Diesel Focus Owners!!

[ivorya]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I've just a quick question and hopefully someone with lots of knowledge will be able to help me out alittle.

My wife and I are tossing up whether we buy a new car. Now which car for the situation is always the biggest problem, but i'm swaying towards a Turbo Diesel Mondeo or Focus.
Tonight my brother, a mechanic for the last 15 or so years told me to keep away from common rail turbo diesels. He said that a local mate had bought a new Toyota 4WD Diesel the other yr, had less than 8000k on the clock, and it just stopped going. My Bro Advised him to tow it to the Toyota dealer, where they stripped the fuel system to find Fuel pumps and injecters absolutely stuffed. Afer further analysis, Toyota had found ethanol in his tank(which they told him was from the diesel that he had filled his tank) so they wavered his warranty. All up it cost him close to $15000 to get his brand new 4WD on the road.

I know he pulls himself quite often, and i know that biofuels are the way of the future, but doe's anyone know what Fords comment regarding Biofuels are? and what would Ford do in the same situation?

I'm a potential buyer of this wonderful technology but if i'm going to be screwed by the company or the fuel companys, i'll just keep my $$ to myself.

Thanx
Aaron