[AMkrew_1]

I was looking at one, and seriously considering buying it. Of course i would need the manual tranny and probably the abs(400 dollars) but if I decided to buy it, do you know of any other options? I own a 88 civ and it's REALLY slow. Just trying to get something newer, a bit faster, and really cheap. Maybe another new car is better?

 

[97CIVICoupe]

I don't like them at all.. If I was gonna buy a Focus, I'd want the SVT one, and even then I probably wouldn't buy it.. If I were you, I'd buy a newer Civic than what you what, maybe a cheap 5th gen and I'd do an engine swap.. You'd still probably be paying less than what you would for a Focus.. And, it'll be faster, and look better IMO..

 

[GayHatch]

get a 5th gen(92 cause it would be the cheapest year and its the same style) and do a swap, b18c or b16a2, i have a 5th gen hatch and and im hoping to do a b18c5(i can dream) swap, it be way better then buying a queer ass focus, although if i had to get one i'd get the svt one and im sure it wont be cheap by comparision to what you could do to a 5th gen

 

[my2k1vtec]

If you want a focus....Just wait for the si to come out next month. It looks exactly like the focus...and you know it will be a better car than a focus because it is a honda....and it will also kjeep its value over the years because it is a honda. If you get the focus, in a year it will only be worth $9,000 if your lucky.

 

[SuperBlueSi]

If you are going to buy a FORD at least get the SVT Focus.

 

[AMkrew_1]

Thanks for the info

I really wanted to get e pretty new car that has a lot of potential. probably not another civic though. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to ask. What is up with the zetec thing in the focus? WTF? Is it comparable to vtec? It sure has a low hp rating if it is. It has 130hp and 135ft/lbs of torque. Gimme a turbo kit, and I'd have some pretty good times at the track, no?

 

[GayHatch]

i have no clue what the zetec thing is, i dont care enough to look into it, but i would assume its just to sound like vtec and trick people into buying it, if you turbo just about anything you can get fairly decent 1/4 miles times, if you want something fairly new get a 99-00 SI, they are nice and fairly quick, i didnt realize they had such shitty hp/tq

 

[OR-G]

i have no clue what the zetec thing is, i dont care enough to look into it, but i would assume its just to sound like vtec and trick people into buying it.

Do you even know what Vtec is? Most cars now adays use some form of Vtec, but Honda was the first to mass produce a car with variable valve timing. Honda is the only company I know, besides ford now, to use it as a marketing technique.

 

[BLACKSTAR65]

The car sucks ass.

 

[SuperBlueSi]

Toyota has it, Ford, I think there is few more that use the same thing but nothing like Honda. Honda perfected it!

 

[GayHatch]

Do you even know what Vtec is? Most cars now adays use some form of Vtec, but Honda was the first to mass produce a car with variable valve timing. Honda is the only company I know, besides ford now, to use it as a marketing technique.

duh no whats a vtec? i know that other makes have similar variable valve timing systems aside from toyota i think bmw has one too, but those are the only 3 i knew of, the point is that neither of those 2 companies named it something that sounds almost exactly like another companies

 

[mhardy]

if your gonna give up on honda IMO you should go with sentra SE-R spec v or like a 98 eclipse gsx

 

[Mojo-Jojo]

The SVT one makes me horny, the normal ZX3 makes me smile.

Wait for the Si to come out, then test drive an SVT and an Si.

Buy whichever one you like better.

 

[kRaZiEwHiTeRiCe]

FORD: FIX ON ROAD DAILY

 

[SuperBlueSi]

SVT is a totally seperate section of Ford so if I was getting a Ford SVT would be the only one.

 

[97CIVICoupe]

BMW supposedly has a really advanced variable timing thing on the new 745i..

 

[CanCivic]

Dont get a FORD at least if your gona get a SVT I say get another Honda wait till the new SI comes out!

 

[pushVTEC]

actually....porsche perfected the idea of variable valve timing in production cars.. our VTEC compared to their whatever they call it is like an on off switch. the i-vtec comes closer to what the porsche has, but i still think the porsche technology is more advannced.

 

[pushVTEC]

variocam that's the name of it.

 

[Biff]

Bah. Useless, ugly, unoriginal piece of shit.

The Focus, along with the Spermfire, Crapalier, and Neon are all garbage cars that fail to bring anything new into the sport compact market that hasn't been done before. Not to mention the originators (namely Honda) have perfected it all.

Zetec? Puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

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