daz_SRi
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Registered: 9th Apr 06
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: Astra 1.6
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Which is the best choice considering i have about 3500 to spend? Focus would probably be a 1.6 or 1.8 zetec and the astra would be a 1.6 16v (unsure of trim level)
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xXSpUdXx
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Registered: 26th Dec 04
Location: Somerset
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3500 would buy you a nice 3door sxi astra
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Focus - weren't it the best car in it's class for handling etc?
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Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
Location: South West
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Focus is a much nicer Car IMO, Looks better & Drives better no contest really, Only bias Griffin nuts will vote the Astra.
Ben
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Focus is the better car to drive.
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MatG
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Registered: 26th Apr 02
Location: Birmingham UK
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look at the focus dash and then pick the astra
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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quote: Originally posted by MatG
look at the focus dash and then pick the astra
haha yeah, only thing I don't like about Fords - they have the same stereo's and bits in the most luxurious Mondeo as you do the Transit van
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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asmuch as i love my vauxhalls i do have a focus tdci and it a shit load better than a mk4 astra
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Doug_SRi
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Registered: 1st Sep 02
Location: Aberdeen. Drives: Stage 2 Astra VXR and Nova
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focus is nice and I have always liked the gear shift in fords but make sure you get one with a black interior/dash if you get a focus, mate had one with a grey dash and it was horrible. £3.5k should get a good one tho. I would also go for a 1.8 focus or a 1.8 astra sri as i have an escort for winter and its a 1.6 zetec and its a bit sluggish. Astra is good as well, my brother has the mk4 gsi turbo and i love it
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