tim.bishop

I've been having the same problem the past few days. It's been getting harder and harder to start, and I've had to give it some gas to actually get it going. I also had the immobiliser light flashing frantically after it started, but I think that's a red herring. Today it wouldn't start at all, battery was completely dead. I made use of the free RAC cover and the guy came and checked it out. He reckoned the battery is faulty, so I'm off to Ford tomorrow to get it looked at. I figured maybe I'd done something wrong (although I'm fairly positive I didn't leave anything on), but if others are

You can see some of my Titanium 5dr in jeans here: http://www.bishnet.net/tim/photos/New_Car/

I have Jeans on my car. 90% of the time it looks fine... and I wouldn't quibble about it. But the rest of the time - particular when it's a really bright and clear day the match looks awful.

I guess the temperature sensor isn't correctly working?

If it's really hot the fans go mental in an attempt to cool things down. It might do the same in extreme cold too I suppose. It would be more sensible if it waited for the aircon to have actually cooled the air down though - I just get a blast of warm air :)

I've got the Titanium and the comfort of the seats was one of the things that swung it for me. Plus I would have got the Sony ICE on the Ghia anyway, so the price gap wasn't too great. And I can live without cruise control :-)

... although the seats in the Titanium really are quite comfy :-)

As Ron and RSM123 said, it's the microphone for the voice control and phone.

I've done the sums without the trip computer and over a whole tank the reading is coming it pretty accurately (just a few % difference tops). It doesn't give a good overall picture if you only take a small sample period, although I guess it does show the engine can do "what it says on the tin".

I'm seeing similarly poor consumption figures on my 1.6Ti-VCT. Around town I'm getting around 25 mpg, and on a long motorway run I got 33 mpg. These are a long way off the stated figures. The car has been checked by the garage, and they can't see anything wrong. They've updated some computer stuff, but say it shouldn't affect the fuel comsumption. I'll let you know the outcome of that in a few weeks. So - nice little engine, but greedy as hell :(

How'd you manage to drive all the way to the south of france and still have a shiny clean car? :-)

I get a faint clunk when I first pull away too. I think it only happens when the aircon is on though...

Mine was fitted yesterday, along with a new windscreen. :D

Presumably it's a bluetooth GPS device... you'd use a phone/pda to do the display bit.

My car is going in for a bunch of warranty repairs next week including getting the Titanium badge put on. Hopefully after that my car will finally be like it should have been the day I picked it up :roll:

Only with the Sony stereos, I think.

That is impressive! I've only ever got around 35, and that was on a 300 mile trip. What sort of speeds were you doing? Were you being really easy on the accelerator to try and get a good mpg? :-)

Unless you've got a really decent quality printer it's probably not going to show much difference anyway...

Here's a few of mine. The difference is barely noticeable in these, and in fact the only time I've really noticed a difference is on a bright day when standing at the right angle. Sorry, my pics aren't up to the quality of some of the ones up there :lol:

A PDA based option. I need to get a new PDA through work anyway, so I figured get a bluetooth GPS unit and a nice mounting bracket and I have a complete GPS system. A bluetooth GPS unit seems nicer because I don't have to have too many (if any?) wires running to the PDA - assuming I charge it in the office when I need to. This is my first venture in to satnav, so I'm not overly clued up on what's good and what isn't yet. Hopefully I will be soon though :) I just don't want to mess my lovely new focus up!

Oh yeah, sure. But you still have to charge it from time to time ;-) An ideal solution would be a bluetooth device tucked away somewhere discreet with a permanent power feed. I've also been looking at the Globalsat BT338, which looks like a fairly sweet device :mrgreen:

I'm an incredibly fussy and tidy person, so I'd like to be able to not see cables trailing about :-) That's why I wanted to tuck the bluetooth bit out of the way. I'm beginning to wonder if I should have gone for the builtin unit, but at 2K I'm still not sure I could justify it to myself :-)

I asked all this because I'm looking at getting a bluetooth GPS unit... I was hoping there'd be a power socket somewhere more discreet so I could tuck it away nicely... the boot being ideal :-) I wonder if the connections are in the boot area somewhere, just not wired up...

I don't recall it being on the options list... I just thought it was an "estate only" thing...

Nope, I've got the Titanium and I don't appear to have one :-(