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Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Sarge
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Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Time to snatch up all those Fiesta's and Focus's on FaceSpace Marketplace and sell 'em to Ford for $$

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3068 ... n-lawsuit/
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Cobey
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Re: Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Ford dun goofed with letting those transmissions go into production. Even before the issue was widely reported, I heard a TON of horror stories from former Fiesta owners.
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Sarge
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Re: Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Cobey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:25 pm Ford dun goofed with letting those transmissions go into production. Even before the issue was widely reported, I heard a TON of horror stories from former Fiesta owners.
Yep.

Dual clutch junk. Get one with a manual gearbox.

I see KIA is putting dual clutch autos in the '20 Forte's. Stay away!
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The Lizard King
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Re: Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Sarge wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:13 pm
Cobey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:25 pm Ford dun goofed with letting those transmissions go into production. Even before the issue was widely reported, I heard a TON of horror stories from former Fiesta owners.
Yep.

Dual clutch junk. Get one with a manual gearbox.

I see KIA is putting dual clutch autos in the '20 Forte's. Stay away!
Good luck with that. Most people I know wouldn't know the first thing about driving a manual transmission.
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Cobey
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Re: Focus/Fiesta buy back

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Sarge wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:13 pm
Cobey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 4:25 pm Ford dun goofed with letting those transmissions go into production. Even before the issue was widely reported, I heard a TON of horror stories from former Fiesta owners.
Yep.

Dual clutch junk. Get one with a manual gearbox.

I see KIA is putting dual clutch autos in the '20 Forte's. Stay away!
I have an In Law that works for Polaris and shes let me drive the Slingshot around a few times. The original had a 5 speed with a 2.4 L engine from GM. The latest model had their in house 2.0 L engine with an "automated manual" transmission. The new engine was way better...more lively and responsive, but it was let down by a horrible, sluggish transmission.
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