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ok, here goes...<br><br>My ZX3 is a sport compact
car, rainforest green, stock everything [right
now].<br><br>Three favorite things:<br>(1) Comfortable interior with
controls at my fingertips... VERY ergonomic<br><br>(2)
Speed... great acceleration [in comparison to a 1987 Ford
Mustang convertible with a 4-cyl. engine in
it]<br><br>(3) Ride / Handling... the ride is nice... you know
the bumps exist, but they don't jar your fillings
loose like a lot of little cars... kinda like a car
you'd expect to be much bigger than the Focus; as for
the handling, in a Motor Trend [or Car & Driver,
can't remember which] 600 foot road-cone slalom test,
the Focus beat the new Bentley and Jaguar at 62.6 MPH
=:c)<br>Oh, and RIDE HEIGHT is great... people's normal
headlights used to hurt my eyes 'cause of the low stance of
my Mustang... NO MORE!!! :c)<br><br>Three worst
things:<br><br>(1) still don't know the corners well [haven't (and
WON'T) hit anything, just getting used to the
car]<br><br>(2) no blue tint in the windshield [but that leaves
me open to putting regular tint in its place,
something that is much darker :c)<br><br>(3) it's a cop
magnet... explanation:<br>TWO days after getting my car,
before I even had a chance to show my friends, I was
coming back to work from getting lunch, and a local city
cop SIDE-SWIPED my brand new car! The total bill has
yet to be determined, since it happened almost two
weeks ago and the car just got in the shop wednesday
[two days ago]. Hence, it's a cop magnet...
:c(<br><br>Grading: 9<br>-> why: could use a little more power in
first gear [second gear is a powerhouse, like a lot of
fords I've driven], but overall is a great car that has
lots of options for a [relatively] low price tag.
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