[Silver_'04]

Hello.

I'm looking at purchasing an '03 SVT Focus. I currently have an '01 ZX3 and I'm up to date on most of the problems associated with these cars, but is there anything in particular I should pay more attention to on the SVT? If you all would be so kind, please post important part/service/problem topics that I can do searches for to further get myself up to speed.

Thanks

 

[zincsr]

ask on svtperformance.com some guys have 12 or more probelms in a 1yr period

 

[focaltech]

Zincsr, take your uneducated opinion elseware.

Most folks never have 1 problem.

 

[zincsr]

lol ever look at the svt forums? they run lean, rich, problems w/ the lights, DSI breaks, throt possioning sensor issues, oil leaks, ive seen LOTS of probelms w/ them. how about you actually read about them. there are guys that say that their svt has been in the shop about as much as the driveway.

 

[focaltech]

I have worked on the cars thank you.

You seem jealous since you drive a mazda protege with a different body on it.

I won't deny the car has had problems, all cars do. The chances of an SVTF having all of those or any of those problems are slim to none.

Like you said there are 12 guys with problems on that site, out of how many cars sold, 20k. LOL

 

[zincsr]

really m gealous? about what spending 15k on a car that that will run even in the 1/4mile and lose to a minor margin in autoX to a car that costs 20k? LOL ok if the SVT is so great cuz it was reworked by SVT then please tell me y the best 1/4 for the SVT ive heared is 15.3 while a s/r will do a 15.4, and how the SVT can pull a .91g on a skid pad, while a zx2 w/ S/R springs(the stock struts) and 17in rims (stocks are 15's) pulled a .98g

 

[focaltech]

I think you are a little to happy about a discontinued car! LOL

If the ZX2 S/R was so great then why isn't ford making them anymore?

The SVTF is slower because it has a 6 speed.

Maybe you should do more checking, all the auto-x and road race events I have seen have tons of foci but hardly any ZX2's. Why do you think that is?

Get over it, your car obviously wasn't that great if ford gave it the pink slip. LOL

The focus is taken over, get used to it.

 

[zincsr]

lol news flash after 04 no more SVT either LOL,

ford basicly only got rid of the escort name becaus they killed it, they made people only think "cheap car to get around", how can they compete w/ honda in the small cars if they killed the rep of there ownly small car? the fix? get rid of the name.

and my car was made only 2yrs and is a lot more rare, thats y i got it same performance for a better price, you see a lot fo focus's cuz they have a bigger aftermarket and cuz ford pushes them so much, it the zx2 had the focus name associated w/ it instead of the Escort you would see a lot more out there

 

[focaltech]

The SVT will come back later, they aren't making and SVTF for 05' because ford is adding a new engine lineup.

The escort name is dead because it wasn't selling. The ZX2 never became what the ZX3 is. A sport compact that sells.

 

[zincsr]

they said that they are not going to do the SVT any more they are replacing it w/ the ST less HP but more TQ

actully one yr the ZX2 out sold the focus, it didnt become anythign because ford never even adversited for it, the oly adds i ever say were car dealer adds for used cars, ive NEVER seen a new zx2 commercial

 

[focaltech]

I am sure, it sold so well ford decided to lose money and keep the focus.

They are going to be making an SVTF for 2006.

 

[zincsr]

they havnt anounced one from what i have heared, only that they will make a lightning and cobra

 

[zincsr]

"By second-quarter 2004, SVT officials confirm all of its three currently available products — the SVT Mustang Cobra, SVT F-150 Lightning and SVT Focus — will be out of production. The Cobra and Lightning — both on new platforms — will not reappear in the SVT portfolio until 2005 as '06 models — and the Focus is banished from the lineup entirely as SVT initiates a move upmarket."

 

[focaltech]

That is because they aren't sure which it will be yet S/C or turbo'd. If and when they make it.

 

[zincsr]

u said "They are going to be making an SVTF for 2006." from what i just posted they are not even concidering it

 

[Silver_'04]

Zincsr, if you had a Focus personal experience I'd listen but most of you're info appears to be based on hearsay. I don’t care what a ZX2 can do, I wouldn’t ever consider buying one. You able to back up the ZX2 sales numbers? I’ve never seen the ZX2 in the top 20 selling cars in the US.

Lol, ZX2 rare? You planning on showing that thing at Pebble Beach in 25 years? The ZX2 banter is non value added. It's not helping me learn about the car I actually want to buy. Thanks for jacking my post.

 

[focaltech]

Well maybe you should keep up with focus news, cuz there are pics of foci around dearborn MI with intercoolers and boost guages etc. several test cars in fact.

Many focus test cars have been seen in the SVT proving ground.

 

[focaltech]

Zincsr, if you had a Focus personal experience I'd listen but most of you're info appears to be based on hearsay. I don’t care what a ZX2 can do, I wouldn’t ever consider buying one. You able to back up the ZX2 sales numbers? I’ve never seen the ZX2 in the top 20 selling cars in the US.

Lol, ZX2 rare? You planning on showing that thing at Pebble Beach in 25 years? The ZX2 banter is non value added. It's not helping me learn about the car I actually want to buy. Thanks for jacking my post.

I do apologize, I am trying to get this guy to leave, he really doesn't belong here. LOL

Feel free to PM me if you need info.

 

[Silver_'04]

No problem focaltech, I appreciate you trying to keep the thread Focus related. The last statement wasn't meant for you.

 

[zincsr]

Lol, ZX2 rare?

i said i got MINE cuz its rare, only 2106 S/R's EVER made over 2 yrs, and 1106 are yellow. so yes that rare, unless u think ford sells like 5000 cars a year