New 2012 Ford Focus Station Wagon 1.6 TCDi Econetic

Capt's new wheels

WOW! Very smart!



What's engine and efficiency like?

You need to sort the weeds and grass out

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according to Ford it produce less CO2 than a Toyota Prius (which is an hibrid engine) I have only got it today, so I can't tell you yet. Apparently with a full tank (almost 55 litres) you can do up to 650 miles if driven sensibly.

Nice

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Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

I can do 600 in my Landrover..... granted it's tank is 70l



I agree though, you do need to do something about the weeds..

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I have been waiting for a dry day to get the trimmer out mate, but it's an electric one, and with this consistent rain I haven't had a chance yet. I am planning on cutting them this weekend if it stays dry.

Let me tell you a bit about these new modern cars. If I approach a set of lights and stick the car in neutral, release the clutch, the engine shuts off, as soon as I press the clutch it comes back on, but... there is a button on the centre console that allows you to override that feature. It doesn't make sense to me, the booklet says that this features allows you to save fuel, but I don't get it, when your engine fires back on, you use more petrol than if you were idleing cause normally an idleing engine uses next to no fuel, I think they did that more for the environment than to save people money on fuel.



The car has a voice activated bluetooth system that once you pair it with your iphone / ipad / ipod can directly operate all the features of your phone by voice, you can tell it to play a particular track from your songs list or dial a number or turn the CD player and play track 3 for example or type a text by voice recognition. pukka!

The suspensions adjusts automatically to the road surface and you can set it to a particular temp inside so that the air con will keep you either warm or cool regardless of the temp outside. What else..... oh yeah, lights come on at dusk by themselves, soon as it starts to get dark off they go.

But that bluetooth voice activated thing is one of the coolest gadgets.

P.S. When I took this pic the date on the dash was wrong, I know, I have since resetted it to the correct date.

It's not about saving fuel, it's about getting the emissions down. If the engine isn't running at lights, it isn't pumping out gasses. It's the EU ! Wait till some bright spark suggests putting it on bikes......

When I bought my L/R last year, I had the option of one with the 'e-drive' as Landrover call it, same crap, engine shuts down when you are in neutral. Personally I don't like it. The same L/R with e-drive is cheaper road tax than mine, same engine !!

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My mondeo has 145,000 on the clock...A new dual-mass flywheel costs �1500 fitted by a non-franchised mechanic, mates rates. I'll let you guess how I know.

ps. Clue: I'm NOT a mechanic, franchised or not! Lol