The Festiva is a "walking fish" ?!?!?!

[oxbrain]

Our track cars both blew the rear bearings in the course of a single race. It would be unfair to attribute that to a design flaw, because obviously the festiva was not designed for endurance racing. It was also not designed for extended use above 55mph, the national speed limit just about everywhere it was sold. Exceeding that causes heat to build up and it's no surprise that driving 65-75mph every day on the way to work can greatly shorten their life. The solution would have been a larger diameter, and wider, bearing. That would increase costs and reduce fuel economy, and would have been pointless given their design parameters.

If he's replacing them at 10,000 miles he's either driving very recklessly, or packing them wrong.

It's also not fair to call the festiva the "walking fish" of the korean auto industry. The technology was all retained by mazda so there is no evolutionary progress from the festiva to a modern kia. He should be looking at the excel, which is objectively worse than the festiva in every regard.

[Pu241]

Are we really surprised at that kind of behavior when you get a response like this from a person who's only had 9 posts?

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/showpost.php?p=178662&postcount=20

I let that slide, but perhaps an old lab supervising federal "worker" would have learned something about tack had I not, but then again maybe not!

[hotfordcat]

Apology

well look at that goofy retard, he dont know anything.

Why didn't you do gooders jump down this guys throat. My post was MY opinion! The last time I looked this was still a free country. I know, I fought for it twice in Nam. Maybe some of you were the ones that spit on me and called me a babykiller when I got offt he plane in Cali.

[FB71]

Why didn't you do gooders jump down this guys throat. My post was MY opinion! The last time I looked this was still a free country. I know, I fought for it twice in Nam. Maybe some of you were the ones that spit on me and called me a babykiller when I got offt he plane in Cali.

Easy, sunshine. I'm not jumping down your throat. Whatever is said here, especially in the Forum, is fine with me. I'm just protective of the perception of the folks at this site, to the general public. If you feel like I'm persecuting you, or singling you out, I apologize. That was not my intent. And thank you for your service tour country, from a Desert Storm/Success and Deny Flight/Bosnia vet.

[Pu241]

My post was MY opinion! The last time I looked this was still a free country. I know, I fought for it twice in Nam. Maybe some of you were the ones that spit on me and called me a babykiller when I got offt he plane in Cali.

Don't pull that poor vet stuff here!
Many of us here are proud of our veterans and the sacrifices they made and still are making this day in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But, don't use that as an excuse to be stupid, or you'll start to remind me of that fat pig we have in congress, John Murtha.

The man stated an opinion, maybe not even his own, you could have corrected the mis-information, but chose to be rude!
Keep this up and I'll be happy have this moved to an area you can better express yourself!

[FB71]

easy John. I think we can close down this argument now. I don't want to see this go any further, OK?

[Pu241]

Loud and clear FB71 control!

Bomb bay doors closing!
Disarming AIM-9's!
Say again Disarming AIM-9's!

Powering down vulcan cannon!

Argument terminated from this end!

[FB71]

Thanks guys!

[Pu241]

Not a problem!
Sometimes I overreact and go on the offensive!
When it might be better to sit back and watch!
That's why you will make a better president, but I will be the best war mongering secretary of defense you've ever seen!:violent3:

[freshtiva]

I think we need an ambassador. One who can not take offense to what people write about our cars.

Im out.

[stevewl1164]

I thought the poster just put up an article someone else wrote, I must have missed something along the way.