2002 Ford Falcon SR Forte review - Long-term owner

Multimedia and safety technology: 9/10

The car has ABS brakes, great suspension, airbags and has the original stereo it came out with.

Practicality: 10/10

It's a very good size car. The back seats fold down and it has a very large boot.

Driving: 10/10

It drives very smoothly. It has never broken down on me in the three years I have had it, and the temperature gauge has never even gone close to half way up, even after driving for three hours. Great car.

Running costs: 10/10

In the three years I have had it, all I have needed to do was get a service and buy a new battery last year, because it still had the original battery in it. Even though I checked the oil and water, I have never had the top up since my service last year.

Reliability: 10/10

It pains me to say that this is the most reliable car I have ever owned because I am personally a Holden girl, and even though this car has done 347,000km on it, it's still a baby when you think of how many kilometres a Ford can actually do.