Ran into this bitter sweet artical in my morning paper, thought i'll share...
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110623/NEWS07/706239987

wonder what caused it to go up in flames?

that is crazy. a lot of miles.

Poor little focus. :( I hate how people say Found On Road Dead. Their cars definetly dont have 300k on them. lol My gf's dad has a ranger with 320k on it.

Almost 300,000 miles all I can say is I hope mine last that long!!

Almost 300,000 miles all I can say is I hope mine last that long!!

True that!

My neighbor has 265,000 on his 01 wagon.He had a 03 Windstar with over 325,000 miles

Nice sad story, lil' focus that could. I shed a e-tear for it.

wonder what caused it to go up in flames?

Yeah; that's what I was wondering.

I bet an electrical short.. too bad it died with just 900 hundred to go.

Keep up with regular maintenance and there is no reason your car shouldn't make it to that many miles. I'm looking at 140k and my little FoFo is running good as new.

Sucks that it burst into flames so close to the 300k mark. A carbecue is the least dignified way for it to go.

Sucks that it burst into flames so close to the 300k mark. A carbecue is the least dignified way for it to go.
a Focus pyre? [;)] In some cultures thats the preferred way, well at least for the deceased, not so much for the alive..

a Focus pyre? [;)] In some cultures thats the preferred way, well at least for the deceased, not so much for the alive..

Yeah, but with this old guy standing next to his flaming FoFo on the side of the highway? Hardly a sendoff to Valhalla.