[NefCanuck]

naz,Mar 31 2008, 04:47 PM Wrote:'00-'04 is too old?  my '02 wrx is my daily and track toy. at 83k miles there are no issues

i previously used a 15yr old '91 integra with 140k miles as my daily and autoX toy.  it was still running at 160k miles (albeit with a worn #3 piston ring)

if an '00 focus is too old to use a daily.. doesn't that mean you may want to consider another make/model....
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Maybe I should have phrased it differently...

An 00-04, no matter how anally maintained by the previous owner is simply going to need more maintenance because of its age (I was a stickler for following the Ford recommended service intervals by time and an '04 by now is starting to get into some seriously expensive maintenance things (Like the timing belt fer instance) not to mention the time the car will be out of service I can't simply pick up another car and drive owing to my need for the special controls (Why I will never go back to GM/Chrysler, when I owned those makes the cars would break in expensive and lengthy downtime manners)

If I'm going to be laying out my own cash again here I don't want to lay out cash now and then again for maintenance shortly afterwards if all I'm doing is following Ford's schedule.

NefCanuck