Just a crappy day........

[91blufestiva]

man that sucks, but hopefully your new festiva will turn out as good as the one you have now!

[GenevaDirt]

Man I do not know what I would do if I was told that after all the work I put into a car. Who is going to finish/pay for the rest of the repair to the car? Are they paying you back for all the work you did on it to get into the condition it is? If so then you should be able to buy another car no problem with the money. If not then they should be looking for another car themselves.
I realize you are 16 living under their roof but that is just wrong after everything you have done.

P.S. tell them I want $20.00 for that mirror switch I sold you..lol

[Festiva_Fred]

Man I do not know what I would do if I was told that after all the work I put into a car. Who is going to finish/pay for the rest of the repair to the car? Are they paying you back for all the work you did on it to get into the condition it is? If so then you should be able to buy another car no problem with the money. If not then they should be looking for another car themselves.
I realize you are 16 living under their roof but that is just wrong after everything you have done.

P.S. tell them I want $20.00 for that mirror switch I sold you..lol

Not sure whats going to happen yet........May be able to keep Old Red if my parents buy some other used car, but I'll still have to get it swapped to a automatic I just don't know right now.......

[GenevaDirt]

why would you need to swap it then? I still say that is not right to watch you go through all the repairs you have, get so excited about owning this car and doing all the work yourself knowing that they were going to have you swap in an automatic or take it from you. Tell them you will teach them to drive the stick...it is your car. Get your grandfather involved...make them do what is right.

[Festiva_Fred]

why would you need to swap it then? I still say that is not right to watch you go through all the repairs you have, get so excited about owning this car and doing all the work yourself knowing that they were going to have you swap in an automatic or take it from you. Tell them you will teach them to drive the stick...it is your car. Get your grandfather involved...make them do what is right.

So the whole family could drive it, I know it sucks either way They don't want to learn how to drive the stick, they want it to be a auto.

[Festiva_Fred]

Good News!

Old Red will be MY car and I will finish it as planned Parents are buying some other used car and it is staying a 5-spd!

[ruppenduro]

awesome! glad it worked out for you

[GenevaDirt]

thats cool....maybe they felt all the negative energy coming from us and the car...lol

[25Horseplay]

Thats good news! Must have realized its cheaper to buy another then change it over to a auto!

[Sparky]

WHOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wav:

[anomoly40]

Man, I was going to write a long and "detailed" article of how difficult it is/was to swap a 5 speed to auto. About how all the sensors need to be changed, all the problems I've had with mine. Fill it up with techno-babble. Then you could show them and hopefully change their mind.

Glad you got to keep YOUR car.

[stefan]

Glad it worked out for you!

I would never put that much work/money into a car that wasn't mine. I assume the title is in there name?

[Festiva_Fred]

Yep I'm happy now!!!!

[elcamino1]

Thats wonderfull

[collegeboi]

So i read the 1st post and I felt bad, then I read page 4 and I thought "I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!" haha.

I guess they can see your ambition. Seriously my mom wanted me to keep my escort instead of the festiva but over time she noticed how much I liked it,