Car D.I.Y.

[Profpointy]

A bit like the Volvos. The 2.4T LPT of about 200BHP was a lot smoother and easier to get the power down than the true T5's of 240-300+ BHP. Indeed, the last T5s were based on a warmed over 2.4T unit, and it is these thet Ford stolemfor the Fucus.

It's the difference between being fairly quick all the time, or being brutally quick but only when road, weather and traffic all align.

Now I think about it a pal was praising his own small t 2.3, and I'm sure he could have afforded either if he'd wanted to, and quite possibly test drove both. Mrs pp does quite rightly point out it's too big, particularly parking it in our street.

Also capital T models and aeros are rarer and dearer if I do get another