I don't want to rain on your parade, its a cool little car, my gf and I have driven her 01 ZX3 around a lot, but it has had an awful lot of recalls. Be sure to go to fords website and check out anything that hasn't been done to it.
just some points of reference
http://www.autosite.com/content/own/...seriesid/18815
http://consumeraffairs.com/news02/ford_focus.html
get all that taken care of and you should be in the clear.
congrats
