One of the best things that I liked about this vehicle was the amount of miles per gallon that I get with it. I get about 36 to 38 miles to the gallon with it. One of the main reasons why I don't like this car is because it is made very cheaply. I took it through an automatic car wash and the side mirror cover was knocked loose. When driving down the road it made a whistling noise so I pulled over. I rolled down my window because the gaskets where the window meets the door tends to fold over, and checked that, then I got out and walked around the vehicle and didn't notice anything. I backed out of the parking spot and CRUNCH I backed over the mirror cover. Little things like that happen all the time. Also the ignition switch went out so I couldn't start it anymore. I had to wire in a push button start, because if I replaced it with the $240 part it would go out in the next 4 years, because that's how old the car was. Little things like that happen ALL the time. But the gas is cheap!

When I first purchased the Ford Focus with power shifting I thought it was a great idea and a wonderful vehicle. Time has proved me very wrong. Within a year I had to take the vehicle in for repairs at least three times including for one instance of the vehicle spontaneously shutting down. I would not recommend this model to anyone and plan on changing vehicles as soon as I am financially able.