil) but I just let it eat and keep topping off. The only reason I did the MP2 swap was because I found it for $125 if it were any more expensive I'd be making payments on a slightly newer vehicle right now...

I wonder how you used to get 40mpg? Best I could ever do was about 35mpg and that was 80,000 miles ago lol.
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2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014

Cost to Operate Spreadsheet for "The New Focus"

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