+1 on skip the Jettas...bad news long term, hell even short term is no party. A friend at work just picked one up last week and already the drivers power window wont go back up
They are made in Mexico after all. Sorta like the Focus.
I also had (yeah, had) an 04 Focus ZX3 and while the car was "ok" it was not very good on gas, at best it got around 25 combined. That was with an automatic and the 2.3L Duratec motor which was pretty gutsy for a 4 cl motor. My problem with the car, like most Ford's lately, is I dont trust the long term durability. The car just did'nt seem put together very well. Since I have a company car until the end of the year I went ahead and traded it on the GT.
Later this year I will be looking for another DD myself and I will probably look for a low mileage 4 dr Honda Civic. Someone at work has one with 280K miles and still drives it daily...kinda hard to argue with those results.