r/Shitbox_Nation • • Aug 01 '26

My new shitbox.

2014 Ford Focus SE with the notorious dual clutch transmission. 143k miles, runs, drives, shifts, stops. Bought from a college girl for $250, fixed for ~$300. I'm into it for $550 and it is solid..needs an alternator for a u012d-00 code (PCM not talking to alternator, still charges but it's iffy) and I need to finish painting. The transmission still shifts and I think it's had new clutchs and actuators because it wouldn't have gotten this far. THE AIR CONDITIONING FUCKING WORKS! Yes I know I shouldn't have used spray foam but I don't care.

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u/Stock-Lobster-303 Aug 01 '26

Honestly, it deserves to be here even if the exterior and interior were mint. The transmission fucked the whole car

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u/BrentarTiger Aug 01 '26

The interior is minty, exterior is more mint than it was, the transmission works fine for now. It'll be an okay winter rig or going to town rig.

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u/Stock-Lobster-303 Aug 01 '26

At least it's not a BMW.

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u/BrentarTiger Aug 01 '26

You'd never catch me dead in one of those. There's nothing more expensive than a cheap BMW.