This weekend we bought a new car to replace the VW Beetle (bon voyage little green bug!). It is a 2012 Ford Focus 5-Door (aka hatchback) in the terrific candy blue color.
Why this car, you ask? Because T. loved it, of course!
Seriously though, we were looking at Ford because we wanted to add an American presence to our garage. The SUV options felt too big, and then we saw this hatchback. Did I mention the color? I think T. would have bought a horse carriage if they painted it this color! (Just kidding, honey ;-)).
Want to see it? Click past the break...
I really enjoy the solid feel of the car -- it feels like a car much above its class. The engine is adequate, but not exhilarating (that's Ella's role). I would have loved to upgrade to a Focus ST, but we required an automatic transmission. It also makes sense to have one car with very good gas mileage in the household.
The technology in the car (Ford's Sync system) is quite impressive, if a bit overwhelming at first. It was nearing 11pm when we finished the purchase, and the Ford dealer provided someone to teach us the electronics. Ravenously hungry at the point (we hadn't had dinner yet), I looked at the poor guy and said "We've got 5 electrical engineering degrees between us -- I think we can figure it out!" I immediately felt bad, but we really really really wanted to go home.
Why this car, you ask? Because T. loved it, of course!
Seriously though, we were looking at Ford because we wanted to add an American presence to our garage. The SUV options felt too big, and then we saw this hatchback. Did I mention the color? I think T. would have bought a horse carriage if they painted it this color! (Just kidding, honey ;-)).
Want to see it? Click past the break...
I really enjoy the solid feel of the car -- it feels like a car much above its class. The engine is adequate, but not exhilarating (that's Ella's role). I would have loved to upgrade to a Focus ST, but we required an automatic transmission. It also makes sense to have one car with very good gas mileage in the household.
The technology in the car (Ford's Sync system) is quite impressive, if a bit overwhelming at first. It was nearing 11pm when we finished the purchase, and the Ford dealer provided someone to teach us the electronics. Ravenously hungry at the point (we hadn't had dinner yet), I looked at the poor guy and said "We've got 5 electrical engineering degrees between us -- I think we can figure it out!" I immediately felt bad, but we really really really wanted to go home.
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