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I've just been toying with the idea of painting the black bumper strip.

The only problem with diesel foci, is the engine sounds like its fallen out when you stall it. Scared the living daylights out of me the first time i did it.

Sounds good Looks about 11 secs 0-60, guess thats what the book says

I just tried to remove the steering column cover and it wouldn't budge - will have another go when its not raining. Connector on the back of the headlight:

In March my insurance company glasses guided my 05 Zetec Climate 1.6 (100) 10k ish miles at £8750 when it was written off.

£210 sounds pretty good to me. Is it detachable? They look much better You could buy the bits and fit yourself, its pretty easy, not sure it would save you much money though. http://www.witter-towbars.co.uk

2.0 TDCi = worst 48mpg / best 55mpg. So glad i got rid of my 1.6 petrol :D

There are legit reasons why you may drive without a seat belt. I work as a powerboat instructor/commercial skipper when I’m not at uni and spend a lot of time launching boats from trailers and moving my car around marinas. As I’m jumping in and out of the car every 2 secs and trying to look around while reversing 8mtrs of trailer I don't put my seat belt on....and the warning does get very annoying. Pushing the release button 3 times shuts the warning up too.

No lift up thing - you just push it to the left. It's stiff, obviously to stop you selecting reverse by accident, but its not that hard.

Get the 2.0 TDCi - the 1.8 has the old iron block/head and only has a SOHC with 8 valves - plus the 2.0 isn’t much worse fuel consumption wise and performs so much better. I suspect you will get the 2.0 after you test drive them anyway :)

I'm pretty sure mine drops about 1mpg. Maybe its just the 2.0 TDCi (you have a 1.6 Ti-VCT if I remember correctly?)...or maybe I play with the buttons to much :) .

Cruise controls great for long journeys and any road with loads of speed cameras. The only downside is it appears to knock around 1mpg off - guess it doesn't do a great job of managing the throttle.

C307-MP3 and C307-CD6

Electronic brake force distribution (EBD) is standard. Emergency brake assist (EBA) is part of the ESP option

My 1.6 [100] was averaging just over 35 mpg - driving moderately hard. If I drove really gently and stayed to 60mph or below I could push 42 mpg. No idea what my 2.0 TDCi is using - but much less than my 1.6 was :D