Quote from Bladerunner :

Anyway, serves you right for driving a car in BrummieLand with " I LUV THE TOON" on a bumper sticker...

Nah, the only sticker that says it's from this area is in the back window saying "Holloways Ford, Durham"

Brummies don't have anything against people from Oxford, do they Bladey? the first 2 letters on the numberplate are OY, that's an Oxford plate.

Quote from mr_x :

Nah, the only sticker that says it's from this area is in the back window saying "Holloways Ford, Durham"

Brummies don't have anything against people from Oxford, do they Bladey? the first 2 letters on the numberplate are OY, that's an Oxford plate.

Probably just commuters that live in North Oxfordshire...only spitting distance from Brum...maybe about 20/30 miles away...Brummie plates are usually B* xx ***

Anyway..I always thought "OY" was a North London/Seven Sisters plate...as seen in Tottenhams car park:
"OY ** VEY"

Quote from mr_x :

Nah, the only sticker that says it's from this area is in the back window saying "Holloways Ford, Durham"

On the back of my BMW, I have a sticker that says "Quattro Ist Für Sissies"

Apart from the sudden raise in temperature, the only thing I can think of is pressure within the car when it "filled" up with hot air. As we all know hot air is denser than cold air. - I don't know if the last comment is correct or even relevant but hey-ho.

Mr_x, I have come to the conclusion that somebody was trying to kill you, using the formula:

55xy^2*44ab(52-5c)-x^2*101d+2 =

Smashed window, caused by bullet propelling device of some description.

But using the following formula I can calculate that the demister didn't like you

888yx^505*2(444+-89)13-4 = Angry demister

Quote from JTbo :

Design and style, oh come on, how that worn piece of soup could actually be a design? Yep, Volvo wins hands down again.

You forgot that the Volvo has more angular shapes and sharp corners - much like a stealth fighter - thus it far surpasses Focus' ability to do daring bombing runs far behind enemy lines.

Quote from JO53PHS :

Mr_x, I have come to the conclusion that somebody was trying to kill you, using the formula:

55xy^2*44ab(52-5c)-x^2*101d+2 =

Smashed window, caused by bullet propelling device of some description.

But using the following formula I can calculate that the demister didn't like you

888yx^505*2(444+-89)13-4 = Angry demister

thanks for the maths it confused me like all maths with letters does


Anyway, my car went to Ford 2 weeks ago, and it came back with aparently nothing wrong with it at all, mechanism was fine with no damage or missing parts (so they said).

Tonight I was out sat in the car with some mates eating a pizza, so i tried to put the window down to get some fresh air into the car, i pressed the button, the window didn't move.

I got home and had a play about with it, I can hear the moving bit of the mechanism hitting the stops at the top/bottom, but nothing else, doesn't sound like it's moving at all, completely silent until it hits the stops.

So gonna phone Ford up tomorrow and make sure they replace the entire mechanism this time, just so i know it's all fixed and won't (in theory) happen again.

Fix Or Repair Daily



Its better than Black Man's Willy. I guess.

When a crack appeared in our sliding patio door we had the old one removed (still in it's frame), whilst the fitters were removing it it just exploded sending glass everywhere and went bang. They'd never had that happen before, although apparently they were aware their was a risk of it they said it was exceptionally rare. My guess is the window was probably already cracked/weakened somehow and then exploded on a vibration, which it constantly gets in a car.

Quote from JTbo :

no odd vibrations or anything like that

Isn't that a good thing?

Quote from ajp71 :

Isn't that a good thing?

Sure it is good thing, I have found out Focus being awfully vibrating car on some situations, it must be reason ladies do like it too

But I must say that Focus is one of better choices of current cars, there are so much worse things made nowdays.

Hopefully mr_x will get it fixed, at least in here official AddcarManufacturerHere services are between horrible and horror at best.

Quote from mrodgers :

My wife's Mazda Tribute (aka Ford Escape, same motor as the Fusion, aka your Modeo) is at 15k of the 48k warranty. I'm nearly 1/3 of it's life expectancy I'm figuring and it won't be a year old until February. It's due for it's well needed 15k transmission flush so the transmission can last up to the warranty cut-off.

Don't forget Ford and Ford Europe are virtually completely separate operations, Ford Europe has recently been producing class leading cars with great dynamics and (by modern standards) above average build quality and is the largest profitable part of the Ford group. Ford US is a financial disaster, producing cheap shoddily built badly designed and typically American cars. When we went to California in the summer we hired a brand new (as in the first customers to use it we had to wait at the hire place for it to be delivered, because of course the transporter was stuck in a traffic jam :really. It was quite a nice car, did most of the things we wanted from it actually quite impressed with the 6 speed auto, which seemed to be much better than older automatics at not constantly changing gears up hills and gave decent engine braking. The ride was miles better than any American taxi we sampled but still stupidly wallowy compared to European cars.

The most striking thing about this car though was the build quality, after 2 weeks of careful usage lots of bits of trim were already showing signs of age, the cup holders had already developed a creaking sound and half the roof lining feel off on a steep bumpy (but still a main tarmac) road on the way out of Death Valley
(come on even British Leyland could make the roof lining stay on for 2 weeks, if not the rear doors ). Comparing it to the two Fords we own I wouldn't have it over either of them, the Galaxy is better at load lugging and is far more economical and actually goes round corners without wanting to fall over, the trims still intact despite a hard life transporting muddy dogs and oily racing spares. The rides more comfortable as well and even in two litre form it's fine towing, only downside is the seats aren't very comfortable. So what does the American thing offer over an old Galaxy except for more comfy seats? Well nothing really, considering a second hand European car does the job better they suddenly don't seem such good value.

Don't forget, Ford UK built (sort of ) the Aston Martin DBS...for that they deserve mega credit and accolades.