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Old 15-08-2007, 05:42 PM   #1
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Default Drove a Tiida today - and tomorrow unfortunately

Wifes car is in for a service so I have to take it in sheesh!

Anyways the loaner car they gave me is a new Nissan Tiida. On paper it looks kinda ok but pleeeeease give me a break.

These things are years behind what Ford have with the Focus in terms of dynamics. I mean you can feel the conservative cororate smothering blandness dripping off every engineering detail on the thing. Somewhere a pile of engineers tried real hard but the beanies won again.

Not that its a BAD car but its like driving a brown cardigan.

Anyhow I'm off to do some skids in the Focus...

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Old 15-08-2007, 05:44 PM   #2
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Anyhow I'm off to do some skids in the Focus...
Skids in a focus ?
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Old 15-08-2007, 05:54 PM   #3
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Wifes car is in for a service so I have to take it in sheesh!

Anyways the loaner car they gave me is a new Nissan Tiida. On paper it looks kinda ok but pleeeeease give me a break.

These things are years behind what Ford have with the Focus in terms of dynamics. I mean you can feel the conservative cororate smothering blandness dripping off every engineering detail on the thing. Somewhere a pile of engineers tried real hard but the beanies won again.

Not that its a BAD car but its like driving a brown cardigan.

Anyhow I'm off to do some skids in the Focus...
I've driven a few myself,and would agree.They're not the most inspiring drive in the small car class.
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Old 15-08-2007, 05:56 PM   #4
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Skids in a focus ?
If you park it on the side of the road in the dirt hooled up to a tailer with half a tonne of mulch in the trailer and then dump the clutch. It rips a nice skid :
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