Been thinking about changing cars now for a bit as i get bored easily and cars are the only thing i waste money on. My VRS estate was in for its second free service yesterday (The nice dealer did it despite me turning up a day late too) so i thought i would have a look at some other cars to pass the time when mine was in the service bay.

 

Anyway i had a drive of a diesel Ford Focus st3 hatch yesterday and my local ford dealer. I was very impressed and after the drive and comparing the boots on the estate/hatch the mrs has convinced me i probably don't need the estate. theres plenty of room in the back of the hatch for our two labradors really and the boot lip isn't too high.

 

The hatch should be a bit more refined anyway and a grand cheaper, the grand could then fund some top notch roof bars and cycle carriers. i currently use a tower bike rack on my VRS but a tower isn't an option on the ST.

 

To be honest I probably would have ordered one yesterday but the dealer simply wasn't going to deal.

 

He gave me a fair enough offer for a part ex but flatly refused to knock a penny off the ST other than the 1500 deposit contribution if i took a minimum of 5k finance(drive the deal says its 2500). Cheeky sod even added gap insurance and paint protection despite me specifically telling him not to.

 

His cost to change figure was over 15k and he nearly fell off his chair when i told him it would need to be between 10-11k to put him close to a deal. I pointed out the prices displayed on drive the deal and he just said he couldn't  match them or get close. 

 

Anyway I have sent an enquiry off to drive the deal and also on carwow if any favourable quotes come back i will probably order a blue st3 diesel hatch with nav and upgraded speakers very soon.

 

The dealer was so far off the pace with his deal i could take a hit by selling my car to wbac and still be a few grand better off than the price he quoted,

Well i have ordered a new car, A focus st3 diesel in metallic blue added a few options and the price is 21800 via drive the deal delivery estimated as june.

 

I did consider a new octavia vrs but after speccing one up to the same level as the focus came to over 29k, even with the best discount i could obtain it was still 4k more expensive than the focus.

 

Oh and the full leather recaros in the focus are ace!

 

Looks like sometime soon there will be a mk2 2013 vrs estate in race blue for sale.

Enjoy your new motor