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41. 12 Year old Ford Focus wagon

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 10:21 AM

Jun 2019

It only has 50,000 miles on it (and I bought it when it had 33,000 miles). I work at home, so there no commuter miles on it.

My only repairs have been the AC and the muffler.

I think it's a great looking car and am sorry that they don't make it anymore.

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