 After 73 yrs   I thought I would treat myself to my first new car ever.  Bearing in mind we were a ford family since 1947    and I drove a 2004 mercury marquis for 11 yrs   it was reasonable to think   buying a new ford  from wayne akers ford in lake worth florida  was the right thing. I bought a new focus  and after 10 days and the trans locking up 4 times in 400 miles I returned to the dealership to uplift this deal.  They pleaded with me to take another new 2014 ford focus    same model   same deal  same price    after 4-5 hours    of fighting with them   they convinced me  to take another   .   I went along with their offer    ..... But when I was presented with a bill for around 2400.00  I insisted they call me a cab .  As I refused either to take mycar back and or accept their offer of "Even exchange"   with a diff of 2400. They reduced it to 1200....No thank you    then 600    . After 6 hours  of fighting  I agreed to 400.   The next morning I woke up and checked the "Very same car"   not to be so      they substituted a much cheaper model   over a 1000.00 cheaper       I drove to the dealership  and they refused to acknowledge this..   (oops I am a retired mechanic  had my own shop)   so off to small claims court    their attorney claimed they made a mistake   and pleaded with me to accept 1500.00   so they did not want to go in front of the judge. I lost 325.00 on the filing fees.       The new focus was  better    the transmission  did not lock up     but  jerked  hesitated  late and early changes   car jerked violently       when I went to the dealer  a good few times    their standard response  "We could not duplicate problem"   eventually the loud banging the dealer could not deny    they replaced the trans. As for the very very poor gas mileage     16-18 mpg    they told me  they checked  and I was getting 29.5 mpg        I decided to make a pictural history   everytime I filled   up  3/4 tank   1/2 ank  1/4 tank   and the comp   proved that I was   getting barely 17/19 at best          I advised the dealer that the violent jerking  was affecting my spinal surgery which the neuro surgery  determined I  was permanently disabled   .       After 2 yrs of  very bad service   horrible horrible car    . I traded it in for a 2013 ford fusion     landed costing me over 21000.00    for a car  that should be crushed   recalled      ford screwed up 2013/4 ford focus     and costs americans millions of dollars in fords   screw up       possibly worse than the ford pinto   or the edsel