i think that's your bald tires more than anything, br0. driving around with tires that bald is seriously dangerous
ford is cheap and the non-american ones tend to be fairly reliable. also, wheelspin and burnouts on fwd cars looks handicapped (gj, smoke drifts into the cabin and blinds you) and makes the steering wheel spaz and try to steer your car into the nearest pole.
Yeah, cause it doesn't wheelspin nearly as much on smooth roads.
And yeah, Fords are really common over here, especially Falcons which are Australian Fords.
Also this was great condition, it would normally cost about $4k over here for that condition. Right place, right time. So yeah, cheap.