Focus died today...

[FocusLX06]

I was cruising home from work at about midday today (Saturday) listening to music with cruz on as you do. Some slow poke was in front of me so I overtook them, and reset cruz.

It was a windy and hot day, about 33 degrees according to my Focus, and there were sticks and leaves being blown all over the road. I noticed a branch on the road but didn't have time to dodge it, so I drove straight over it. It made contact with the underside my car and the Commodore behind me.

Then all of a sudden the car started to slow down, cruise still on, but not working. I pressed the accelerator and nothing happened, so I slowed down and rolled off the road.

I knew something was wrong, and restarting the car had fixed some issues in the past so I tried that, didn't start, tried again, nothing. I got out and pushed it a long a bit to more level ground (it doesn't like slopes). I then tried to start it again, and it did, but died straight away.

In the end I had to get RACQ to tow it to their garage, so Ford can have a look at it on Monday...

This is the 2nd malfunction I have had with my Focus, last time there was an electrical fault that Ford couldn't fix, but it corrected itself later on.

I'm feeling a little down, as the Focus is my only car at the moment. :(