Planty

Isnt it supposed to stiffen or loosen the steering.... RTFM ? :D

Use some glass cleaner on the inside..may help. Mine was the same - caused by greasy windows!

Man, taking their time? You could understand if they had overfilled and it was ejecting the excess...but as you say...perm on and hissing ...something still needs sorting. It obv didnt do this from new?

Fixed Tony? What was it in the end?

I'm saying dye too ! Gotta be...or a lubricant for the Air Con system?

Had a 05 plate focus the other day...felt very slow. not sure if it was the vct or not....but lets say it was not an exciting drive!

Doubt you will have tbh..ive been over a nice hump back bridge and it felt like it hit some type of stop on the way over the bridge and i deffo hit the bump stops on the way down. Dont think i quite got air but the cd skipped big style :D Still feels fine so i wouldnt worry, worse thing is if you wreck you sump or some such.

Yup thats who I got them off.... Needs new blades and could do with that extra inch.....muhah! Ta for replies chaps! Chris

Fantastic cheers! Done the mod for these wipers on mine but the drivers wiper is worn out and could do with being a little longer then the one I have. I've seen the Mk2 have the same type of arm but I don't think any owners would like me checking their wipers out :) I'll yank Smeem's wiper off when I see him at the next meet and offer it up! Ta for the reply.

Hi Mk2 owners, Please could you measure your drivers wiper blade and let me know the length and also can ya post a pic of the fixing...ie; the entire blade so I can see how it attaches. Is there just as hole in the blade? Thanks all, Chris

New Focus I had the 1.6 LX TDCi estate. Feels very refined and smooth. I've done around 350 miles in it. Plymouth -> Wales -> Bristol -> Plymouth Love the steering wheel, nice and thick and chunky. The gear change is also very smooth. It feels like the very slick Mondeo gear change. This diesel holds on to the revs for a little longer then I'd want during gear changes though...makes it nice and smooth when your pottering along but trying to race it sounds like your not lifting your foot off the loud pedal quick enough :) Something I've adapted to over a few miles

Hi Mark, Yea certainly does...BUT I would find it easier to just put in the miles myself rather then having to enter the total milage and let the sheet do the math. I always reset my trip counter to 0 everytime I fill up. Thats just personal preferenece I guess. I find it useful to see how many rough miles I have left outta the tank (depending on driving) Good work tho dude! Planty

Heh, found it :)

Thanks for the file Mark! Is there anyway to get rid of the massive RS picture in the back ground. It makes the file soooo big for an excel file (3 meg) and it kinds distracts me from the cells when trying to type in. Thanks Planty