Hocus Focus
Sep
25
2009
by Pocus
I saw something today that didn’t look quite right.
I was just driving (actually, I was stopped at a stoplight) and I saw alongside me a Ford Focus with a trailer hitch. I had my camera with me, so I snapped a snappy snap.
I had to take a picture, because who in his right mind would use a Focus to haul anything? Here’s another shot, closer this time.
Once I got home, I checked my extensive resources (i.e. Google) and found out that the Focus can tow up to 2000 lbs. That’s a whole ton! Who’d a thunk it? But the tongue weight is limited to 200 lbs. So I couldn’t step on the hitch if anything is being towed.
I know I can tell when there’s extra weight in my Buick (no diet jokes please). Throw several 40-lb bags of salt in there, and the 200 horsepower seems rather sluggish, not to mention the braking. The Focus is somewhere around 140 hp, and is only 2500 lbs. Almost doubling the weight that a car’s engine and brakes handle has to have significant effects on the vehicle’s performance.
I’m sure there’s some good reason for putting a trailer hitch on a Focus, but it sure looked odd.
How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
Deuteronomy 1:12
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 11:49 pm and has been carefully placed in the Ponder category.
October 10th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
so i seen this lol and i get what your thinking however i have a focus and have alot of motorcycle stuff so towing a bobber across the state cause i have a sickness of buying random motor cycles and stuff so its not bad if your moveing bike stuff or small boats lol