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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
I have to say that the Focus is one of the worst cars in it's class. I've had the luxury of driving a bunch of compact cars over the last year thanks to work.
Started with a '12 Cruze, '14 Focus, and '14 Sentra.
The Focus was the most cramped, worst fuel economy, most road noise, and some really ****** ergonomics. Cruze was the lowest rent as it was the base model, but even that felt better than the Focus.
I do like the Sentra a lot, honestly. Lots of interior space, well equipped, pretty quiet on the road, and best fuel economy. Only thing I don't like about the Sentra is the 2.5 gallon gas tank that thing has. Christ, I'm filling it up every 2.5 days.
The transmission in the Focus is pretty bad. Four of of the six Focii the other members of the regional staff have had the transmission repaired or replaced at least once.
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She drove Focus, Cruze, Altima (we were told sentra was a worse altima, so they put us in the altima), and a Corolla.
The Cruze was meh to her as she just didn't like how it was and she is a Ford girl at heart.
The Altima was nice, but the most expensive, and had a CVT which I told her to steer away from since I have had a lot of run ins with those failing.
Corolla was awesome, because it came loaded, but they now have a CVT. I was able to forgive the CVT because the car was well built, but my GF decided on the Focus because it was the cheapest.
The Focus transmission started acting like garbage around 5k miles. It would shudder, wouldn't downshift, and was erratic. It was horrible. After the rebuild, it is MUCH MUCH better.
I like the styling of the focus, but it does feel a little small even compared to my G5