I have a '05 Black Ford Focus ZX3 SE hatchback for sale. I've been using it to commute up and down the hill for the past few years. We're moving down the hill and I no longer need it. It's got more miles than you're looking for, but what the heck...maybe that's OK w/ you for the price.
Stats: 76,000 miles, Auto transmission, air, power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, cruise control, nice new wheels. Clean Carfax when I bought it - didn't keep a copy though. No accidents or anything since I've owned it. It is a Ford Certified Pre-owned car, so it has the remainder of the special powertrain (engine & trans at least) warranty that comes with that. It's good until July of 2011, or 100,000 miles whichever comes first. It's transferable one time...so the warranty will go to you, but not the next person, and it has a $50 deductible. I don't think there's a charge to transfer the warranty. It's good insurance to have in case you worry about the condition of a used car. I had the transmission rebuilt under warranty a year or two ago and a $1500-$2000 repair cost me $50. I think the Ford dealer was looking for some busy work, so I got a rebuild out of it. It has an inexpensive aftermarket stereo (less attractive to theives, but front USB input and HD radio built-in) and some Pioneer speakers from the first owner. I put the fog lights on for dark nights and bad weather in the pass. I half-assed them (pending moving), so I can remove them upon request. I average 29 MPG, but have seen as high as 32 MPG.
Problems:
It wasn't pretty when I bought it...I didn't care as it was a commuter car and I didn't want to worry about "prettyness" driving on the cinders when it snowed in the pass. Little dings and scratches. Upon doing the first oil change (I've done 95% of them on this car - always synthetic oil at roughly 5000 mile intervals since) I noticed the bumper had been replaced and painted black. I got the Ford dealer I purchased it from to admit that the original owner's bumper had a tear in it and they put a new one on. But the replacement was a yellow one that they painted black...so you see the commuter miles on the bumper where the little paint chips from rocks are yellow underneath. It has a vibration @ 70+ MPH. I intended to get the tires roadforce balanced, but the move negated the need to do that. I replaced all of the shocks and struts, strut mounts and strut top bushings with OEM Ford parts a few months back - cost quite a bit of money but it rides great now. I hadn't gotten around to aligning it after the shocks (pending moving), so that may be the source of the vibration.
Pictures of the car on The Crest. You can see a couple things I've added to the car to spruce it up...the chrome trim on the trunk is normally from an older higher model Focus, the chrome tailpipe cover is OEM Ford, the silver front grill was only offered in other countries. I replaced the black lower half of the dash with light gray pieces only offered on non-black models. I think the interior pieces look better, but I can put the black pieces back if you like. I have no pictures of the interior, but there are no holes in the seats or anything silly like that. Some little stains here and there mostly from the previous owner. If you're really interested, I can give it a vacuum and take a couple pictures, and send you the VIN.
It's a great car for what it's for...I wouldn't sell it, but the apartments we're moving to wont let us own three cars. $7000 or best offer. Can't go much lower than that.
