A few years back, when my kids were both in college, I bought two of the recommended Focus's on the MMM list. They were used, cheap, well maintained, low mileage, and absolute shit-boxes. Unreliable, uncomfortable, noisy rattle traps. Fortunately, one was lost to a hail event. My son nearly beat his to death, then found some chump that had to have it, for FAR more than it was worth, since it was a 2DR, manual trans. In the end we got two years of service out of the pair and didn't lose too much, but damn they are junk. Some others on the list are just as suspect, like the older Suzuki and Hyundai products.